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Google Analytics for Confluence (by Capable) connects your Confluence Cloud site to your own Google Analytics 4 property, then shows the resulting traffic data back inside Confluence. Tracking is site-wide and invisible: a hidden background script loads Google's own gtag.js in every reader's browser and records a page view for each page they open, tagged with the space key, page id, page type, page version and a one-way hashed version of the reader's Atlassian account id. Logged-out readers of public pages are tracked too (recorded as "anonymous"). Optionally, the app can also send server-side

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Site-wide page view trackingA hidden background script runs on every Confluence page for every reader and sends a page view to your Google Analytics 4 property using Google's own gtag.js.Anonymous reader trackingLogged-out visitors to public Confluence pages are tracked as well as signed-in users.Search tracking (browser side)Records a search-results event when someone uses Confluence search.Enhanced tracking (server side)Records page created, page updated, comment created, comment updated and search events that a browser cannot see, sent server-to-server to Google.Reports inside ConfluenceWhere to find Google Analytics reports in Confluence, what each tab and filter shows, and who can see them.Space-scoped reportsThe same reports narrowed to one space, opened from that space's sidebar.Custom dimension syncCreates the app's custom dimensions inside your GA4 property in one click, so extra report filters become available.Measurement Protocol secret managementPick an existing Measurement Protocol secret from your data stream, or create a new one, without ever copying and pasting it.Published site tracking (Capable Sites)Pages published as a Capable Site report into the same GA4 property and join up with the in-Confluence data.Published site tracking (Refined, Scroll Viewport)Copy-paste snippets that add the same tracking to sites published through Refined or Scroll Viewport.Automatic migration from the legacy Resolution Connect appExisting customers of the older Connect version keep their configuration.

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