How to build custom reports in Google Analytics 4

Updated: March 28th, 2025 In the older versions of Google Analytics, there was a section in Customization > Custom Reports where you could build custom reports. Things have changed in Google Analytics 4 with the introduction of Explorations. In today’s blog post, I will explain how to build custom reports in Google Analytics 4 with Explorations by […]
Julius Fedorovicius
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Exclude URL Query Parameters in Google Analytics 4

Updated: March 28th, 2025 In Universal Analytics (GA3), a feature called “Exclude URL query parameters” allowed you to remove unwanted parameters from the URLs and have cleaner reports. When I wrote this blog post, this feature was not available by default in Google Analytics 4 (there’s data redaction, but it’s not a complete replacement for […]
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Regex in Google Analytics 4 (Regular Expressions)

Have you opened Google Analytics 4, seen the term “regex” and thought to yourself, “What’s that?” If yes, this article is for you! Even if you have worked with regex (regular expressions) before, there may be something new for you to learn here, too. Regular expressions are special sequences of characters used to find, extract, […]
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Missing Demographic Data in Google Analytics 4? Here are the reasons

Updated: March 27th, 2025 Google Analytics 4 reports have a section called Demographics that provides insights into your audiences, such as their age or gender. But it’s pretty common (especially among GA4 beginners) that those reports have no data. Why? Let me explain. In this article, we’ll explore possible reasons why you have missing demographic data in Google […]
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Key event rate in Google Analytics 4

Google Analytics has a weird relationship with conversions. In older versions, they were called goals. Then, they were renamed to conversions in GA4 (which is an industry-known term). But later, they renamed them to key events. So, if you were looking for something like “Google Analytics 4 conversion rate”, the correct term now is “Google […]
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Google Analytics 4 Tutorial for Beginners

Updated: March 27th, 2025 Compared to the previous versions, GA4 is a completely revamped platform. New interface, new tag template in Google Tag Manager, new data model, new steps to configure, etc. This raises many questions: where to get started? What should be the optimal setup? If you are unsure how to get started, you’ve […]
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A Guide to Referrer in Google Tag Manager

Updated: March 27th, 2025 When you create a new Google Tag Manager, you’ll see several built-in variables enabled by default. One of them is Referrer. What is it, and why is it useful? Let’s find out. Here’s what you will learn in this article What is Referrer in GTM? Where can I find the Referrer? […]
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Content Groups in Google Analytics 4

Updated: March 26th, 2025 Have you ever explored the pages on your site and felt like you could not get the insights you needed because the data was too granular? To better understand your data, it may seem necessary to export your page-level data into another tool and use regular expressions (or another method) to […]
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