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April 22, 2020

Google Analytics Goals Not Working? Here’s How to Fix That

Updated: April 22nd, 2020

In today’s blog post, I will not rant about how important goals are in Google Analytics and that every GA setup MUST use them. If you landed on this blog post, chances are that you are already trying to implement them. Kudos for that!

In Universal Analytics, sometimes goals are not working as expected. You configure and they just don’t work. Maybe a blog post you’ve read was misleading/outdated? Maybe you misunderstood a certain part of the tutorial? Maybe you’ve encountered a bug?

So, if you’re now stuck and your Google Analytics goals are not working, let’s take a look at possible reasons why this happens (+ possible solutions).

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Table of Contents

+ Show table of contents +

  • A quick refresher
  • #1. Incorrect match-type
  • #2. Incorrect Page Path
  • #3. There is some random delay in RT reports after a goal is created/updated
  • #4. Using GTM variable names in the GA goal settings
  • #5. The same goal is completed multiple times during the same session
  • #6. Immediately checking standard reports? Be patient.
  • Other things to know
    • #1. You don’t have to fill in all the fields in the event-based goal settings
    • #2. GA goals are not retroactive
  • Final words: When Google Analytics goals are not working

 

A quick refresher

Before we continue, here’s a quick refresher on how Goals work in GA.

If you consider a certain interaction/behavior of a visitor as an important goal/conversion to your business, you can create a goal by going to the Admin section of your Google Analytics account, then choose the View > Goals and create a goal.

There are several types of goals supported by GA:

  • Visit of a particular page (e.g. Thank you page)
  • Event
  • Number of page views per session
  • Duration

Important: it does not matter where that data is coming from to Google Analytics. You can track page views with the hardcoded GA tracking code (gtag.js), you can send events to GA with the help of Google Tag Manager, you can send data via Measurement Protocol. What matters is that only after that data reaches Google Analytics, it can be turned into a goal (if that data matches one out of 4 aforementioned goal types, of course).

Once the data (e.g. a pageview or an event) is sent to Google Analytics and GA treats this as a completed goal, you can view this data in standard reports by going to Conversions > Goals and exploring those reports.

You can also preview goals in real-time by going to Real-time > Conversions.

There are more options where to use that data (like custom GA reports or Data Studio) but let’s leave that for another blog post.

If you want to learn more about the goals in GA, you can read this blog post.

 

Possible reasons why Google Analytics goals are not working for you

That’s enough for the introduction. Let’s go to the essential part of this blog post, the actual reasons why GA goals are not working for you at the moment.

 

#1. Incorrect match-type

When creating a goal, it is crucial that you choose the correct Match Type. When you create a goal in GA, you need to instruct Google Analytics which data will be considered as an important interaction.

When you enter the condition of the goal, there are three match types you can choose from:

  • Equals to
  • Begins with
  • Regular expression

The first two are self-explanatory. In order to use the 3rd one, you will need to get familiar with Regular Expressions.

Always keep an eye on the match type you choose.

“Equals to” is looking for the exact match (but case-insensitive). However, if your goal destination is checked as Case sensitive, then make sure you entered uppercase and lowercase letters precisely.

Also, if you enter /pages/thankyou in your goal settings but a visitor lands on a /pages/thankyou/, your goal will not be counted by GA because the 2nd URL contains the trailing slash.

If you choose “Begins with” match type, then the goal will care only about the beginning of a string (text) you are trying to match, e.g. /pages/thankyou will match both /pages/thankyou and /pages/thankyou/ (with the trailing slash). Based on my tests, begins with also isn’t case-sensitive (unless that “Case sensitive” checkbox is selected).

Regular expressions allow you to enter more complex conditions. Here are several examples:

  • pages/success$ will look for a page path that ends with pages/success
  • ordercomplete|success will be looking for “ordercomplete” or “success” anywhere in the page path.

Regular expressions option is also case-insensitive.

Speaking of event values (because you can create your goal based on value), there are three other match types:

  • Greater than
  • Equals to
  • Less than

Event value can only accept numbers, therefore don’t enter any text there. Also, keep in mind that:

  • “Greater than” is NOT “Greater than or equals”. The same applies to “Lower than”.
  • This means that “Greater than 5” will match 6, 7, 8, etc.  and it will NOT match 5. “Lower than 5” will match 4, 3, 2, etc. and will NOT match 5.

 

#2. Incorrect Page Path

Keep an eye on how page path data is displayed in your Google Analytics reports. By default (if you haven’t modified the data, e.g., with GTM or GA filters), Google Analytics reports just the page path, e.g. /pricing or /blog/this-is-a-blog-post/.

If you are also seeing page data in a similar manner, DO NOT enter the full URL in the destination goal settings.

If you see /order/confirmed/ in your GA reports, then enter this exact value in your GA goal settings (if you are using Equals to match type).

If you see multiple URLs with query parameters (and for some reason you haven’t removed them via filters or additional view settings), e.g. /order/confirmed?id=12345, then a good option could be starts with /order/confirmed

However, if you have implemented the show full URL filter in GA view, then instead of page path you will also see the hostname (domain).

In that case, you also need to include that hostname in the destination goal settings if you’re using Equals to or Begins with match types.

One more thing to mention (special thanks goes to Philipe Castillo who pointed this out on LinkedIn). By default, Google Analytics does not report anything that goes in the page URL after a URL fragment (a.k.a. the hashmark #).

no hash mark in google analytics reports

So if you want to create a destination goal based on the value of the URL fragment, first you need to configure Google Tag Manager to send the value of the fragment together with the Page Path. I have explained this topic more thoroughly in this extensive blog post.

Once the value of the URL fragment is visible in the GA report, you can use that in your destination goal.

 

#3. There is some random delay in RT reports after a goal is created/updated

Here is a bit of a mysterious reason why Google Analytics goals are not working. I have noticed this multiple times (but still haven’t figured out the exact pattern).

Here’s a scenario:

  • I create a new goal
  • I send data to Google Analytics for testing purposes (it can be pageview or event data (depends on the goal type))
  • I check the real-time reports in Google Analytics
  • And nothing happens (even though I triple-checked all settings and values that were sent to Google Analytics).
  • Then after a while (say, 4-5 minutes), I send the same data to GA and the goal is now displayed properly in Google Analytics real-time reports.

Unfortunately, I haven’t found an explanation for this. So, just remember that sometimes there is a delay for several minutes after you create or update a goal. From my experience, sometimes changes are visible almost immediately, sometimes several minutes must pass.

However, if you still don’t see your goal completions in real-time reports after 5 or more minutes, I would say that the problem lies somewhere else and you should continue digging deeper.

One more thing: if you notice some other issues with Real-time reports, feel free to read this guide where I explain multiple reasons for this.

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#4. Using GTM variable names in the GA goal settings

This issue sometimes happens among Google Tag Manager beginners. They create a Google Analytics event tag in GTM (e.g. to track the lead form submission) and then publish this tag.

Naturally, the next logical step is to create a goal in Google Analytics. However, sometimes this part becomes a bit confusing and the result might look like this:

Why are those words surrounded by curly braces? Because some beginners enter Google Tag Manager variable names in Goal’s settings. Unfortunately, that will not work because Google Analytics has no clue what variables are within GTM.

Google Analytics goal settings care only about the final output of GTM variables (that is sent to GA).

So if you enter {{Page Path}} variable in the Event Label of GA tag (in GTM), you need to enter its output in the Event Label field, e.g. /order/confirmed

Remember: if you want to create a Google Analytics goal, you need to use values that you see in your GA reports. For example, in Event reports you won’t see “{{Click URL}}” as a value. You will see the output of {{Click URL}}, e.g. https://www.example.com/signup. Therefore, you need to use that output in the goal’s settings.

 

#5. The same goal is completed multiple times during the same GA session

Here is a situation: you completed the same goal multiples times in a short period of time (for testing purposes). Then after a while, you open your Conversion reports (Conversions >  Goals) in GA and see that the number of completed goals is lower than you expected? Why?

Actually, this is how Google Analytics works.

If the same visitor during the same GA session completes the same goal multiple times, the goal will be counted only once.

This applies to Standard Reports.

It looks like real-time GA reports show all conversions even if the same conversion (goal) is completed multiple times by the same user in a short period of time). So keep that in mind.

 

#6. Immediately checking standard reports? Be patient.

Google Analytics standard reports are not real-time. It takes some time to process the data. So if you complete a goal, don’t rush to Conversions > Goals. You won’t see any new data there right away. Even though you’ll find information online that it might take even 24 hours for your goals to appear, usually, you’ll see it sooner.

P.S. Don’t forget to include today’s data in the date picker (because, by default, it is not selected).

 

 

Other things to know

Here are several “gotchas” that you might find useful.

 

#1. You don’t have to fill in all the fields in the event-based goal settings

When you want to create an event-based goal in GA, you will see fields like this:

Honestly, this looks misleading. All those fields (marked as red) imply that they are all required even though that is not true.

However, the reality is different.

It’s necessary to have filled in at least one field (and any field can be filled in). It’s totally OK to create a goal only based on the Event Action field.

 

#2. GA goals are not retroactive

If you create a goal, GA will start reporting on it only from the moment it was created. All your past data (e.g. pageviews or events), unfortunately, will not be evaluated. That’s why you should start thinking about the goals in GA as soon as possible.

However, there are some workarounds. They will not update your goal data but you can still sometimes figure out whether your traffic converted. Here is a sample solution.

 

Final words: When Google Analytics goals are not working

Even though goals have some serious limitations in GA, they are still an essential part of your tracking setup. Without goal/conversion tracking, you will find hard times trying to measure the success of your website, marketing campaigns, etc.

However, more than often I get emails or comments about issues with the goal setup (when X or Y are not working). Hopefully, this guide will shed some light on why Google Analytics goals are not working for you. If none of these tips worked/helped, let me know in the comments and we’ll dig deeper.

I am more than willing to expand this guide even further. The same has already happened with other “X not working” guides like:

  • Reasons why GTM preview and debug mode is not working
  • Reasons why GA Real-time reports are not working
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51 COMMENTS
Jyoti basu
  • Jan 23 2020
  • Reply

Thank you , this article was insightful. This is so helpful. But Google Analytics goals are not working.

    Julius Fedorovicius
    • Jan 23 2020
    • Reply

    Would you like to get help? If yes, then please put more effort into explaining your situation. What have you already done? What exactly does not work? How much time has passed? What kind of goal have you created? etc. Every piece of information matters.

José
  • Mar 30 2020
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Hi, nice article!

I'm struggling with this:

#5. The same goal is completed multiple times during the same GA session

Is there any chance to fix this?

I'm using the goals to track Amazon Affiliate Clicks

Amazon Clicks (Amazon Report) > Amazon Event Clicks (Analytics - Behavior Report) > Amazon Event Clicks Goal (Analytics - Conversion Report)

Thanks!

    Julius
    • Mar 30 2020
    • Reply

    No. This is how it works.

Mark Coster
  • May 17 2020
  • Reply

This is the second time that your blog has helped me where I had struggled to get things working by following other tutorials! I have the full URL filter set up and had not included the hostname in the goal destination field. Thank you!

Kostadin
  • Jun 17 2020
  • Reply

Awesome! Thank you for this post. It really solved my problem.

Shana
  • Jun 24 2020
  • Reply

I’m having the issue where my tests show up as as completed Goals fine, but any ‘real’ Goals just aren’t registering. What could possibly be the problem?

    Julius Fedorovicius
    • Jun 25 2020
    • Reply

    You need to publish your container changes in GTM.

      Shana
      • Jun 30 2020
      • Reply

      On the 'Versions' tab in GTM it says that the latest version was successfully published and is live (since 22nd April). There's nothing else in my Workspace. I'm totally perplexed with this! Any further help would be very much appreciated!

        Shana
        • Aug 7 2020
        • Reply

        Hi,

        I managed to fix my issue and wanted to add here just in case it helps someone else.

        My site was not registering the Goals in GA because my site is using vanity urls due to the full registration process happening on one fixed url. When you use vanity urls, you must update the GA code on your website so that the vanity urls trigger page views. Following this addition, all my goals started registering in GA. Detailed explanation and instructions can be found on the Google Support page here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1116091?hl=en

Johnny
  • Jul 2 2020
  • Reply

Hi,

I have a situation where real-time events are tracking, but goals involving these same events are not. As a result, I've been waiting for days and all event-driven goals remain 0 when I look at Behavior or Conversions in Google Analytics.

That said, goals/conversions involving destinations are tracking in real-time.

I've been trying to read how other people have resolved this and that's how I ended on this post. However, I still have the inability to track event-driven goals as it's not clear to me what I'm doing wrong.

Any suggestions?

    Julius
    • Jul 2 2020
    • Reply

    Hi, a good atart would be to share the screenshots of your event (in GA reports) and your goal settings.

      Johnny
      • Jul 2 2020
      • Reply

      Hi,

      GTM Tag setting example: https://snipboard.io/iSbHfW.jpg

      GA Goal setting example: https://snipboard.io/9q0KWj.jpg

      Incognito browsing (cursor was over "sign up" which produced the aliased URL on lower left): https://snipboard.io/1mGLDJ.jpg

      GA picked up the event: https://snipboard.io/oXUt0n.jpg

      GA Conversions did not pick up the event goal in real-time: https://snipboard.io/9P7iEH.jpg

      However, I know real-time tracking does pick up goals because it picked up a Destination goal when I clicked this link: https://snipboard.io/CLo7UO.jpg

      And it got picked up in GA's real-time conversion tracker here: https://snipboard.io/S2QRXJ.jpg

      Note that only Destination Goals (as opposed to Event Goals) are non-zero as shown in goal status over last 7 days within GA admin: https://snipboard.io/fYwJEv.jpg

        Julius Fedorovicius
        • Jul 2 2020
        • Reply

        Try playing around with "Regular expression", rather than Equals to. In that case, you can remove the "https://".

        I would also double-check the text in the "Event label" of your GA reports and then "Event label" in your goal settings

          Johnny
          • Jul 3 2020

          I think I finally got it figured out. Thank you for your suggestions.

      Johnny
      • Jul 2 2020
      • Reply

      GA Goal setting example: https://snipboard.io/9q0KWj.jpg

        Julius
        • Jul 2 2020
        • Reply

        Yes, I have this screenshot. please read my last comment and try to play around with that.

Sander
  • Aug 10 2020
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Nice article.
I made the goal "purchase" completed in the admin section. The setup for this goal is to measure the destination URL. When I make a purchase, I don't see this goal under real time - conversions. When I go to Conversions - Goas, I do see the amount of purchases with the right day/ time. What could be wrong here? I think the setup of the goal is okay, otherwise I won't be able to see the amount of purchases under "Goal URL's" right?

sona
  • Aug 13 2020
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Hello, I am running one LinkedIn ad.filled two forms from a different account ideally we will get 2 leads in google analytics. but it shows 4. can you please explain to me why this is happening.

ARS
  • Aug 21 2020
  • Reply

Hi,

I want to create goal for Thank you page where the page url looks like this /en/Thank-you?submissionidxxx

how to create Goal for this kind of url ? do we need to use regular expression ?

Julius
  • Aug 21 2020
  • Reply

Yes, regular expression will help

    ARS
    • Aug 21 2020
    • Reply

    Thank you but could you please help me to create the regualar expression for the same url ,

    Thank you again

    /en/Thank-you?submissionIdXXXX

      Julius Fedorovicius
      • Aug 21 2020
      • Reply

      \/en\/Thank-you\?submissionId

      It is very important that you learn regex. Go start doing it now.

        ARS
        • Aug 21 2020
        • Reply

        Thank you Julius it worked ! and as you suggested i will surely learn Regex soon.. i am trying to use for language sites ,

        \/da-dk\/thank-you?submissionGuid is this correct way for DK sites ?

          Julius
          • Aug 21 2020

          I'll leave this for you to figure out on your own :) that's the best way to learn.

Deeps
  • Sep 1 2020
  • Reply

Hi Julius,

It is always great to read your posts. :)

Actually, I am stuck in goal setup. This is an event-based goal. When I am adding this event detail in the existing goal using regex it doesn't show right data all the time. Some day it works fine and another day it doesn't. Whereas it works perfectly in a separate goal.

Can you please highlight some scenario?

Thanks in advance!
Deeps

Ewan Kennedy
  • Sep 30 2020
  • Reply

This solved my problem.

Very helpful, thanks.

Alireza
  • Oct 2 2020
  • Reply

Hello, I set a simple goal in GA: account creation and it's a destination type goal.
GA does not count my goal when someone visits that goal URL from google ads or any campaigns, but when I type that URL in my address bar, GA counts it.
FYI the destination is a single page which the user automatically goes to after signing up.

Harry Langley
  • Oct 7 2020
  • Reply

Hi There,

This is strange, I have my GA event goal set up to exactly match that of GTM with no brackets etc. as haven't used these.

But it doesn't seem to log a goal in real time, I have tried everything oyu have mentioned (incognito etc.) the event is triggering fine by itself.

any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Harry

Fredrik
  • Oct 7 2020
  • Reply

Thanks for a great site, excellent content. I would like to add that Google Tag Manager Preview Mode disrupts Google Analytics Realtime. It almost drove me crazy, before I figured it out.

/Fredrik

    Julius Fedorovicius
    • Oct 7 2020
    • Reply

    What do you mean by that? Can you elaborate?

      Fredrik
      • Oct 7 2020
      • Reply

      Sure, let's say you have a site: www.somesite.com and for that site have enabled GTM Preview mode. Your interactions on www.somesite.com will not show up in GA Realtime. I realised this when I implemented a GA Goal triggered by an event, just to make sure the category, action and label where correctly implmented in the GA Goal I hade GTM preview mode enabled and when I tested with GA Realtime nothing showed up, until I disabled GTM Preview mode

        Julius Fedorovicius
        • Oct 7 2020
        • Reply

        GTM preview mode by itself was not causing that. It can definitely work together with Real-time reports. The problem is somewhere else in your setup. But I cannot tell you where because that requires digging deeper.

Dominik
  • Oct 17 2020
  • Reply

Hi Julius,

Many thanks for this great tutorial.
I did it step by step and checked multiple times.

However I have opposite situation to Fredrik.

In my case google analytics real preview shows results only if form submission is done on site opened via tag manger preview window.

If I close the tab with the tag manager and open new window or use a different device gogle analytics does not shows any from submissions in Real time / Events.

Would you have any idea why this is happening?

Cheers,
Dominik

    Julius
    • Oct 18 2020
    • Reply

    You need to publish your container.

Im
  • Oct 19 2020
  • Reply

Hi,

Has anyone run into a situation where there are no entrances at other stages into the funnel? I'm using a destination goal with regular expression. Funnel option is on. Required steps is on. Are the steps case sensitive? I didn't mark case sensitivity for the destination URL.

The first step is for the page \/myAccount\/template($|\?activeTab=template). Unfortunately, if a user navigates from myAccount/template?activeTab.* to myAccount/template, which is included in the regex for the first step, that will count as an funnel exit. If the user comes back into the funnel at a later step, the goal tracking doesn't record that. I'm thinking it may be an issue with case sensitivity in the configuration of the steps.

Thanks!

Alex
  • Oct 29 2020
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Hi Julius,

I'm having this issue myself but I can't seem to find a solution to it.

Although events are rolling in from GTM into Google Analytics is it possible that there's something else malfunctioning within my GA Goal setup although I matched category, action and label to the GTM setup? Could it be the "Value greater than 0" part?

I'll provide exemplary screenshots below:
GTM= https://snipboard.io/kRNBf5.jpg
GA= https://snipboard.io/oJsWDv.jpg

Best regards

Jeroen Van Raemdonck
  • Nov 23 2020
  • Reply

Hi Julius,

Great article.

I didn't find my answer though. I track goals by landing page (after submitting a lead form people end up on a landing page that says Thank You).

However: sometimes I get hits on this page without an actual conversion happens. These pages are no-index. You can't find them in Google. Still the traffic/conversion source is organic traffic.
Somehow people end up on this page without making a conversion. I believe this could be a phantom visit, that not actually happened.

Do you have an idea what might go wrong here?
Is this false data?

Sven
  • Jan 9 2021
  • Reply

Hey Julius!
Great help. Read both of your gtm and analytics articles.
I still have a problem tho.
My events still don’t show up in analytics after trying all the steps. They fire properly and universal tracking works, but Event tracking just won’t show up in analytics

Hari
  • Mar 2 2021
  • Reply

Hi Julius,
I have created four goals in analytics but 3 of them are showing the same value in the summary. However, when I visualize the funnel, I see different end values. I am scratching my head a lot to understand why such discrepancy.
Please note when analyzing the above I had selected the same date range for all goals and funnel visualization.

Appreciate your thoughts on the same.

    Julius Fedorovicius
    • Mar 2 2021
    • Reply

    Goal funnels suck in GA and I never use them. Goal completion numbers will be the same because goals don't care about the funnel steps you've configured. If there are 3 goals with the same destination but different steps, GA does not care about that. It will show the same goal counts. But if you then view funnel reports, the numbers will be displayed differently. This is very confusing and not very useful.

Cheryl
  • Apr 23 2021
  • Reply

Hi Julius,

I've imported Analytics Goals a number of times into Google Ads. However, the last two I've recently set up don't show up on the list when I click on Import from Analytics. Everything appears to be firing correctly in GTM and I have a conversion linker set up.

I'm curious if you've come across this before and know why this could happening.

Thank you.

devi
  • Nov 3 2021
  • Reply

I have GA events for track external links, made with your tutorials too. It runs very well and detected in Conversion > Goals report, but it suddenly stop reporting while nothing changes in my GA or Tag manager set up. Any advice? thank you

    Julius Fedorovicius
    • Nov 5 2021
    • Reply

    Difficult to tell without seeing the information. 99% that something broke/changed in your GA/GTM. You just didn't notice it. Check if your event tracking is still working if your goal settings are matching the event data.

Eric
  • Nov 22 2021
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Hi, i have a question that i can't figure out. I've set up a goal that shows completions in the real time report https://prnt.sc/20glwdn. The goal also shows a 1.30% conversion rate in the "verify" goal as you can see here https://prnt.sc/20glk2g (i blanked out some parts of the url). But for some reason, GA doesn't report this goal when it's completed. It just shows 0 as you can see here https://prnt.sc/20gmexy. Any idea why? thx!

    Julius Fedorovicius
    • Nov 22 2021
    • Reply

    How long have you waited since the goal was created?

      Eric
      • Nov 22 2021
      • Reply

      Hi Julius, i waited days.

      Luke
      • Jan 29 2022
      • Reply

      Hi Eric, Julius,

      Did either of you get the bottom of this? I have a custom event being tracked by a tag on a button. When it's clicked the tag is fired. That all appears to be working and when I verify the goal in GA it says I have a conversion of 5.56%.

      However, when I go to the conversion overview and look at the specific goal I'm getting 0 completions...

Flora Warner
  • Dec 9 2021
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Thanks Julius, your article has helped me to create goals and working fine.

But I have one issue with that

I created two goals with same destination but the funnel path is different.

1st path is Contact Us -> Thank You Page
2nd Path is Get FREE Assessment -> Thank You Page

When I check in the Goals in Analytics, both have the same numbers. Is there any solution to track both goals while the thank you page URL remains the same.

Please help me.

Thanks!

    Julius Fedorovicius
    • Dec 10 2021
    • Reply

    There is no way. That is exactly how confusing and limited UA goals are. I never use goal funnels because of this exact issue.

Babul Shrestha
  • Jan 20 2022
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Hi Julius,

I have crawled every possible blog site to identify the issue I have been facing. I end up on this page and I got a lot of knowledge from this page Thank you for the wonderful post.

I have tried to track the conversion ratio using the goal funnel but unfortunately, I did not get the satisfying result, I am not confidence
on the goal-setting steps so, seeking your help!

Conditions:
www.abc.com (main domain)
subdomain.abc.com(subdomain)

Both domain and subdomain have the same google universal code
1. created a test view.
view setting -> website URL set to = subdomain.abc.com
2. Filters.
Facebook referral combine(im.facebook, im.facebook shows in facebook)
Full Url (domain and subdomain display full URL in report)
Include hostname
filter type-> includes only-that contain
hostname(.abc.com)

3 Goal Setting
custom
destination
Goal details
regular expre -> (.*)/account-opening/formsubmitted/(.*) This is the destination page.
Funnel Setting
step 1 (.*)/landingpage.html(.*) This is the landing page (set to required)(www.abc.com/landingpage.html) having same Google Universal code.
stp2 (.*)/account/opening/basic/(.*) This is the subdoamin.abc.com page.
stp3 (.*)/account/opening/otp/(.*) This is the subdoamin.abc.com 2ndpage.

The above is the setting details of my google analytics goal
I have been waiting for the result for 3 days but have not received the perfect result from the funnel.

I have searched all the videos on youtube but found the simple funnel set-up tutorial having only a main domain.

The solution to my issue will help me with the 50 % of the workload. Please seek your help. I have read all the Reg expressions and ended up using the above URL setup in goal details.

I have also tried to connect with you on LinkedIn. :)

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