I have a Vue.js project that I wanna add analytics, but I am a bit confused between Tag Manager and Google Analytics.
I understand that GA cannot track anything, therefore we need the GTM to dispatch an event by using a trigger.
But my question is, if I am using vue-gtag and added the events into the code, such as buttons and other stuff and also enabled auto pageview tracking (I can see the reports on GA), do I need to set up everything on GTM?
What is a better practice, injecting the events into to code or defining everything in GTM (the code is compiled to an APK file if that matters)
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I am currently working on UA to GA4 migration. I want the UA and GA4 properties to exist in parallel for time being until the GA4 migration stabilizes. We implement GA via Google Tag Manager. I want to know whether the same GTM container associated with UA property can be used for GA4 property as well.
The GTM container already has Universal analytics tag. I tried to create the GA4 configuration tag in the same container and upon testing able to view the hits in both UA report and GA4 report. Kindly advise if this is a suggested solution.
Our customer has the GTM script, associated with UA property, already embedded in their website. We do not want rework at their end by providing new GTM script for GA4. That is why we would like to know if it it appropriate to use the same GTM container for both UA and GA4 properties, so that, no rework is required from the customer end.
Thanks,
Keerthana
This is, indeed the industry practice at the moment to have all in one GTM container. That would include pretty much any TMS and tracking endpoint.
However, it's best to do such migrations with someone who knows their way around GTM/GA/Data. Especially if EEC or consent is involved. It gets tricky.
Yes, you can use the same GTM container for both Universal Analytics (UA) and Google Analytics 4 (GA4) properties. Having the same GTM container associated with both UA and GA4 properties is a common migration approach.
By creating a GA4 Configuration tag in the same GTM container as the Universal Analytics tag, you can collect data from both properties in parallel. This means that you can compare the data between UA and GA4 during the migration process to ensure that the migration is successful.
It's important to note that GA4 uses a different data collection method than UA, so you may need to make some changes to your tracking code and data layer in order to ensure that the GA4 Configuration tag is working correctly. However, the customer will not need to make any changes to their website as long as they already have the GTM script embedded.
In general, using the same GTM container for both UA and GA4 properties is a good solution if you want to minimize the impact on the customer's website during the migration process. And If you feel hard then you can connect to me for live implementation help. Thanks
I'm looking to build an app similar to Google Docs in that it is collaborative and updates should reflect in realtime when another user makes changes to a document (row).
Right now, I have a useEffect that listens to changes of the document state and debounces the changes so that changes will only persist after 1 second, preventing unnecessary requests.
I'm wondering the best way to send instructions on how to change the json document to the database rather than sending a whole new copy of the data.
Also i'm not sure how google docs works but I've heard it communicates directly from client to client?
Is there an optimal way to create a google docs clone with Supabase?
Is it possible to get a handle on a file which is opened by any external app via my application?
Using Cloud-Storage Apps as an example, I would like to track changes to a file opened via the Storage-Provider App, so the manipulated file can be uploaded again afterwards.
There are two possible answers here, depending on what kind of app you're implementing.
For general tracking purposes, you can try using the ContentsChanged event of the StoreFolderQueryResult/StorageFileQueryResult classes within Windows.Storage.Search. That is, you create a file or folder query for what you want to watch, and then register an event handler. Generally speaking, this works well for stuff on the local file system; it's not guaranteed if you're trying to run a query on files/folders whose backing store is elsewhere.
The subject is too detailed to be described here, but you can refer the "File and Folder Queries" in Chapter 11 of my free ebook Programming Windows Store Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, Second Edition, page 607. Even though I focus on JS as a language, the discussions of WinRT APIs like this are useful when working in any language...plus the ebook is free so there's nothing to lose.
The other mechanism would be useful if you're implementing an app that provides the interface to a cloud storage backend, like the OneDrive app that's part of Windows. In this case you'd want to use the CachedFileUpdater contract. See Appendix D, page 1288, of my aforementioned book.
i want to develop a site where user selects various videos and site will render a single video containing all videos in a pre-built template.
what would be the way to go about this (in order to create the movie dynamically from site) ?
what would be the server side framework to use ?
can i use after-effects and have site use it to generate such templates (optional - as i have a friend who works with after effects and can create templates) ?
as i am fairly new to the field any additional information is welcomed.
I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure you can't do what you described.
Rendering a video consumes huge resources (really huge), so a server park that could
handle this is just not worth it.
However, what you can do is to play the selected videos consecutively. That way, no rendering is necessary.
Also, forget about After Effects, for the same reasons described above.
You can achieve what you want by using a new plugin for After Effects called Templater Bot. From Dataclay's site:
Templater Bot is an enterprise solution for custom video on demand. It works as an automated system. Use it to periodically check for incoming data, pull new data in, and render video as a background process. Or use the command line interface to push data in to create new renders. Once your AE project is prepared, use Bot to customize and render it without operating the After Effects user interface. Developers can create front end applications, such as web or mobile apps, that feed data into Templater's data source, offering a collaborative, custom video content creation solution.
I am thinking about app that will use google form and I need to create forms from that app. Is there a way how can I create form in google docs without using website but through some api or some other way?
I can offer an idea for a solution using Google App Script.
Since the beginning of 2013 you can create new forms using the App Script Forms Service API quite easily.
var form = FormApp.create(title)
.setDescription(description)
.setConfirmationMessage('Thanks for responding!')
;
The problem now is how to get that App Script running from your non App Script code.
You can use App Script to create a Web App that reacts to HTTP GET requests.
So putting it together, you may be able to create an App Script Web App that reacts to a GET request and when it gets the right URL parameters, it creates the form.
(Nov 2020) Yes, it is possible to programmatically create Google Forms. You can do it with Google Apps Script using its Forms service. You can also extend the code to read in the contents from Google Docs (with Apps Script's Document service) and use it for the creation of Google Forms.
I created a Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) Add-on, which you can think of as a Google Docs extension, called GFormIt. Its original purpose was intended for teachers to write exams/quizzes, possibly with answers, in Google Docs, then automatically convert them to Google Forms to distribute to students who submit their answers into Google Sheets (the destination for Google Forms submissions).
Furthermore, if you (the teacher) provided answers to your test questions, GFormIt would also auto-submit your answers to the Sheet as if you were a student. If you do that, and use a tool like Flubaroo to grade the exam, you could designate your row in the Sheet as “the answer key.” You can learn more about how it works, including viewing a short video, at the GFormIt page linked above.
This Google Docs add-on, along with others for Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, etc., are all certified/validated by Google and available for free to anyone from the Google Workspace Marketplace. (However, your admins may have to grant permissions for you to try to install them to your corporate Workspace account.) If interested in building your own add-on, please see the developer documentation and perhaps some of my introductory videos to get started, the most relevant being the one linked to at the top of this answer.
Apps Script is a serverless Google technology, meaning you write your code (using JavaScript) in the browser, and it is hosted by & executed on Google servers. If you wanted to create your own web app (and hosted anywhere), you would have to wait for a Google Forms REST API which does not exist at the time of this writing. (If we ever launch one, you'll find its documentation at https://developers.google.com/forms along with the others like Sheets https://developers.google.com/sheets, Gmail https://developers.google.com/gmail, Drive https://developers.google.com/drive, etc.)
Earlier this year (Mar 2022) the new Google Forms Api graduated from Beta. It is more powerful that the previous versions and caters for two main use cases:
Automated form creation and editing: Enables automated form creation
and editing. Enables rapid form generation from large volume question
banks or other data backends.
Reaction to Form responses: The API also enables developers to build
automations for acting on incoming responses. Examples include
developing real-time dashboards or visualizations and triggering
business workflows based on response data.
We have used it to build an integration that Creates documents and slides each time a form is completed: www.portant.co/google-forms-to-docs and it works really well.
I think the other key use case looks like it would be a good fit for you and others looking for a solution like this.
Cheers, James
Sorry, the API doesn't support programmatically creating forms.