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About Google Analytics Tracking IDs

The guide Using Google Analytics in Certain provides full details of setting up Google Analytics in Certain. The guide covers configuring an event for Google Analytics. The guide covers adding a Tracking ID to an Event Website. The guide covers adding a Tracking ID to an Event Registration Form. The guide covers adding a Tracking ID to a Certain Mobile Web App. The guide covers adding a Tracking ID to a Speaker Portal.

To obtain a Google Analytics Tracking ID to use in a Certain event, follow these instructions. The Tracking ID example is “UA-12345678-1”.

For a new Google Analytics account

1. Go to www.google.com/analytics. 2. Click Sign Up. 3. The New Account page opens. 4. Under What would you like to track?, select Website. 5. Under Setting up your account, enter an Account Name (for example My Company, or My Company Events). 6. Under Setting up your property, enter a Website Name (for example, Sales Conference 2016). 7. Under Website URL, enter the domain name portion of the URL you use to access Certain. For example: for Standard edition customers, the URL would be “www.certain.com”, for Enterprise edition customers, you would use the first part of the URL that you access Certain with, such as “registration.mycompany.com”. 8. Under Industry Category, select an option from the drop-down list. 9. Under Reporting Time Zone, select country and time zone from the drop-down lists. 10. Under Data Sharing Options, select as appropriate. 11. Click Get Tracking ID. 12. You may be prompted to accept the Google Analytics terms of service before the Tracking ID is generated. 13. You are taken to the Google Analytics Administration page for the "property". 14. The Tracking ID is displayed in large bold print in the middle of the page. This is in the format “UA-12345678-1”. 15. This Tracking ID is what you will enter into the Event, Form, or Event Website setup pages. 16. Record the Tracking ID. Copying it is a quick way to be able to paste it where necessary. Note: Do not copy the long “tracking code”, i.e. the snippet of JavaScript code which is several lines beginning “<script>” and ending “</script>”. Copy just the short Tracking ID, such as “UA-12345678-1”.

For an existing Google Analytics account

1. Go to www.google.com/analytics. 2. Log in to your account. 3. Select Admin on the Google Analytics toolbar. 4. In the Property column, click an existing property to show the drop-down menu, and click Create new property. 5. The New Property page opens, with the same fields as described above. 6. Follow the same steps as above, from Step 7 onwards.

Note on the Tracking ID

The Tracking ID is what you will enter into the Event, Form, or Event Website setup pages.

The Tracking ID is displayed in large bold print in the middle of the page.

This Tracking ID is in the format “UA-12345678-1”.

For an existing Google Analytics account (summary)

1. Go to www.google.com/analytics.

2. Log in to your account.

3. Select Admin on the Google Analytics toolbar.

4. In the Property column, click an existing property to show the drop-down menu, and click Create new property.

5. The New Property page opens, with the same fields as described above.

6. Follow the same steps as above, from Step 7 onwards.

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