By adding utm campaign parameters to the destination URLs you use in referral links and ad campaigns, you can view which campaigns refer traffic. When a user clicks a referral link, the URL parameters are sent to Analytics, and the parameter values are visible in the Traffic acquisition report. On this page Add utm parameters to URL UTM best practices URL builders View custom-campaign data You can set custom campaign data in Google Analytics.

Understanding the Context

Campaign data values can be set via parameters in gtag.js and via Google Tag Manager. Campaign Manager 360 URLs that are auto-tagged with Campaign Manager 360 (CM360) parameters include the GCLID parameter. Auto-tagging provides the following dimensions at event, session, and user scopes: Custom parameters (all supported advertising platforms) represent an advertiser-defined value that can be set in the tracking template. For example, you could define {_campaign}=branding or {_campaign}=leads in your campaign's custom parameters and set your account tracking template to {lpurl}?source_campaign={_campaign} Learn more.

Key Insights

Create or edit custom parameters in bulk at the ad level Go to Ads within the Campaigns menu . Check the boxes next to all of the ads you want to add custom parameters to. Select Edit in the blue bar above the table, then select Change custom parameters from the drop-down menu. Next to โ€œAdd parameters", enter the name and value of your custom parameters. Select Add.

Final Thoughts

Select Apply. Compatibility with Google Ads campaigns ValueTrack parameters are compatible with the following campaigns: Search Network, Display Network, AI Max for Search, Shopping, Video and App campaigns. However, there are some campaign-specific requirements to keep in mind. Overview Users arrive at your website or application through a variety of sources, including advertising campaigns, search engines, and social networks. This article describes how Analytics collects, processes, and reports the campaign and traffic-source data. Understanding campaigns & traffic sources In Analytics, the ad campaigns, search engines, social networks, and other sources that send ...

User IDs Before using User IDs, read Best practices for User-ID Page URLs and titles The basic Analytics page tag collects the page URL and page title of each page that is viewed. PII is often inadvertently sent in these URLs and titles. Both the URL path and parameters must be free of PII. If there is any possibility of your URLs, URL parameters, or titles containing PII, you'll need to ...