Using Google Analytics with Sourceview

Google Analytics is a service that tracks and reports on website traffic, enabling companies to know key information about their reach to viewers. Since Sourceview profiles and collections are essentially websites (accessed via QR code, for example), utilizing Google Analytics is a great way for marketing teams to understand how many people are learning the stories behind their products. 

Obtaining a Tracking Code from Google Analytics

Adding Analytics to Sourceview

Obtaining a Tracking Code from Google Analytics

After you have created an account on Google Analytics (analytics.google.com), open the “Admin” settings to create a new property.

lick “Create Property” and follow the instructions to set up your new property.

IMPORTANT: Be sure to create a “Universal Analytics property”. To do this, click the button to “Show advanced options”, then turn on “Create a Universal Analytics property”. 

ou will then need to enter your URL, which you can find in the brand settings in Sourceview. In the case of the image below, the URL would be my.sourceview.co/company.

ontinue to follow the steps in Google analytics until you have created your property. 

After your property has been created, go back to the “Admin” settings menu, and ensure you have selected the correct property. The correct property should have an identifier that begins with “UA” as seen below.

Click on “Tracking Info”, then “Tracking Code”. 

You should see the HTML and Javascript code that will need to be copied and pasted into your brand settings in Sourceview.

Adding Analytics to Sourceview

If you would like to track traffic to your Sourceview pages through Google Analytics (or a similar service), you may add your tracking code in the settings for your Sourceview Brand.

ithin the settings, you will see a text box where you can paste your tracking code, and it will be automatically inserted into every page for your brand. Be sure to save after you have pasted in your tracking code.