{"id":1871,"date":"2022-05-02T13:25:34","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T10:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/html-online.com\/articles\/?p=1871"},"modified":"2023-05-04T12:09:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T09:09:24","slug":"complete-google-analytics-property-setup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/html-online.com\/articles\/complete-google-analytics-property-setup\/","title":{"rendered":"Complete Google Analytics Property Setup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This property&#8217;s setup is not complete. Settings may be completed for you based on your original Universal Analytics (UA) property, unless you opt out in the connected UA property.<\/strong> I&#8217;m going to explain what to do when this message pops up in Google Analytics (GA4)?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/html-online.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/google-analytics-complete-property-setup-ga4.jpg\" alt=\"google analytics complete property setup ga4\"><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nFirst, open <a href=\"https:\/\/analytics.google.com\/analytics\/web\/#\/\">your Google Analytics property<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Click the red <strong>Complete setup<\/strong> button and you&#8217;ll be redirected to a page where you need to complete 7 steps. Most of them will show the &#8220;<em>Not Started<\/em>&#8221; status and a progress bar will show your setup process.<\/p>\n<p>Click the <strong>&gt;<\/strong> icons after item in the list and click the checkbox to <strong>mark as complete<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You can customize your settings under the same dropdown.<\/p>\n<h2>Go through the steps&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<h3><xap-card-title>Data collection<\/xap-card-title><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Collect website and app data<br \/>\n<\/strong>Collect event data by adding the Google tag to your web pages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Property settings<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Turn on Google signals<\/strong><br \/>\nAccess aggregated data from people with Google accounts who allow Ads Personalization.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Set up conversions<br \/>\n<\/strong>Identify the key user interactions most important to your business.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Define audiences<br \/>\n<\/strong>Find, group, and remarket to your most engaged visitors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><xap-card-title>Google Ads<\/xap-card-title><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Link to Google Ads<br \/>\n<\/strong>Connect to your Google Ads account, so your GA4 audiences and conversion-event data are exported to Google Ads by default.&gt;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bid on GA4 conversions<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Use Google Ads to bid on GA4 conversions<\/li>\n<li><strong>Target ads to GA4 audiences<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Go to Ads and bid using GA4 audiences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><reach-expansion-panel-header><span><xap-card-title>Advanced setup (optional)<\/xap-card-title><\/span><\/reach-expansion-panel-header><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This property&#8217;s setup is not complete. 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