If you’re missing the Container Loaded event, there’s probably a case of the broken data layer. But all three aforementioned events must appear on the list of every page. If you see more events (for example, Message), that’s fine. Every time a page loads, there must be three events displayed in the list – Container Loaded (previously known as Pageview), DOM ready, and Window loaded. Also, if you have Universal Google Analytics implemented via gtag.js, or you are running Google Analytics 4 on your site, you will see a dropdown to switch betweenĪll events in the data layer are displayed on the left side of the Preview and Debug console, Event Timeline. Here you can see the status of the Preview mode (whether it is connected to the newly opened website window or not). Errors. If you notice any number in the tab (rather than 0), click it and see the cause.All data points available here can be turned into variables (which will appear in the Variables tab). Data Layer. Displays the exact message object as it was pushed to the data layer for the selected event and what the data layer looks like after the message transaction is complete.Variables. Displays detailed information about variables in the selected event, including the type of variable, the type of data returned, and the resolved value.Displays which tags fired on the selected data layer event and which ones didn’t. These are two different concepts, which I have discussed in another blog post. Do not mistake them for Google Analytics events. page views, form submissions, clicks, etc.). Displays all events in the Data Layer (e.g. ![]() Google Tag Manager Console or just GTM console) consists of six main parts: The layout of the Google Tag Manager Preview page If you don’t see the success message or if the preview badge shows that the debugger is not connected, read this. If the page does not work, try to enable the preview mode once again and then disable this checkbox in the preview’s popup:Īt the bottom of that page/tab, you must see the following badge:Īnd if you go back to the tab, you must see this success message. It might be the address of a homepage or it might be a specific page’s URL, and then press Start.Ī new browser tab (or window) should appear where you will see the URL you entered in the previous popup. If it does not, read this guide.Ī popup there will ask you to enter the URL which you want to test and debug. Once you click the Preview button, a new browser tab will open with. To enable Google Tag Manager Debug mode, click the Preview button in the top right corner of your GTM interface (near Submit button). Now, let’s take a look at how the preview mode works and how to work with it. Because it’s the worst to find out (after several days (or maybe weeks)) that your recent change broke something in the analytics setup.Īlways test. Personally, I usually never trust my gut when it comes to modifying my GTM setups.
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