Configuration

This document lists all of the configuration fields for Google Analytics.

allow_google_signals

To disable all advertising features, set allow_google_signals to false.

Field Name Type Default Value
allow_google_signals boolean true

Example

Set globally

gtag('set', 'allow_google_signals', true);

Set for a single stream

gtag('config', 'STREAM_ID', {
  'allow_google_signals': true
});

allow_ad_personalization_signals

Set to false to disable advertising personalization features.

Field Name Type Default Value
allow_ad_personalization_signals boolean true

Example

Set globally

gtag('set', 'allow_ad_personalization_signals', true);

Set for a single stream

gtag('config', 'STREAM_ID', {
  'allow_ad_personalization_signals': true
});

campaign_content

Used for A/B testing and content-targeted ads. Use campaign_content to differentiate ads or links that point to the same URL.

Field Name Type Default Value
campaign_content string undefined

Example

Set globally

gtag('set', 'campaign_content', 'logolink');

Set for a single stream

gtag('config', 'STREAM_ID', {
  'campaign_content': 'logolink'
});

campaign_id

Used to identify which campaign this referral references. Use campaign_id to identify a specific campaign.

Field Name Type Default Value
campaign_id string undefined

Example

Set globally

gtag('set', 'campaign_id', 'abc.123');

Set for a single stream

gtag('config', 'STREAM_ID', {
  'campaign_id': 'abc.123'
});

campaign_medium

Use campaign_medium to identify a medium such as email or cost-per-click.

Field Name Type Default Value
campaign_medium string undefined

Example

Set globally

gtag('set', 'campaign_medium', 'cpc');

Set for a single stream

gtag('config', 'STREAM_ID', {
  'campaign_medium': 'cpc'
});

campaign_name

Used for keyword analysis. Use campaign_name to identify a specific product promotion or strategic campaign.

Field Name Type Default Value
campaign_name string undefined

Example

Set globally

gtag('set', 'campaign_name', 'spring_sale');

Set for a single stream

gtag('config', 'STREAM_ID', {
  'campaign_name': 'spring_sale'
});

campaign_source

Use campaign_source to identify a search engine, newsletter name, or other source.

Field Name Type Default Value
campaign_source string undefined

Example

Set globally

gtag('set', 'campaign_source', 'google');

Set for a single stream

gtag('config', 'STREAM_ID', {
  'campaign_source': 'google'
});

campaign_term

Used for paid search. Use campaign_term to note the keywords for this ad.

Field Name Type Default Value
campaign_term string undefined

Example

Set globally

gtag('set', 'campaign_term', 'running+shoes');

Set for a single stream

gtag('config', 'STREAM_ID', {
  'campaign_term': 'running+shoes'
});

campaign

An object containing all campaign values that can be set.

The campaign object is provided to support legacy implementations, and is not recommended for most cases. Instead, you should use the campaign-prefixed version of each field:

Field Name Type Default Value
campaign object undefined

Example

Set globally

gtag('set', 'campaign', {
  'id': 'abc.123',
  'source': 'google',
  'medium': 'cpc',
  'name': 'spring_sale',
  'term': 'running+shoes',
  'content': 'logolink'
});

Set for a single stream

gtag('config', 'STREAM_ID', {
  'campaign': {
    'id': 'abc.123',
    'source': 'google',
    'medium': 'cpc',
    'name': 'spring_sale',
    'term': 'running+shoes',
    'content': 'logolink'
  }
});

client_id

Pseudonymously identifies a browser instance. By default, this value is stored as part of the first-party Analytics cookie with a two-year expiration.

Field Name Type Default Value
client_id string A randomly generated value for each user.

Example

Set globally

gtag('set', 'client_id', 'aaa.bbb');

Set for a single stream

gtag('config', 'STREAM_ID', {
  'client_id': 'aaa.bbb'
});

content_group

Field Name Type Default Value
content_group string

Example

Set globally

gtag('set', 'content_group', '/news/sports');

Set for a single stream

gtag('config', 'STREAM_ID', {
  'content_group': '/news/sports'
});

Specifies the domain used to store the analytics cookie.

Set to 'none' to set the cookie without specifying a domain.

Set to 'auto' (the default value) to set the cookie to the top level domain plus one subdomain (eTLD +1). For example if cookie_domain is set to 'auto' https://example.com would use example.com for the domain, and https://subdomain.example.com would also use example.com for the domain.

Field Name Type Default Value
cookie_domain string 'auto'

Set globally

gtag('set', 'cookie_domain', 'example.com');

Set for a single stream

gtag('config', 'STREAM_ID', {
  'cookie_domain': 'example.com'
});

Every time a hit is sent to Google Analytics, the cookie expiration time is updated to be the current time plus the value of the cookie_expires field. This means that if you use the default value time of two years (63072000 seconds), and a user visits your site every month, their cookie will never expire.

If you set the cookie_expires time to 0 (zero) seconds, the cookie turns into a session based cookie and expires once the current browser session ends.

Field Name Type Default Value
cookie_expires number 63072000

Set globally

gtag('set', 'cookie_expires', 28 * 24 * 60 * 60 /* 28 days, in seconds */);

Set for a single stream

gtag('config', 'STREAM_ID', {
  'cookie_expires': 28 * 24 * 60 * 60 /* 28 days, in seconds */
});

Appends additional flags to the cookie when set. Flags must be separated by semicolons. See write a new cookie for some examples of flags to set.

Field Name Type Default Value
cookie_flags string

Set globally

gtag('set', 'cookie_flags', 'SameSite=None;Secure');

Set for a single stream

gtag('config', 'STREAM_ID', {
  'cookie_flags': 'SameSite=None;Secure'
});

Specifies the subpath used to store the analytics cookie.

Field Name Type Default Value
cookie_path string '/'

Set globally

gtag('set', 'cookie_path', '/example_path');

Set for a single stream

gtag('config', 'STREAM_ID', {
  'cookie_path': '/example_path'
});

Specifies a prefix to prepend to analytics cookie names.

Field Name Type Default Value
cookie_prefix string

Set globally

gtag('set', 'cookie_prefix', 'prefix');

Set for a single stream

gtag('config', 'STREAM_ID', {
  'cookie_prefix': 'prefix'
});

When cookie_update is set to true, gtag.js will update cookies on each page load. This will update the cookie expiration to be set relative to the most recent visit to the site. For example, if cookie expiration is set to one week, and a user visits using the same browser every five days, the cookie expiration will be updated on each visit and will effectively never expire.

When set to false, cookies are not updated on each page load. This has the effect of cookie expiration being relative to the first time a user visited the site.

Field Name Type Default Value
cookie_update boolean true

Set globally

gtag('set', 'cookie_update', true);

Set for a single stream

gtag('config', 'STREAM_ID', {
  'cookie_update': true
});

ignore_referrer

Set to true to indicate to Analytics that the referrer shouldn't be displayed as a traffic source. Learn when to use this field

Field Name Type Default Value
ignore_referrer boolean false

Example

Set globally

gtag('set', 'ignore_referrer', true);

Set for a single stream

gtag('config', 'STREAM_ID', {
  'ignore_referrer': true
});

language

Specifies the language preference of the user. Defaults to the user's navigator.language value.

Field Name Type Default Value
language string The default value will be navigator.language

Example

Set globally

gtag('set', 'language', 'en-us');

Set for a single stream

gtag('config', 'STREAM_ID', {
  'language': 'en-us'
});

page_location

Specifies the full URL of the page. Defaults to the user's document.location value.

Field Name Type Default Value Character Limit
page_location string The default value is document.location 1000

Example

Set globally

gtag('set', 'page_location', 'https://example.com/page1');

Set for a single stream

gtag('config', 'STREAM_ID', {
  'page_location': 'https://example.com/page1'
});

page_referrer

Specifies which referral source brought traffic to a page. This value is also used to compute the traffic source. The format of this value is a URL. Defaults to the user's document.referrer value.

Field Name Type Default Value Character Limit
page_referrer string The default value will be document.referrer 420

Example

Set globally

gtag('set', 'page_referrer', 'https://example.com');

Set for a single stream

gtag('config', 'STREAM_ID', {
  'page_referrer': 'https://example.com'
});

page_title

The title of the page or document. Defaults to the user's document.title value.

Field Name Type Default Value Character Limit
page_title string The default value will be document.title 300

Example

Set globally

gtag('set', 'page_title', 'Settings');

Set for a single stream

gtag('config', 'STREAM_ID', {
  'page_title': 'Settings'
});

send_page_view

Set to false to prevent the default snippet from sending a page_view.

Field Name Type Default Value
send_page_view boolean true

Example

Set globally

gtag('set', 'send_page_view', false);

Set for a single stream

gtag('config', 'STREAM_ID', {
  'send_page_view': false
});

screen_resolution

Specifies the resolution of the screen. Should be two positive integers separated by an x. For example, for an 800px by 600px screen, the value would be 800x600. Calculated from the user's window.screen value.

Field Name Type Default Value
screen_resolution string The default value will be calculated from window.screen

Example

Set globally

gtag('set', 'screen_resolution', '800x600');

Set for a single stream

gtag('config', 'STREAM_ID', {
  'screen_resolution': '800x600'
});

user_id

Specifies a known identifier for a user provided by the site owner/library user. It must not itself be PII (personally identifiable information). The value should never be persisted in Google Analytics cookies or other Analytics provided storage.

Field Name Type Default Value Character Limit
user_id string 256

Example

Set globally

gtag('set', 'user_id', 'id');

Set for a single stream

gtag('config', 'STREAM_ID', {
  'user_id': 'id'
});

user_properties

User properties are attributes that can be used to describe segments of your user base, such as language preference or geographic location. Up to 25 additional user properties can be set per project.

Field Name Type Default Value Character Limit
user_properties object property name=24
property value=36

Example

Set globally

gtag('set', 'user_properties', {
  'favorite_color': 'blue'
});

Set for a single stream

gtag('config', 'STREAM_ID', {
  'user_properties': {
    'favorite_color': 'blue'
  }
});