How do I set up Piwik PRO after using Google Universal Analytics (GA3) and Google Tag Manager?

Administration > Sites & apps > Permissions

Administration> Users > Owner access

Administration > Sites & apps > Installation

Note: In Piwik PRO, you install a container with a tracking code. This lets you use Tag Manager, Analytics and Consent Manager.

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Note: In Piwik PRO, the session duration is set to 30 minutes and can’t be customized.

There’s also no Campaign Timeout. But you can use attribution models to achieve a similar effect.

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Note: Referral exclusion is usually used to exclude payment gateways. In Piwik PRO by default, if a visitor returns to the site within the session window (30 minutes), the session will be continued under the original referrer.

You can also choose to start a new session when the referrer or campaign changes:

• Administration > Sites & apps > Data collection > Start a new session when the campaign changes
• Administration > Global sites & apps > Data collection > Start a new session when the campaign changes
• Administration > Sites & apps > Data collection > Start a new session when the referrer changes
• Administration > Global sites & apps > Data collection > Start a new session when the referrer changes

Note: Global settings override individual settings.

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Note: We plan to release custom metrics in the future.

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Note: You can use dimension value grouping to achieve a similar effect.

Administration > Sites & apps > Data collection tab > Remove parameters from page URLs

Administration > Settings > Global site & app settings > Data collection > Remove parameters from page URLs

Note: Global settings override individual settings.

Administration > Sites & apps > Data collection > Add crawlers

Administration > Settings > Global site & app settings > Add crawlers

Note: Global settings override individual settings.

Administration > Sites & apps > Data collection > Keywords from your internal search engine

Administration > Settings > Global site & app settings > Keywords from your internal search engine

Note: Global settings override individual settings.

Analytics > Settings > Dimension value grouping

Note: This feature works retroactively. You can group values for data collected in the past.

Instead of filters, you can use these features to filter out traffic:

• Administration > Sites & apps > Data collection > Collect data only from known sites
• Administration > Sites & apps > Data collection > Don’t collect data from these IP addresses
• Analytics > Settings > Dimension value grouping
• Analytics > Settings > Segments
• Analytics > Custom reports > Filters

Analytics > Custom reports

Note: Each user with view permissions or higher can create a custom report.

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Note: You can set dashboards, segments, custom reports, calculated metrics as visible to all users and visible on all sites and apps.

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Note: You can create a custom report to achieve a similar reporting.

Analytics > Reports > Audience > Session log

Note: You can also create a custom report to compare sessions in a table.

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Note: Piwik PRO doesn’t have access to data from other Google products. You can see only the data you’ve collected or integrated.

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Note: Piwik PRO doesn’t have access to data from other Google products. You can see only the data you’ve collected or integrated.

Analytics > Reports > Audience > Locations

Analytics > Reports > Devices & software > Browser language

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Note: Piwik PRO doesn’t have access to data from other Google products. You can see only the data you’ve collected or integrated.

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Note: Piwik PRO doesn’t have access to data from other Google products. You can see only the data you’ve collected or integrated.

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Note: You can set up a dashboard to create a similar report.

Analytics > Reports > Acquisition > Website & social report

Note: If you miss some types of reports, you can use custom reports and dimension value grouping.

Analytics > Reports > Acquisition > Campaigns

Note: In this report, you’ll only see campaigns that you tagged. Google Ads campaigns are in Acquisition > Google Ads. Organic keywords are in Analytics > Reports > Acquisition > Google Search Console.

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Note: You can set up a dashboard to create a similar report.

Analytics > Reports > Behavior > Internal search

Note: If you miss some types of reports, you can use custom reports and dimension value grouping.

Analytics > Goals

Note: You can also create a funnel to see drop-offs.

Analytics > Ecommerce

Note: If you miss some types of reports, you can use custom reports and dashboards.

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Note: Some similar reports are in Analytics > Conversion > Attribution.

Analytics > Dashboards

Note: The only features we don’t have yet are: dashboard gallery and real-time widgets. If you want to add links to reports, you can use our text widget.

Analytics > Settings > Segments

Note: The only feature we don’t have yet is: visitor/user filters.

Custom code (async)

Note: See also our developer documentation to find JS methods that you can apply.

Piwik PRO (tracking code)

Note: This tag is added automatically after you install our container on your site or app. It has some settings that allow you control data collection.

If you want to add Google’s tracking code, use a Google Analytics Tracking tag.

Custom event

Note: Google’s custom event has: Category, Action, Label and Value. Piwik PRO has Category, Action, Name and Value.

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Note: You can export goal conversions from Piwik PRO to Google Ads manually.

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Note: Piwik PRO has a built-in consent management tool. It works right after you install our container on your site or app.

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Note: You can take the Pinterest tag and install it as a custom code (async).

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Note: All tags in Piwik PRO are fired based on visitor’s consent. Consents are collected using our built-in consent management tool.

Click

Note: You can use a CSS selector or XPath as a part of trigger settings.

Element presence

Note: The ID Selection Method is not available in Piwik PRO.

Form submission

Note: This trigger fires a tag when the form is submitted successfully. To set this trigger on submission click only, use a click trigger.

Page scroll

Note: Piwik PRO tracks page scrolls automatically. You just need to set up reporting for it.

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Note: In Piwik PRO, you can track HTML5 videos and YouTube videos automatically.

History change (SPA)

Note: Piwik PRO tracks SPAs automatically.

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Note: In Piwik PRO, we collect JavaScript errors by default. They can be turned on or off in Tag Manager > Tags > Piwik PRO (tracking code).

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Note: We plan to release such feature soon. For now, you can use trigger conditions to achieve the same goal.

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Note: You can use trigger conditions to achieve the same goal.

Built-in variables

Note: You can use them as triggers.

Triggers > Add a trigger > Trigger type > Use a variable as a trigger condition

Note: After you create a variable, you can use it as a trigger condition.

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Note: You can use a user-defined variable: Random number.

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Note: In Piwik PRO, you can track HTML5 videos and YouTube videos automatically.

Custom JS

Note: Referring to a variable using another variable is not available yet. We plan to release it in the future.

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Note: You can use an element presence trigger.

Lookup table

Note: Available from 16.33.0

Random number

Note: This variable sets the random value from 0 to 1, including 0 but not 1.

You can use an existing custom or built-in variable inside another variable. When setting up a variable value, use {{ My existing variable }} to refer to the existing variable.

Note: Avaliable from 16.30.0.

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Note: You can debug active tags before publishing.

Triggers > Add a trigger > Multiplicity

Note: You can use this option while setting up a trigger.

Omnibug

Tampermonkey

Note: You can use it to add Piwik PRO container or just a tracking code to test things out.

Site or app ID

Administration > Sites & apps > The ID is under a site or app name

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Note: Piwik PRO doesn’t share your data with anyone.

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Note: We plan to release it soon.

Tag Manager > Changelog

Note: If you want to see user activity in the whole Piwik PRO see Administration > Settings > Audit log.

Administration > Settings > Users

Administration > Settings > Groups

Note: In Piwik PRO, you manage permissions for the entire platform: Administration, Analytics, Tag Manager, Consent Manager.

Administration > Sites & Apps > Installation

Note: In Piwik PRO, you install a container (with a tracking code). This lets you use the whole stack: Analytics, Tag Manager, Consent Manager.

Tag Manager > Settings > Import > Import settings from another site or app

Note: You can also import a container from a file.

Tag Manager > Changelog > Snapshot > Export settings to file

Note: You can also export or import container settings from a different site or app.

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Note: You can create different environments by using Administration > Sites & apps.