GA Subdomain Setup
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Hi Mozzers,
Can someone show me how to add a subdomain profile (sub.example.com) under the master profile (www.example.com) on Google Analytics.
I am not sure on how to set it up.
Thanks
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Yep, it should be /$A1$B1. Sorry about that!
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Thanks ... DId you mean to say /$A$B1for Output To -> Constructor
In your comment yesterday you omitted the 1 after the B so I just wanna be sure I got this correct. I put /$A$B1 in my filter.
I very much appreciate the help.
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Yep. I think that you need to select "Request URI" and then enter /$A$B (which is the same as above, but with a slash before it).
By the way, all of this info came from a great post I found: http://www.bigdaylight.com/analytics/filtering-subdomains-in-google-analytics/. You can also look there and check in the comments for other updates.
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Thanks so much for the info. Getting everything set up and just want to check with you regarding the dropdowns in filter setup.
In your instructions you wrote -->
6. Field B -> Extract B:
Select “Request URL” from the drop down.
Enter (.*) in the text box.
7. Output to Constructor:
Select “Request URL” from the drop down.Enter $A1$B1 in the text box.
but there isn't a Request URL in the dropdown choices. Only Request URI which I assume is the correct choice since we're talking about filtering URI's and not URL for main domain and subdomain.
Can you verify that choosing 'Request URI' is what you meant to write or let me know if there is a different selection that I should make?
I've attached a screen cap of my dropdown options.
Thanks in advance -- you've been a great help.
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The picture that you showed tells Google to track the subdomain support.yoursite.com along with www.yoursite.com. However, if you have these two pages:
support.yoursite.com/your-product/
www.yoursite.com/your-product/
They will both be recorded as /your-product/ in the Google Analytics data. The (unfortunately very complicated) filter that I listed earlier is to add /subdomain/ in the folder structure, so that:
support.yoursite.com/your-product/ will be tracked as /support/your-product/
www.yoursite.com/your-product/ will be tracked as /your-product/
Is that a little clearer?
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Hi Kristina,
I created that profile combining the main domain and subdomain but what I don't understand is that never when creating the filter I am inserting the name of this subdomain.
So are you saying that the name of the subdomain is not necessary and GA will still track the subdomain in question?
Thanks
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The way I recommended originally is to have one profile that has both your main domain and your subdomain mixed together, and the filter that I described would append the subdomain as a /folder/ in the URLs that Google is tracking. The filter should automatically populate that /folder/.
Best,
Kristina
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Hi Kristina,
Sorry to bother you again but I still have an interrogation regarding the Reg ex you gave me. My concern is that no Reg expression is emphasizing on the subdomain i am trying to track.
I think in order to do that I would have to go under the "profile settings" and insert sub.example.com as the website's URL, right?
thanks
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Nope, sorry, I wasn't very specific about when you add +New Property. When you're at the highest level, click on the account that you want to add the main domain and subdomain tracking to, and the next level down should have a button that says +New Property.
I believe that you'll have to have two codes on your site, since they're slightly different. If anyone knows a way to just have one code but track on multiple properties, chime in!
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Thank you for this in depth answer
Did you mean by +new property= +new account
If it is so, my question is: is it ok to have 2 GATC codes on all the pages since you are saying we should a get a new property?
Thanks
Ty
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Hi Ty,
Google recommends that you keep your original profile for the main site running and create a separate profile for the combined main domain and subdomain tracking, so to get things going, you should:
- Go under "Admin," like you had seen before
- Click +New Property
- Fill out the setup information (name it something that'll remind you that you're combining the main domain and subdomain here
- Then choose select "one domain with multiple subdomains" for the tracking code.
The, yes, you're going to put that code on both the subdomain and the main domain pages.
The filter is to distinguish between the main domain and subdomains while you're in Google Analytics. GA only reports everything after the domain, so if you have two pages, www.main-site.com/page1/ and subdomain.main-site.com/page1/, they're going to be reported as /page1/, and their data will be combined.
http://www.bigdaylight.com/analytics/filtering-subdomains-in-google-analytics/ tells you how to set up a filter to distinguish between the two:
1. Select “Add new Filter for Profile”
2. Filter Name: “Show Full URLs” (or your own description)
3. Filter Type: Custom Filter
4. Select “Advanced”
5. Field A -> Extract A:
Select “Hostname” from the drop down.
Enter (.*) in the text box.
6. Field B -> Extract B:
Select “Request URL” from the drop down.
Enter (.*) in the text box.
7. Output to Constructor:
Select “Request URL” from the drop down.
Enter $A1$B1 in the text box.
8. Field A Required: Yes
Field B Required: No
Override Output Field: Yes
Case Sensitive: NoAfter that, you should be set.
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Hi Kristina
thanks for the doc. From my understanding:
Step 1: I would go under "admin", then "tracking code", select "one domain with multiple subdomains", then save
Step 2: Copy and paste the new GATC on sub domain to sub.example.com. Should I capy and paste this new GATC under the main domain too?
Step 3: go to "Profile", then click "+new profile" , create a profile
Step4: add a filter but then I am not sure what to do? There is an advanced setting i have to go to as well?
Anything eles i should do too?
Thanks
Ty
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Hi Taysir,
It's not a simple process, and you're going to have to modify your GA code on your subdomain pages for it to work. Google has the instructions here: https://support.google.com/analytics/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=55524.
Let us know if you have problems with any of Google's steps,
Kristina
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