{"id":110435,"date":"2025-02-26T03:57:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T03:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/analytics\/gtmtips-edit-google-analytics-tag-settings\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T03:57:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T03:57:35","slug":"gtmtips-edit-google-analytics-tag-settings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=110435","title":{"rendered":"#GTMTips: Edit Google Analytics Tag Settings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>When the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simoahava.com\/analytics\/google-analytics-settings-variable-in-gtm\/\">Google Analytics Settings variable<\/a> was introduced in May 2017, it resulted in a significant change in the <a href=\"https:\/\/analytics.google.com\/\">Google Analytics<\/a> tag user interface in <a href=\"https:\/\/tagmanager.google.com\/\">Google Tag Manager<\/a>. The default UI for editing a tag was stripped down of all GA-specific settings, and the new <strong>Google Analytics Settings<\/strong> drop-down was the replacement.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the bulk of Google Tag Manager articles online (including those on this blog) still refer to the old interface in screenshots and instructions. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simoahava.com\/tags\/gtmtips\/\">#GTMTips<\/a> article is a very quick tip to show you how to reveal tag-specific settings without using a Google Analytics Settings variable.<\/p>\n<p>                <span class=\"simmer\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"close\">X<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n    <span class=\"fa fa-md fa-bell\"\/><br \/>\n    <strong>The Simmer Newsletter<\/strong>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    Subscribe to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simoahava.com\/newsletter\/\">Simmer newsletter<\/a> to get the latest news and content from Simo Ahava into your email inbox!\n  <\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"tip-72-edit-google-analytics-tag-settings\">Tip 72: Edit Google Analytics tag settings<\/h2>\n<div style=\"aspect-ratio: 960 \/ 540;\" class=\"figure nocaption\">\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simoahava.com\/images\/2018\/02\/edit-google-analytics-tag-settings.jpg\" title=\"Edit Google Analytics settings\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fig-img\" height=\"540\" width=\"960\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simoahava.com\/images\/2018\/02\/edit-google-analytics-tag-settings.jpg#ZgotmplZ\" alt=\"Edit Google Analytics settings\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you want to reveal the <strong>More Settings<\/strong> list, which comprises items like <strong>Fields to Set<\/strong>, <strong>Custom Dimensions<\/strong> and <strong>Ecommerce<\/strong> settings (among others), all you need to do is check the box titled:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Enable overriding settings in this tag<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This setting means that even if the tag uses a Google Analytics Settings variable as the basis for all its settings, any changes you make in the tag-specific settings can be used to override those set by the variable.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, if you <em>don\u2019t<\/em> want to use a Google Analytics Settings variable, you <strong>must<\/strong> check this box to edit the tag-specific fields.<\/p>\n<p>For fields that have free text input, such as <strong>Fields to Set<\/strong> and <strong>Custom Dimensions<\/strong>, any rows you add will override the equivalent settings or dimensions you set in the Google Analytics Settings variable.<\/p>\n<p>Some fields such as <strong>Tracking ID<\/strong> and all the fields that have a drop-down list for value selection (e.g. <strong>Enable Enhanced Ecommerce Features<\/strong>) let you either <em>inherit<\/em> the value from the Google Analytics Settings variable (default option), or you can override the settings variable with some other value.<\/p>\n<div style=\"aspect-ratio: 865 \/ 433;\" class=\"figure nocaption\">\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simoahava.com\/images\/2018\/02\/settings-inherit.jpg\" title=\"Inherit settings\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fig-img\" height=\"433\" width=\"865\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simoahava.com\/images\/2018\/02\/settings-inherit.jpg#ZgotmplZ\" alt=\"Inherit settings\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>To recap, just check <strong>Enable overriding settings in this tag<\/strong> if you want to reveal the hidden <strong>More Settings<\/strong> menu in your tags. I would recommend, however, that you take a look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simoahava.com\/analytics\/google-analytics-settings-variable-in-gtm\/\">Google Analytics Settings variable<\/a>, and take the time to migrate your Google Analytics tags to use it. It will make your life a whole lot easier, especially if managing a boatload of GA tags!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the Google Analytics Settings variable was introduced in May 2017, it resulted in a significant change in the Google Analytics tag user interface in Google Tag Manager. The default UI for editing a tag was stripped down of all GA-specific settings, and the new Google Analytics Settings drop-down was the replacement. 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