If you’re using gtag.js right now, many of you may be thinking that you can’t set the client id in a custom dimension. However, although there is no official documentation, it is possible to set the client ID as a custom dimension in gtag.js as well. The method is much simpler than it used to be in analytics.js.
Now, I will show you how to set the client ID to a custom dimension using gtag.js.
Setting method
Add custom dimensions
Add from the Google Analytics management screen. Since this is also published in the official help etc., I will omit it in this article.
Customize your tracking code
The following is an example of setting the client ID in custom dimension 1.
gtag('js', new Date());
gtag('config', 'UA-xxxxxxxx-y', {
'custom_map': {
'dimension1': 'clientId'
}
});The config command of gtag is modified using custom_map. custom_map takes advantage of the fact that you can use not only the key names you define yourself, but also the default key names of Google Analytics.
Current issues
Using the method described above, it is already possible to set the Client ID as a custom dimension. However, it cannot meet the needs of “I want to send this client ID value to another CRM”. We need to continue investigating this.
summary
This time, I introduced “How to set the client ID as a custom dimension with gtag.js”, which seems to have not been posted anywhere yet. There are some functions that are not yet available in gtag.js, but there are also “functions that I thought I could not do, but can actually implement”. We would like to share such features as soon as we find them.
