How Can I Track Page Views for Every Page in a Space?
Asked by Xavier Amador:

I'd like to know how I can track page views for each page in a given space. I found the Google Analytics plugin, but this requires adding the code to every single page which is not feasible.

I'd like to be able to see the most and lead viewed pages at a glance. Any thoughts?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: If you want to use Google Analytics you could add the code to the Custom HTML section in Confluence Administration. Anything there is run on every Confluence page.

comments: author: Xavier Amador
body: Thanks for your response. I have a few follow-up questions:

1) Is this to be added in the header or footer section of 'Look and Feel?'

2) If the custom HTML does go in the header or footer, will iI receive analytics for *each* page individually, or is it going to aggregate all the views as one page?


author: Davin Studer
body: I'd put it in the footer. And it will be as if you had embeded the code on every page. Anything in the custom html section will be run on every page of your site.


author: Xavier Amador
body: Thanks Davin,

Will putting it in the footer still provide individual statistics for *each* page, or just an aggregate of views for *all* pages?


author: Davin Studer
body: Not totally sure what you are asking. It is just like embedding the code on any web site in the footer. It will run on each page and report that data to Google Analytics for that page.


author: Xavier Amador
body: I want to make sure that by adding it to the footer, the Google Analytics will show:

**Total Site Views** - 45

**Page 1 -** 10 views

**Page 2 -** 15 views

**Page 3 -** 20 views

rather than:

**Total Site Views** - 45, but not individual page stats.

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Given your reply, it sounds like it will be broken down by page. Thanks again for your help.


author: Xavier Amador
body: I attempted to added the code for Google Analytics to the footer in Confluence, but receive the following error message on the page:

*com.atlassian.confluence.content.render.xhtml.migration.exceptions.UnknownMacroMigrationException: The macro 'datalayer.push(arguments);' is unknown.*

Any idea what could be wrong? The code I am using is:

\<!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics --\>  
\<script async src="[https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-6686090-48"\>\</script]()\>  
\<script\>  
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer \|\| \[\];  
function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}  
gtag('js', new Date());

gtag('config', '**MYGOOGLEANALYTICSID** ');  
\</script\>


author: AustinS
body: Hey Alain,

I've met the same issue, when I was trying to embedded ga code in every confluence pages (actually I m doing same to every pages of JIRA).

Did you find the workaround to solve it?

I appreciate it.


author: Xavier Amador
body: Hi Austin,

I did! I installed *Google Analytics by resolution GmbH* (it's free) and that was it. No need to embed code on every page.


author: AustinS
body: May I ask what the "*resolution GmbH* " it is? I did googled this and got many Ads. Not sure which one is the 'real' one.


author: Xavier Amador
body: You can find it directly from the 'Find new add-ons' section in Confluence.


author: AustinS
body: Thanks Alain. there is no free *Google Analytics addon by resolution GmbH* in "Find new add-on"*. And* I figured it out, this looks like, for Confluence Cloud website.

Im looking for a similar thing to Confluence server only.


author: Xavier Amador
body: Ah yes - this is for Confluence Cloud. Sorry.


author: Zak Laughton
body: Hi Alain! A third-party app from the Atlassian Marketplace is the best option to track views of every page (e.g. [Page View](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.elitesoftsp.confluence.page.tracking.plugins/server/overview), [Viewtracker](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/ch.bitvoodoo.confluence.plugins.viewtracker/server/overview)).

You can enable the native [Confluence Usage statistics plugin](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/viewing-site-statistics-123043962.html) to see the most popular spaces and pages, but this plugin is known to cause performance issues in larger instances and has less functionality for tracking the views of individual pages.

comments: author: Xavier Amador
body: Thanks for you reply, Zak. Both of these, however, only seem to work with Confluence Server, but we are using Confluence Cloud. I'll see if I can find one in the Market Place for Cloud.


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