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Google Analytics 4

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Overview

Google Analytics offers an excellent version of attribution, but it doesn’t let you combine attribution with other insights that non-tracked data can deliver. For example, e-commerce merchants might want to compare attribution channels for specific products or for certain user segments.

Variations Between Chord Data Models and the Google Analytics 4 Platform

Timezones

Chord provides various timezones for timestamp fields so you can customize them to your timezone. Chord's default timezone is UTC and provides the following additional timezone options: Pacific, Mountain, Central, and Eastern.

In Google Analytics 4 (GA4), the timezone can be configured in settings, so you can check the timezone of your account to then use the same timezone within Chord.

Bounce Rate Calculations

Chord's definition of a bounce is any single-page session. On the GA4 platform, a bounce is defined as any session that was not engaged, which means that the bounce rate is now also susceptible to what is also configured as a key event in GA4.

For example: If there are single-page sessions with a particular event (such as order_completed) and if the same event was also configured as a "key event" via GA4, it will not be counted as a bounce in GA4.