How to display Full Referrer URL in Google Analytics 4 (GA4)?

matt_28290 0
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In the past, with older Google Analytics accounts and properties I was able to use a Custom Report on a View to show a table of Full Referral URLs.

But with Google Analytics 4 (GA4) I can no longer have Views, so I'm at a loss how I can show Full Referral URLs? I can show the Referral Source (domain name only) but I'd prefer to see the full Referral Path.

Any ideas how I can go about this?

Thank you.

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3 Answers

Closest I can find is to use the Explore tab to create a new Exploration with the following settings:

Variables

  • Dimensions: Page referrer
  • Metrics: Active users

Tab Settings

  • rows: Page referrer
  • show rows: 500 (optional)
  • values: Active users
  • cell type: Heat map (optional)
  • filters: (exclude any URL patterns here)

Then minimize the Variables and Settings panels.

This will give you a long table of full referrer URLs along with the number of users that came from there. In my case most are domain names, but a handful are full URLs pointing to a page.

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It remains to be seen if this can be done more easily or more comprehensively.

matt_282900

Click Explore -> create a new Exploration and setting :

  1. Dimensions: Page referrer
  2. Metrics: Active users

on Tab Settings choose row as Page referrer and value dimension with Active users.

user_158488150

I'm not sure whether you asked for this or not: I use GA4 and in GA4, go to Reports --> engagement --> then create a report for page path and screen class. There you can see full Url.

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