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Reordering pages, adding a little info, and fixing some link formatting
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title: Find things in the GOV.UK GA4 data
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title: What can I learn from the GOV.UK GA4 data?
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title: Getting started with GA4
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## How to login

The GOV.UK GA4 interface can be found at https://analytics.google.com/analytics/web/#/p330577055/reports/intelligenthome.
The GOV.UK GA4 interface can be found at [https://analytics.google.com/analytics/web/](https://analytics.google.com/analytics/web/#/p330577055/reports/intelligenthome).

If you are not logged in to your Google account when trying to open the above link, Google will prompt you to log in.
You will have to log in using a Google account which has been granted access to GOV.UK GA4 data in order to be able to access the GOV.UK GA4 interface.
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You can also use the GA4 data in Looker Studio or other visualisation tools, and then share those reports with others.

## GA4 resources

As well as the guidance on this site and links provided above, you may find the following useful:

- [GOV.UK GA4 Implementation Record](https://docs.publishing.service.gov.uk/analytics/events.html) - details the GOV.UK GA4 implementation
- Google's [GA4 Dimensions & Metrics Explorer](https://ga-dev-tools.google/ga4/dimensions-metrics-explorer/) and [GA4 Query Explorer](https://ga-dev-tools.google/ga4/query-explorer/)
- Google's [support notes on common analytics questions in GA4](https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/12964614)
- The [GA4 Reporting Playbook](https://services.google.com/fh/files/newsletters/google_analytics_4_reporting_playbook.pdf)


The [GOV.UK Analytics team](/teams/analytics/), along with other GDS Performance Analysts, may also periodically share videos and other resources via the cross-government performance analytics communities on [Basecamp](https://3.basecamp.com/4322319/projects/14530097) and Slack.
You can also use these communities to contact others who use GA4 data and ask for help.

If you have questions for the Analytics team, please contact us via the [GA4 support inbox](mailto:[email protected]).

## Other tools

As well as Google Analytics, other tools may help you when assessing the performance of your pages or improving content.

These include:

- [Google Trends](https://trends.google.co.uk/trends/)




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This is the message that should get sent to new users when they are added to GOV.UK GA4.



You have now been added to GOV.UK GA4.
A reminder - you should not add a Gmail email address as a back-up recovery email. Google will make this your primary login if added, and it's our policy that you must login with your work email address. If a Gmail address is found in our system, your access may be removed without notice. Custom reports/alerts/dashboards will not be recoverable if your account is removed.
We regularly review account access data. If you do not access your account for over six months, your access may be removed without notice. For more information see: (https://docs.data-community.publishing.service.gov.uk/processes/ga-access/#monitoring-and-reporting)

- A reminder - you should not add a Gmail email address as a back-up recovery email. Google will make this your primary login if added, and it's our policy that you must login with your work email address. If a Gmail address is found in our system, your access may be removed without notice. Custom reports/alerts/dashboards will not be recoverable if your account is removed.
- We regularly review account access data. If you do not access your account for over six months, your access may be removed without notice. For more information see: [https://docs.data-community.publishing.service.gov.uk/processes/ga-access/#monitoring-and-reporting](https://docs.data-community.publishing.service.gov.uk/processes/ga-access/#monitoring-and-reporting)


## What you have access to:

(https://docs.data-community.publishing.service.gov.uk/processes/ga-access/#what-we-provide-access-to)
[https://docs.data-community.publishing.service.gov.uk/processes/ga-access/#what-we-provide-access-to](https://docs.data-community.publishing.service.gov.uk/processes/ga-access/#what-we-provide-access-to)

Analyst access to the GOV.UK GA4 Production property
Read access to GOV.UK GA4 data in BigQuery, flattened and raw
Read access to GOV.UK Search Console data in BigQuery
- Analyst access to the GOV.UK GA4 Production property
- Read access to GOV.UK GA4 data in BigQuery, flattened and raw
- Read access to GOV.UK Search Console data in BigQuery


## Resources

Google Analytics can be accessed via this link: (https://analytics.google.com/analytics/web/)
GOV.UK GA4 data guides: (https://docs.data-community.publishing.service.gov.uk/analysis/govuk-ga4/)
- Google Analytics can be accessed via this link: [https://analytics.google.com/analytics/web/](https://analytics.google.com/analytics/web/)
- GOV.UK GA4 data guides: [https://docs.data-community.publishing.service.gov.uk/analysis/govuk-ga4/](https://docs.data-community.publishing.service.gov.uk/analysis/govuk-ga4/)


A copy of this message can be located here: (https://docs.data-community.publishing.service.gov.uk/processes/ga-access/welcome-message)
A copy of this message can be located here: [https://docs.data-community.publishing.service.gov.uk/processes/ga-access/welcome-message](https://docs.data-community.publishing.service.gov.uk/processes/ga-access/welcome-message)

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