Using Google Analytics 4 (GA4) comparisons to analyze a single Foleon Doc

When you’ve successfully connected Google Analytics to a project, you’ll notice that Analytics gathers and compiles all metrics from all Foleon Docs within that project. In this article, we’ll explain how to analyze individual Foleon Docs using comparisons in Google Analytics.

Why Google Analytics compiles data from multiple Foleon Docs

As you might know, every Foleon Doc you create is part of a project. Each project has its own settings: a hostname, Google Analytics code, and default logos. These settings apply to every Foleon Doc within a project.

This means that when you add a Google Analytics code to the project settings, it will automatically be set for every Foleon Doc within that project. Thus, Google Analytics will gather and compile performance data on all Foleon Docs.

How to use comparisons to split up the data for a single Foleon Doc

Using Google Analytics comparisons, you can split up the data per Foleon Doc and analyze each Doc individually.

Here’s how you create a comparison:

1. In Google Analytics 4, go to the reports tab.

2. Check the date range and make sure to select the time period that is relevant to the Foleon Doc you want to analyze.

3. Click add comparison.

4. Add hostname as a filter, find your hostname in the list, and select it as the filter criteria in the dimension values field.

5. Add another condition: Page path and screen class (make sure the filter is set to AND — not OR). Paste your Doc alias in the dimension values. Make sure to select all values containing.

7. Click apply. You’ve now created a comparison so you can analyze an individual Foleon Doc.

How to find your hostname and Foleon Doc alias

The Foleon Doc is a hyphenated version of the name of a Foleon Doc. This is what you’ll need to insert in the field here. Depending on your hosting settings, the URL of your Foleon Doc is built up like this:

• If you’re using the default hostname
  https://account-alias.foleon.com/project-alias/foleondoc-alias/page-alias
  
  
• If you’re using a custom domain
  http(s)://your-subdomain.your-custom-domain.com/foleondoc-alias/page-alias
  Or
  http(s)://your-custom-domain.com/foleondoc-alias/page-alias

For example, let’s take our The Crave newsletter (issue 41). This is what the URL looks like for that specific Foleon Doc:

https://thecrave.foleon.com/issue-41-engaging-customer-newsletters/

If we would want to analyze this Foleon Doc individually, we would copy the hostname (thecrave.foleon.com) and the Foleon Doc alias (issue-41-engaging-customer-newsletters) and paste that into the page path and screen class field.

• Hostname: "thecrave.foleon.com"
• Page path and screen class: "issue-41-engaging-customer-newsletters"

If we would also want to analyze our The Crave newsletter (issue 40), we would create another comparison and insert its hostname and Foleon Doc alias (issue-40-content-resolutions).

That’s it! You’ll now be able to analyze a Foleon Doc individually. Repeat this process for each Foleon Doc.

Related articles

• Set up Google Analytics 4 (GA4) for your Foleon Docs
• Getting further insights with GA4 events