Google Analytics in Storyline 2

Dec 11, 2014

I have just purchased the upgrade to Storyline 2 but have not installed it yet (waiting for my new laptop next week so I only have to install once). One question I am very curious about is whether Storyline 2 offers the ability to embed the Google Analytics code in the course itself, so that I only have to add it once and don't have to remember to manually add it to the HTML file every time I publish or re-publish. Does anyone know if this functionality is in Storyline 2?

13 Replies

Michael Hinze

over 9 years ago12/13/14 at 9:50 pm (UTC)

The html code snippet that makes Google Analytics work needs to be inserted into the story.html page and there is no option to do this within the Storyline authoring environment. So, either you add this code into your final published content or replace the story.html with one that has the code already in it. Either way, it's a manual edit, nothing that could be set once, e.g. in publish settings.

Monique Donahue
Author

over 9 years ago12/15/14 at 1:42 pm (UTC)

Thanks Michael. Manually adding the Google Analytics html snippet to my published output is what I was already doing in Storyline 1. I had submitted it as a feature request to have the option of adding it directly into the authoring environment (the way you can on Wordpress blogs/sites via plug-ins), so I was optimistically hoping that this might be one of the new features of Storyline 2. Not a deal-breaker for me by any means, but it sure would be convenient not to have to manually do this every time I publish or re-publish.

Michael Hinze

over 9 years ago12/15/14 at 1:50 pm (UTC)

Monique, I agree that would be a nice feature. The Project Info window would be a good place for it. By the way, here is great overview of the new features in SL2: https://www.articulate.com/products/storyline-arlyns-favorite-features.php

Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard
Staff

over 9 years ago12/15/14 at 4:38 pm (UTC)

Thanks Monique for sharing it as a feature request, and for anyone else who would like to do the same you can submit them here.

Ant Pugh

almost 9 years ago06/09/15 at 8:44 am (UTC)

Hi guys - old conversation I know, but how would this work when you mvoe the course to a different URL? As far as I'm aware, when you copy the Tracking Snippet from Google Analytics, isn't that code relevant only to one URL?

Senthil Kumar

almost 9 years ago06/09/15 at 9:31 am (UTC)

Hi Ant,

Q: how would this work when you mvoe the course to a different URL?

A: one property/website tracking code is only for one module/course doesn't matter from where you are launching the course.

Q. As far as I'm aware, when you copy the Tracking Snippet from Google Analytics, isn't that code relevant only to one URL?

A: Yes and each Analytics account can have up to 50 properties/website tracking code

Ant Pugh

almost 9 years ago06/10/15 at 9:14 am (UTC)

That's great, thanks Senthil!

Christie Pollick

almost 9 years ago06/10/15 at 4:36 pm (UTC)

Thanks for your input, Senthil! :)

Karoline Keyworth

over 8 years ago08/20/15 at 3:50 pm (UTC)

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Leslie McKerchie
Staff

over 8 years ago08/20/15 at 4:25 pm (UTC)

Hi Karoline! Hopefully someone will be able to chime in and assist you here. Not something I'm familiar with and it's modifying the published output, which we do not support.

Kevin Thompson

8 years ago02/03/16 at 10:40 pm (UTC)

Hi all. Is it only necessary to include the Google Analytics code in the story.html file, or should it also be added to the story_html5.html file? Thanks!

Monique Donahue
Author

8 years ago02/04/16 at 2:24 pm (UTC)

Hi Kevin,

I add it to both. The story_html5.html is necessary for tracking hits from mobile devices that do not run Flash.

Patrick Vincent

over 7 years ago12/05/16 at 5:41 pm (UTC)

Should I add it to the other HTML files as well - amplaunch, story_unsupported (probably a dumb question, but I'm a newbie and want to cover all my bases)?