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1. Click the gear icon/the "Admin" menu item on the bottom left
2. Click the blue "Create Property" button in the top of the middle column
3. Choose "Web" at the top of the screen, not Apps or Apps + Web
4. Scroll down and click "Continue"
5. For "Website Name" type "SimplyE" or a variant that will indicate to your team the data you'll be collecting
6. For "Website URL" it should be the URL of your circulation manager, which you can get from your hosting provider
7. Click "Create"
8. Next Click on Views and scroll down until you see a check box under "Bot Filtering". 
   Uncheck this (Google sets it by default to checked, but it can filter events from your cric manager)then click "Save"

Under the Property you can click on either "Properties" or "Tracking" to see the Tracking ID.  It should start with UA- and look something like UA-123456789-12. 

Record the The next page should show the Tracking ID in large font. It should start with UA- , not G or any other letter. Select that Tracking ID and either send it to your hosting provider or follow the instructions below to add it to the Circulation Manager .under Systems Configurations > Analytics

You can ignore the Global Site Tag content; we don't tag anything in order to preserve patron privacy.

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In order to send circulation-related analytics events to your Google Analytics account, follow the instructions below to create a Google Analytics integration for your library in the Circulation Manager.

Step-by-step guide

1. Login to your Circulation Manager's administration site.
2. Click the Configuration or the System Configuration link in the top menu bar.
3. Click the Analytics sidebar item.
4. Click the Create new analytics service item.
5. Enter a name for the library/consortia-specific service; for example, ABC Public Library Google Analytics.
6. Leave the Protocol setting at Google Analytics.
7. The URL setting should also be correct and can be accepted as is.
8. Click the Add Library drop-down list.
9. Select the library for which this Google Analytics account applies.
10. In the new Tracking ID field which appears, enter the library/consortia's Google Analytics account ID.
11. Click the Add Library button.
12. Click the Submit button to save the new integration.

Configure Google Analytics Dimensions for SimplyE

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Each dimension should have the scope set to Hit and the Active box checked.

Add the Google Analytics Tracking ID to your Circulation Manager

In order to send circulation-related analytics events to your Google Analytics account, follow the instructions below to create a Google Analytics integration for your library in the Circulation Manager.

Step-by-step guide

1. Login to your Circulation Manager's administration site.
2. Click the Configuration or the System Configuration link in the top menu bar.
3. Click the Analytics sidebar item.
4. Click the Create new analytics service item.
5. Enter a name for the library/consortia-specific service; for example, ABC Public Library Google Analytics.
6. Leave the Protocol setting at Google Analytics.
7. The URL setting should also be correct and can be accepted as is.
8. Click the Add Library drop-down list.
9. Select the library for which this Google Analytics account applies.
10. In the new Tracking ID field which appears, enter the library/consortia's Google Analytics account ID.
11. Click the Add Library button.
12. Click the Submit button to save the new integration.

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