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What defines an Interaction Hit versus an Event Hit?
This might seem like a simple question – but it is vitally important when it comes to separating Google Analytics 4’s event-based data model from Universal Analytics’.
Behind GA4’s Event-Based Data Model
Universal Analytics (UA) recognizes seven separate hit types, i.e., types of trackable user interaction:
- Page view
- Event
- Social
- e-Commerce
- User timing
- Exception
- App/Screen view
In UA, an Event represents a type of hit; in GA4, however, all hits are Events. This means that GA4’s event-based data model is fundamentally different: this goes far beyond adjustments in nomenclature.
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For insights into the real differences between hits in GA4 and Universal Analytics, and to learn about the anatomy of a GA4 event in more detail, watch Holger Tempel’s latest video:
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