How do I enable preview mode in GTM?

How do I enable preview mode in GTM?

Enable preview and debug mode

  1. Click Preview in the top right of your workspace.
  2. Enter your site’s URL.
  3. Some sites or pages might be broken by an additional debug parameter added to the URL.
  4. Click Connect.
  5. Click back on the Tag Assistant tab and click Continue to access the debug interface.

How do I Preview tags in Google Tag Manager?

Enable Preview And Debug Mode To enable Google Tag Manager Debug mode, click Preview button in the top right corner of your GTM interface (near Submit button).

How do I know if my Google Tag Manager is working?

How do I know if Google Tag Manager is working?

  1. Check the source code of the website by right-clicking on any of the web pages and selecting ‘View page source’ then find the GTM container code, if it is present that means Google Tag Manager is working.
  2. Use Google Tag manager’s preview and debug mode.
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Where is the tag Assistant window?

Open Google Tag Assistant in a separate browser tab Load that web page into your browser window whose Google tags you want to identify, validate or troubleshoot. The ‘Show in separate tab’ menu item will open the Google Tag Assistant in a separate browser tab.

How do you trigger GTM?

Create a trigger from a tag definition

  1. Click Triggering.
  2. Click Add.
  3. Click Trigger Configuration.
  4. Select the trigger type you would like to create.
  5. Complete the setup for the selected trigger type.

How do I start Google Tag Assistant?

Record and analyze a flow

  1. Go to a page that begins the journey to your site.
  2. Click the Google Tag Assistant icon.
  3. Click RECORD.
  4. Reload the starting page in order to begin recording with that page.
  5. Navigate through an important flow of pages and actions.
  6. Click the Google Tag Assistant icon again, then click STOP.

How do I know if my Google tag is fired?

How to Check Google Tag Manager is Working

  1. Open Google Tag Manager and click Preview in the top right corner.
  2. Next navigate to your website. You may need refresh the browser. The debug console will open at the open of the browser window.
  3. Evaluate what tag are being fired on the page and which ones are not fired.
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Why is preview mode not working in my Google Tag Manager?

If you have recently created a Google Tag Manager container and never published it, the Preview mode will not work. You can quickly identify if this applies to you by going to the Overview section of the GTM interface:

What is debugging in Google Tag Manager (GTM)?

One of the most important, yet commonly overlooked steps in the GTM process is debugging. It allows us to ensure that every possible user experience scenario is tested and data consistency is validated. In this guide, I’ll show you how to utilize Google Tag Manager Preview mode (also known as Preview and Debug mode) and share some best practices.

Why did my tag in Google Tag Manager did not fire?

Even if the regular trigger’s ALL conditions are met, the blocking trigger has a higher priority. In order to find out whether the blocking trigger is the reason why your tag in Google Tag Manager did not fire, follow the same process as in the previous chapter.

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What is new in Google Tag Manager 2020?

Google Tag Manager’s team had to move away from 3rd party cookies and switch to the first party storage. And they did it with the new preview mode in 2020. From now on, it depends on the 1st party cookie and localstorage. Together with that change, they have fixed many problems that were irritating us in the past, like: