Youtube Video tracking

Data collection and tags
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Hi,

I followed the instruction on this page to set up Youtube video tracking tag. Unfornately the tracking doesn’t work. If I check the ‘debug’ mode the tag fires, but If I go to reports → video analytics I get the message ‘No data yet’ even after a few days.

Thanks for helping!

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Hi HeadOffice!

Please check:

  • Are there any browser console errors popping up when visiting the website on which the video is present?
  • Are you seeing any requests (in your browser’s developer tools) that are pointed at your Piwik PRO instance/account?

You can also post the website URL here or in a private message - preferably with the YouTube video embedded.

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Hi @anthonybartczak

Thank you for your quick response. You can find the answers to your questions below.

  • Are there any browser console errors popping up when visiting the website on which the video is present?
    → No
  • Are you seeing any requests (in your browser’s developer tools) that are pointed at your Piwik PRO instance/account?
    → I can see the info below.

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And below you can find a website URL from a page with an embedded YouTube video.

Please let me know if you still need something else.

Thank you!

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Hi @HeadOffice!

It’s most likely because the YouTube video tracking template has problems detecting video elements that are dynamically added to the page - the ones that are not present in the HTML on page load.

We have already identified and fixed the issue and the new template version should be released in the next 2-3 weeks.

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Hi @anthonybartczak

Thank you for the update! Hopefully the tracking will work after the update.

Have a nice day!

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