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Contents
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License ...........................................................................................................................3

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Introduction ...................................................................................................................4

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Getting started ..............................................................................................................5

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Recording events in Blueprints ....................................................................................6

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Supported Analytics Provider Nodes ..........................................................................8

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Recording events in C++ ..............................................................................................9

1. License
Copyright © 2016 gameDNA studio. All rights reserved.
gameDNA studio grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable
license for a single User to use, reproduce, display, perform, and modify the Google
Analytics Plugin for Unreal Engine 4 ® for any lawful purpose (the "License"). The
License becomes effective on the date you buy Google Analytics Plugin for Unreal
Engine 4 ®. The License does not grant you any title or ownership in the Licensed
Technology.
You may Distribute the Google Analytics Plugin for Unreal Engine 4 ® incorporated in
object code format only as an inseparable part of a Product to end users. The Product
may not contain any Plugin Content in uncooked source format.
Unreal ® is a trademark or registered trademark of Epic Games, Inc. in the United States
of America and elsewhere. Unreal ® Engine, Copyright 1998 – 2016, Epic Games, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Google Analytics is a trademark of Google, Inc.

2. Introduction
Google Analytics Provider plugin for Unreal Engine 4 ® lets you integrate out-of-thebox Google Analytics into your Unreal Engine project for all platforms. It fully
implements Unreal Analytics Provider system so you can use all available features
exposed by this (including Analytics Blueprint Library).
Required Unreal Engine 4.10 or above because of Android Plugin support!

Current plugin version: 1.6.0
Support: support@gamednastudio.com

FEATURES:
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Two special nodes only for Google Analytics Provider plugin: Record Google Event
and Record Google Screen
Implements Unreal Analytics Provider system
All features are exposed to Blueprints
No additional libraries are needed!
Real-time sessions tracking (you can see who is currently playing your game!)
Tracking events and screens
Registering In-App Purchases
Registering user progression
Sending info about age, gender, location and interests
Automatic errors, exceptions and crash reporting
Automatic system info tracking (e. g. device, operating system, app version)
Automatic caching events when user is offline and send them to Google
Analytics when user is online
And more features provided by Google Analytics

WHAT YOU GET:
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Full source code
Compatible with all UE4 platforms (all-in-one)
Easy plugin setup
All future updates
Support via e-mail (support@gamednastudio.com)

3. Getting started
1. Unpack plugin archive to Plugins folder in your Unreal project folder and start
editor.

2. Enable Google Analytics Provider in Edit -> Plugins -> Analytics -> Project -> Google
Analytics Provider.

3. If you want to use Blueprint nodes for Google Analytics Provider, go to Edit ->
Plugins -> Built-In -> Analytics and enable Analytics Blueprint Library.

4. Open Config/DefaultEngine.ini file and add following lines:
[Analytics]
ProviderModuleName=GoogleAnalytics
TrackingIdAndroid=
TrackingIdIOS=
TrackingIdUniversal=
[AnalyticsDevelopment]
ProviderModuleName=GoogleAnalytics
TrackingIdAndroid=
TrackingIdIOS=
TrackingIdUniversal=

[AnalyticsTest]
ProviderModuleName=GoogleAnalytics
TrackingIdAndroid=
TrackingIdIOS=
TrackingIdUniversal=

TIP: Google Analytics account for platforms other than iOS & Android should be
set as website.
5. That’s all! Google Analytics Provider works now! 

4. Recording events in Blueprints
Before recording any events you have to call the Start Session function. You should do
it before any other Google Analytics function.

This plugin implements two special nodes only for Google Analytics.
a) Record Google Event - events are a useful way to collect data about a user’s
interaction with interactive components of your game, like button presses or the
use of a particular item in a game.

b) Record Google Screen - screens in Google Analytics represent content users are
viewing within your game. The equivalent concept in web analytics is a

pageview. Measuring screen views allows you to see which content is being
viewed most by your users, and how they are navigating between different
pieces of content. A screen view consists of a single string field that will be used
as the screen name in your Google Analytics reports.

Google Analytics Provider plugin fully implements Unreal Analytics Provider system so
you can use all available features exposed by this (including Analytics Blueprint Library).
You can learn more about Unreal Analytics Provider here:
https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Gameplay/Analytics/index.html
and about Analytics Blueprint Library here:
https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Gameplay/Analytics/Blueprints/index.html

LIMITATIONS:
Google Analytics supports only following attributes for events:
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Event Category (String)
Event Action (String) – known as Event Name in Unreal Analytics Provider
system
Event Label (String)
Event Value (Integer)

So if you are using standard Unreal Analytics Provider functions, you can make
something like this and that’s exactly what special Record Google Event node is.

5. Supported Analytics Provider Nodes

6. Recording events in C++
You can use Unreal Analytics Provider for C++ or simply call special functions for
Google Analytics Provider plugin.

Add the following to your *.Build.cs file private dependency module name:
PrivateDependencyModuleNames.AddRange(new string[] { "GoogleAnalytics" });

Import these headers anywhere in source code project:
#include "GoogleAnalyticsBlueprintLibrary.h"
#include "Runtime/Analytics/Analytics/Public/Analytics.h"
#include
"Runtime/Analytics/Analytics/Public/Interfaces/IAnalyticsProvider.h"

a) Start session:
FAnalytics::Get().GetDefaultConfiguredProvider()->StartSession();

b) Record Google Event:
UGoogleAnalyticsBlueprintLibrary::RecordGoogleEvent(TEXT("Event Category"),
TEXT("Event Action"), TEXT("Event Label"), );

c) Record Google Screen:
UGoogleAnalyticsBlueprintLibrary::RecordGoogleScreen(TEXT("Screen Name"));
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