Your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community includes several out-of-the-box analytics tools to help you track, measure, and report on the activity and health of your community. When you can identify the strengths and weaknesses of your community, you can be more successful at developing strategies that will enable you to reach your community's goals.
NOTE: We recommend placing third-party tracking within your site in the Dashboard > Appearance > Branding & Assets > Style Guides > Edit a Theme. If you have any questions, contact Vanilla Support.
Analytics options
The Analytics experience available in your Vanilla community can depend on when you became a customer and what is included in your subscription.
Analytics Dashboard is Vanilla's updated Analytics experience. It provides out-of-the-box reports and lets you build custom dashboards and charts. Analytics Dashboard is available to cloud customers who have Advanced Analytics as part of their subscription. Contact Vanilla Support to have it enabled for your Vanilla site.
Learn more in Analytics Dashboard - Overview. If your community uses an earlier Analytics experience and you have questions about what is available to you, contact your CSM or Vanilla Support.
Analytics API
You can also query the analytics and leaderboards via our API. Note that doing so is technically complex and should be done by an experienced developer.
NOTE: For information and assistance, contact your CSM.
Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics
You can complement your Vanilla analytics with Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics by adding in the Google Tag Manager embed code as described in: