Vanilla Analytics - Vanilla Success
<main> <article class="userContent"> <p>Your <strong>Higher Logic Vanilla</strong> (<strong>Vanilla</strong>) community includes several out-of-the-box analytics tools to help you <em>track</em>, <em>measure</em>, and <em>report on</em> 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.</p><p>📝 <strong>NOTE</strong>: We recommend placing third-party tracking within your site in the <code class="code codeInline" spellcheck="false" tabindex="0">Dashboard > Appearance > Branding & Assets > Style Guides > Edit a Theme</code>. If you have any questions, contact Vanilla Support.</p><h2 data-id="analytics-options">Analytics options</h2><p>Vanilla has three analytics options; the one available in your Vanilla community is dependent on <em>when </em>you became a Vanilla customer and/or your <em>plan level</em>.</p><ul><li><strong>Vanilla Statistics </strong>is our most basic analytics feature. It is available as the default (and only) option for our older customers on our Basic and lower plans.</li><li><strong>Advanced Analytics</strong> is the default option for our more recent customers, featuring a more robust suite of analytics data.</li><li><strong>Analytics BETA</strong> (an updated version of Advanced Analytics) is our most feature-rich analytics offering. It is the default option for all new Vanilla customers, and is available to all cloud customers who have Advanced Analytics as part of their subscription.</li></ul><h3 data-id="learn-more">Learn more</h3><p>Check out the article below to learn more about each of these Analytics offerings.</p><div class="js-embed embedResponsive" data-embedjson="{"body":"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…","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6030677\/uploads\/VWGAXAF5OFCO\/microsoftteams-image.png","url":"https:\/\/success.vanillaforums.com\/kb\/articles\/37","embedType":"link","name":"Vanilla Analytics Overview - Vanilla Success"}"> <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/37" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/37 </a> </div><h2 data-id="analytics-api">Analytics API</h2><p>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.</p><p>📝 <strong>NOTE</strong>: For information and assistance, contact your CSM.</p><h2 data-id="google-tag-manager-and-google-analytics">Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics</h2><p>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:</p><div class="js-embed embedResponsive" data-embedjson="{"body":"Google Tag Manager Setup Setup Google Tag Manager for webpages, by using the following steps from Google - or watch the video above. Adding Google Tag Manager to Foundation Theme The following applies to Foundation themes and for those looking to measure Google Analytics activity in the Vanilla KB. You will have two…","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6030677\/uploads\/VWGAXAF5OFCO\/microsoftteams-image.png","url":"https:\/\/success.vanillaforums.com\/kb\/articles\/136-using-google-tag-manager-with-vanilla-forums","embedType":"link","name":"Google Tag Manager & Vanilla Forums - Vanilla Success"}"> <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/136-using-google-tag-manager-with-vanilla-forums" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/136-using-google-tag-manager-with-vanilla-forums </a> </div><p><br></p> </article> </main>