From af6f22797312e5d0acae84f4fd2f8b3cd0bb7302 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "elena.krasnopolskaia" <elena.krasnopolskaia@semrush.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 15:27:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Disabled `send_page_view` to get rid of events
 duplication in ga4 plugin

Signed-off-by: elena.krasnopolskaia <elena.krasnopolskaia@semrush.com>
---
 .changeset/five-bears-share.md                               | 5 +++++
 .../apis/implementations/AnalyticsApi/GoogleAnalytics4.ts    | 1 +
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/five-bears-share.md

diff --git a/.changeset/five-bears-share.md b/.changeset/five-bears-share.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..532d9b586b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/five-bears-share.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-analytics-module-ga4': patch
+---
+
+Disabled `send_page_view` to get rid of events duplication
diff --git a/plugins/analytics-module-ga4/src/apis/implementations/AnalyticsApi/GoogleAnalytics4.ts b/plugins/analytics-module-ga4/src/apis/implementations/AnalyticsApi/GoogleAnalytics4.ts
index 399366b804..fb5bd261da 100644
--- a/plugins/analytics-module-ga4/src/apis/implementations/AnalyticsApi/GoogleAnalytics4.ts
+++ b/plugins/analytics-module-ga4/src/apis/implementations/AnalyticsApi/GoogleAnalytics4.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ export class GoogleAnalytics4 implements AnalyticsApi {
       },
       gtagOptions: {
         debug_mode: debug,
+        send_page_view: false,
       },
     });
 

From e3c035b7e6358375a2b46e3e21f60effb1837c35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "elena.krasnopolskaia" <elena.krasnopolskaia@semrush.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2023 15:15:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] send_page_view changed to configurable

Signed-off-by: elena.krasnopolskaia <elena.krasnopolskaia@semrush.com>
---
 plugins/analytics-module-ga4/README.md                    | 1 +
 .../apis/implementations/AnalyticsApi/GoogleAnalytics4.ts | 8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plugins/analytics-module-ga4/README.md b/plugins/analytics-module-ga4/README.md
index 93138a8235..2d8c930e30 100644
--- a/plugins/analytics-module-ga4/README.md
+++ b/plugins/analytics-module-ga4/README.md
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ Additional dimensional data can be captured using custom dimensions, like this:
    attribute names will be prefixed by `a_`.
 5. `allowedContexts` and `allowedAttributes` are optional, if not provided, no additional context and attributes will be sent.
 6. if `allowedContexts` or `allowedAttributes` is set to '\*', all context and attributes will be sent.
+7. `enableSendPageView` is used to send default events and is disabled by default.
 
 ```yaml
 app:
diff --git a/plugins/analytics-module-ga4/src/apis/implementations/AnalyticsApi/GoogleAnalytics4.ts b/plugins/analytics-module-ga4/src/apis/implementations/AnalyticsApi/GoogleAnalytics4.ts
index fb5bd261da..9abf4719c6 100644
--- a/plugins/analytics-module-ga4/src/apis/implementations/AnalyticsApi/GoogleAnalytics4.ts
+++ b/plugins/analytics-module-ga4/src/apis/implementations/AnalyticsApi/GoogleAnalytics4.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export class GoogleAnalytics4 implements AnalyticsApi {
     measurementId: string;
     testMode: boolean;
     debug: boolean;
+    enableSendPageView: boolean;
     contentGroupBy?: string;
     allowedContexts?: string[];
     allowedAttributes?: string[];
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ export class GoogleAnalytics4 implements AnalyticsApi {
       userIdTransform = 'sha-256',
       testMode,
       debug,
+      enableSendPageView,
       contentGroupBy,
       allowedContexts,
       allowedAttributes,
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ export class GoogleAnalytics4 implements AnalyticsApi {
       },
       gtagOptions: {
         debug_mode: debug,
-        send_page_view: false,
+        send_page_view: enableSendPageView,
       },
     });
 
@@ -113,6 +115,9 @@ export class GoogleAnalytics4 implements AnalyticsApi {
     const identity =
       config.getOptionalString('app.analytics.ga4.identity') || 'disabled';
     const debug = config.getOptionalBoolean('app.analytics.ga4.debug') ?? false;
+    const enableSendPageView =
+      config.getOptionalBoolean('app.analytics.ga4.enableSendPageView') ??
+      false;
     const testMode =
       config.getOptionalBoolean('app.analytics.ga4.testMode') ?? false;
 
@@ -139,6 +144,7 @@ export class GoogleAnalytics4 implements AnalyticsApi {
       measurementId: measurementId,
       testMode,
       debug,
+      enableSendPageView,
       contentGroupBy,
       allowedContexts,
       allowedAttributes,

From dbf4438ea889320098c29fe64babb707ad79f14f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "elena.krasnopolskaia" <elena.krasnopolskaia@semrush.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 15:29:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] defined enableSendPageView in config schema

Signed-off-by: elena.krasnopolskaia <elena.krasnopolskaia@semrush.com>
---
 plugins/analytics-module-ga4/config.d.ts | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/plugins/analytics-module-ga4/config.d.ts b/plugins/analytics-module-ga4/config.d.ts
index 4834d75f58..0a60ee5f9e 100644
--- a/plugins/analytics-module-ga4/config.d.ts
+++ b/plugins/analytics-module-ga4/config.d.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ export interface Config {
          */
         debug?: boolean;
 
+        /**
+         * Whether to send default send_page_view event.
+         * Defaults to false.
+         *
+         * @visibility frontend
+         */
+        enableSendPageView?: boolean;
+
         /**
          * Prevents events from actually being sent when set to true. Defaults
          * to false.