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Product: Summon

Does Summon support Google Analytics?

Summon supports Google Analytics as a usage statistics tool in addition to the Usage Reports available in the Summon Administration Console. Google Analytics can be helpful for identifying additional user activity outside of what is covered in the Summon admin console reports.

Google Analytics and Summon 2.0

Summon 2.0 makes it easy to analyze user interaction because Events (a selection within Google Analytics' Standard Reports) are automatically categorized as:

Search
Refinement
Sort
Saved search

A user interaction with Summon is categorized as a Search when a user:

Conducts a new search
Clicks on an author or subject term link in the search results or the preview pane
Clicks on an item in the Related Searches section
Conducts a search from the Advanced Search screen

A user interaction with Summon is categorized as a Refinement when a user:

Selects a filter or facet
Removes a filter or facet
Selects the Clear Filters link

A user interaction with Summon is categorized as a Sort when a user:

Changes the sort order to Date (newest) or Date (oldest) (or changes the sort order back to the default sort by relevance)

A user interaction with Summon is categorized as a Saved search when a user:

Saves a search
Removes a saved search
Runs a saved search

Setting Up Google Analytics

The following sections explain how to connect with:

Google Analytics
Google Tag Manager

Connecting with Google Analytics (Direct GA4)

Some features in Google Analytics might work only in Chrome and not in Edge.

To connect with Direct GA4 connection:

In https://analytics.google.com/, create a GA4 property if you already do not have one.
Go to Admin > Data Streams > Web to view your Measurement ID (e.g. G-XXXXXXXXXX)
Provide the Measurement ID to Clarivate to configure in your settings.

You can register custom dimensions in GA4 so the custom parameters appear in standard reports.

Registering custom dimensions is optional, but it is highly recommended.

To register custom dimensions in GA4:

Go to GA4 > Admin > Custom definitions > Custom dimensions > Create and add:

Name	Scope	Event parameter
Search Type	Event	search_type
Event Type	Event	event_label

search_term is a standard GA4 parameter and appears automatically

You will receive the following events automatically:

GA4 Event Name	Triggered when	Parameters
search	User runs a search (4 search types: new, advanced, field, linked)	search_term, search_type
refinements_add	User adds a filter/facet	event_label
refinements_remove	User removes a filter/facet	event_label
refinements_clear	User clears a filter/facet	event_label
sort_results	User sorts results	event_label
saved_search_saved	User saves a search	event_label
saved_search_removed	User removes a saved search	event_label
saved_search_run	User runs a saved search	event_label

Connecting with Google Tag Manager (GTM) connection

Some features in Google Analytics (e.g. Preview before publishing) might work only in Chrome and not in Edge.

To connect with GTM connection:

In GA4, create a GA4 property.
Go to Admin > Data Streams > Web to get the Measurement ID.

Go to Admin > Custom definitions > Custom dimensions to register custom dimensions needed later:

Name	Scope	Event parameter
Search Type	Event	search_type
Event Type	Event	event_label

search_term is a standard GA4 parameter and appears automatically

In GTM, create three DataLayer Variables (Variables > New > Data Layer Variable):

Data Layer Variable Name	Variable name (display)
search_term	DLV search_term
search_type	DLV search_type
event_label	DLV event_

Create two triggers (Triggers > New > Custom Event):

Event name	Regex matching	Triggered name
search	Off	Custom Event Search
sort_results\|refinements_add\|refinements_remove\|refinements_clear\|saved_search_saved\|saved_search_removed\|saved_search_run	On	Custom Event Non-Search

Select Tags > New > Google Analytics: GA4 Event to create the following two tags:
1. Tag 1: GA4 - Search Event
  - Measurement ID: your G-XXXXXXXXXX
  - Event name: {{Event}}
  - Event parameters:
    - Add Parameter → search_term → {{DLV search_term}} → save
    - Add Parameter → search_type → {{DLV search_type}} → save
  - Trigger: Custom Event - Search
2. Tag 2: GA4 - Custom Events (Non-Search)
  - Measurement ID: your G-XXXXXXXXXX
  - Event name: {{Event}}
  - Event parameters:
    - Add Parameter → event_label → {{DLV event_label}}
  - Trigger: Custom Event - Non-Search
Select Submit > Publish to publish the GTM container.

Use the General section of the Settings page in the Summon Administration Console to set up Google Analytics with your Summon site.

Date Created: 9-Feb-2014
Last Edited Date: 1-Jul-2026
Old Article Number: 8793