thread Re: Google Verification & Google Analytics in Hardware Setup & Troubleshooting

Google Verification & Google Analytics

SpiritinBalance — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 12:15:32 GMT

Very Frustrating

I have the codes copied from my Google Analytics account & it keeps saying

"Formating is incorrect"

I'm not a computer nerd! ie......no computer education. It looks easy but I'm doing the correct codes.....maybe something wrong with it?

help

Re: Google Verification & Google Analytics

AshleyK — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 21:29:04 GMT

Hey @SpiritinBalance! You're only using part of what you need to paste in there, which should be a full meta tag.

What you have in there now should replace what is in between the double quotes for content=.

I hope this helps, but if not you can follow this link for more information.

Re: Google Verification & Google Analytics

happy_trailhead — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 04:04:00 GMT

Where in God's green earth (in one's google analytics account) do I find this invisible so-called Google Verification string? The only code snippet I can find in my GA account is the Global Site Tag (gtag.js).

Re: Google Verification & Google Analytics

BernadetteA — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 02:59:13 GMT

Hi there @happy_trailhead

Google's guides/instructions can be a bit confusing, but what you are looking for is your tracking ID or UA (universal analytics) number.

Once you have this, head over to the Square Online dashboard and click Settings > Integrations > Google Analytics

You will paste the code where it gives the UA example. Important: you do not need to type "UA-". Instead, just paste or type in the numbers you are provided (after UA-).

Please let me know how this goes, and if you still need assistance. 😊