Container Tag Manager code and Tracking code. Are both needed?

General questions
1

Hello

I followed the very good tutorial “3 - Deploy your first Container with Matomo Tag Manager” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSRZxXJXPrI

I have a simple question. To track Visitors and Events do I need to include both the Tracking code and the Container code in the header of each web page of the site I am monitoring? The example in the tutorial only included the Container code.

Thanks for your feedback

2

Go to https://yourmatomoserver/index.php?module=CoreAdminHome&action=trackingCodeGenerator&idSite=1 and then you’ll see that you have to choose one code among several :wink:

3

Thanks for your quick reply.
I had Tracking code which was working and I saw activity in the Visits Log.
I removed this and put in the published Container code in the header instead but now I don’t get anything - no Visits or Events logged.

So all I have now is the Tag manager code in the header. AM I missing something else?

4

Hi,

If you only add the container code to the site, but still want to use Matomo for tracking (you can also use Tag Manager without the rest of Matomo), you have to add the Matomo Tag to your container.

5

Ok understood. I added the PageView tag to the container and all Visits are recorded. Thank you

6

I’m having the same issue currently - when I plug in the container code, there is no data.
How do you add the Matomo Tag to the container?

7

Hi there,

If there is no pageview tag/trigger for your container, you will need to create these manually. The following guide will step you through creating these. https://matomo.org/faq/tag-manager/how-do-i-track-pageviews-of-my-website-using-matomo-tag-manager/

Once these have been created/published and you have the container code applied to your website, you should start tracking page views ok.