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Website Analytics For Modern SharePoint Site
I am trying to create a simple webpart that can be added to the bottom of a page and will insert the HTML <script> tag to add analytics to a page. I don't want to implement it across the entire tenant or even across all pages of a site. I want to control which specific pages are tracked. I created a simple SPFX webpart that inserts the <script> tag into the page. When I check the page source code, the <script> tag is there but it doesn't seem to be firing. The analytics platform isn't showing results and it isn't registering that the JS has been run. I verified with the SP admin that users are allowed to run custom scripts on self-service sites. Any ideas why this is happening?
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- Which Analytics Platform are you using? By the way, I recommend you to create and deploy a SPFx Extension in your site instead of a Web Part
- Why would you recommend an SPFx Extension instead of a webpart?
It's been a while since I saw the help article for this...but Microsoft's recommendation is to use a SPFx to roll out third party JS to your SharePoint site instead of using a webpart. I don't recall the rationale but I *think* it's related to avoiding permissions issues, and "forgetting" to add the webpart to new content.
If you're still looking for a solution, our https://analytics.angelfishstats.com/solutions/sharepoint-web-analytics/ can use either a SPFx or Audit Data to create reports.
- And thank you for responding.
jcgonzalezmartin Siteimprove. I will look into the SPFX Extension. I haven't done that before.
