2) Go to your website and take an action

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Clicking on the “Yeah, yeah, yeah you can collect my data” button of a cookie banner.
Disabling anti tracker software.
Using a browser that doesn’t automatically block scripts.
The test itself can be as simple as clicking something that normally fires an event, such as video views, pdf downloads, etc.

The test may also be a visit to your site with chinese thailand data a mobile device. Or to check if GA displays your geographic location. If that is the data you are after, it is absolutely worth checking if GA even registers it.

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3) View the Real Time Analytics Report
In the real time analytics report, you should see the event that you just triggered show up as a recent activity. You can open the report under Reports > Real Time.

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This report shows all events for the past 30 minutes, so you should be able to see some data for your test session.

As a digital marketer, patience is probably not your most developed skill. So I want to give you a slight warning.

The data in your real time report might be delayed by a minute or two. It’s not a big deal, but it can be a little inconvenient for testing things.

This is because GA4 is batching API calls instead of sending a separate request for each event. Analytics does this to create a smoother overall experience.