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Why is our Google Analytics Universal to GA4 migration showing a massive discrepancy in user sessions and how do I fix it before the client review today?

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Why is our Google Analytics Universal to GA4 migration showing a massive discrepancy in user sessions and how do I fix it before the client review today?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Google Analytics 4 Universal Analytics session count differences session_start session timeout campaign midnight official documentationGoogle ↗
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GA4 migration troubleshooting sessions discrepancy duplicate tags cross domain consent mode official Google Analytics documentationGoogle ↗
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Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

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Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

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Google Analytics 4 Universal Analytics session count differences session_start session timeout campaign midnight official documentation Google ↗
GA4 migration troubleshooting sessions discrepancy duplicate tags cross domain consent mode official Google Analytics documentation Google ↗

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Google Analytics 4 Universal Analytics session count differences session_start session timeout campaign midnight official documentation
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GA4 migration troubleshooting sessions discrepancy duplicate tags cross domain consent mode official Google Analytics documentation
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