topic Re: Problems with Hubspot tracking code in APIs & Integrations

Problems with Hubspot tracking code

hiltonrrn — Fri, 10 May 2019 14:59:27 GMT

Hello,

I'm having difficulty with tracking contacts from one of the portals that I manage. Currently there is a CRM that is integrated via API with this Hubspot portal, using the "Submit data to form" method, to feed the contacts.

This client is using Google Tag Manager to insert the Hubspot snippet into their sites. When I try to simulate a form submission, coming from Google (organic search), the created contacts have their original source as "Direct traffic". I have already confirmed that on every page up to the form, Hubspot cookies are being generated.

I already got in touch with Hubspot support and they guided me to post the problem here. Here is an example of the request being sent to Hubspot, as well as the link from the contact that was generated from sending this form:

{"firstname":"Hilton","lastname":"Iesvap","email":"hilton22@mkt4edu.com","mobilephone":"+5531984010559","date_of_birth":"05\/10\/1979","hs_context":"{\"hutk\":\"4b34f73170cccc513440566ab18c9b7f\",\"ipAddress\":\"170.82.104.78\",\"pageUrl\":\"processoseletivo.nreeducacional.com.br\\\/iniciar-inscricao\",\"pageName\":\"Portal de inscri\\u00e7\\u00e3o - Etapa 1\"}"}

https://app.hubspot.com/contacts/5437378/contact/9795451/

Can anybody help me?

Thanks,

Re: Problems with Hubspot tracking code

IsaacTakushi — Mon, 13 May 2019 20:03:59 GMT

Hi, @hiltonrrn.

Thanks for providing all this information. I'm happy to help.

Can you share the support ticket number? I can't seem to find it and I'd like to close the loop with my colleague!

I do see a hutk cookie token value associated with this record, however the contact's hs_analytics_first_url property value is https://processoseletivo.nreeducacional.com.br/iniciar-inscricao?linkGerado=4D34W2CN8G, which does not contain tracking parameters that would merit an Original Source value of "Organic Search," per these rules. What should the First page seen be, or rather, what tracking URL did you use to test?

I navigated to the form with the dummy tracking URLhttps://processoseletivo.nreeducacional.com.br/iniciar-inscricao?utm_campaign=hubspot_developer_support_test&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc and this test contact was properly bucketed under "Paid Search," so the tracking code and form are working correctly for me.

Re: Problems with Hubspot tracking code

hiltonrrn — Tue, 14 May 2019 14:29:43 GMT

Hi @IsaacTakushi,

Thank you for once again helping me.

The ticket number is 2429587. To your knowledge, there is more than one CRM feeding the contacts of this portal.

All other CRMs are running normally. But the CRM that is submitting to this particular form, the original source is not right. And the tracking done by this CRM, uses Google Tag Manager. The others copied and pasted the Hubspot snippet onto the pages of their sites.

I hope this information helps.

Any other information you need, I'm at your disposal.

Thank you.

Re: Problems with Hubspot tracking code

IsaacTakushi — Wed, 15 May 2019 20:55:27 GMT

Hi, @hiltonrrn.

Thanks for sharing the ticket number.

There does not appear to be an issue with the tracking code firing. The example contact you shared has a hutk cookie value.

I can see that the contact landed on a page which does not have tracking parameters. Without tracking parameters, we bucket the contact under "Direct traffic."

What should the Original Source value be? What tracking codes are these clients using?

Per my last message, I successfully created this example contact with a tracking URL that gave it the "Paid Search" Original Source.

Re: Problems with Hubspot tracking code

hiltonrrn — Mon, 20 May 2019 13:24:43 GMT

Hello @IsaacTakushi ,

Thanks for the reply!

It's even embarrassing to say so, but the problem lay in the cookie policy settings. LoL !!

It was a lack of attention of ours, of not realizing that this option was disabled.

The tracking system seems to be working correctly now.

Anyway, thanks again for your help!

Cheers,

Re: Problems with Hubspot tracking code

IsaacTakushi — Mon, 20 May 2019 13:34:07 GMT

No worries, @hiltonrrn! The cookie policies can be tricky

Thanks for the update!