---
schema_version: "1"
id: aad0adff5f78f1654146336750084862a03d3813d188333c16b5439aff586b20
title: Create an External Tracking Configuration
collection: admin
version: current
locale: en-us
portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/admin/current/en-us/xcloud/264-0-0/os_omnianalytics_create_external_tracking_config_std.md
canonical_url: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.os_omnianalytics_create_external_tracking_config_std.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5
source_site: help.salesforce.com
content_type: documentation
content_hash: 961834d93c1febd621239e0c1be0c0c00729a3f24e8678aeebc67df9ec231d60
description: Third-party analytics vendors require an External Tracking Configuration in addition to a Tracking Group. The steps in this task are for Google Analytics.
products:
  - Omnistudio
release: "264"
---
# Create an External Tracking Configuration

Third-party analytics vendors require an External Tracking Configuration in addition to a Tracking Group. The steps in this task are for Google Analytics.

1. From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter omni.
2. Expand **OmniAnalytics** and click **External Tracking Configurations**.
3. Click **New**.
    
    The New External Tracking Configuration window opens.
4. For the name, enter GoogleAnalyticsTest.
5. In Tracking Vendor, click in the text box and select **Google**.
    
    Under Replacement Values, the `id` key and the **Script URL** property are automatically added.
6. In the value field for the `id` key, paste the Google Tag Manager ID that you received when you created your Google Tag Manager account. It has the format `GTM-XXXXXXX`.
    
    If you didn't copy this ID when you created your account, log in to Google Tag Manager, open your container if you have more than one, and copy the `GTM-XXXXXXX` text.
    
    ![In the Add Component window, the E-commerce Buyflow OmniScript and DocumentationTestCard are selected.](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-xcloud-omnistudio-264-0-0-production-enus/f526eaa8-ae05-487a-8944-4bb99b0b78ac/omnistudio/images/oaexttrackcfg.png)
7. Save your changes.
    
    The new External Tracking Configuration is added to the list.
    
    ![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-xcloud-omnistudio-264-0-0-production-enus/f526eaa8-ae05-487a-8944-4bb99b0b78ac/images/icon_note.png)
    
    Note
    
    If you change an External Tracking Configuration or External Tracking Event Type, you must refresh the browser.

After you create the External Tracking Configuration, [Create Omniscript Event Types](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.os_omnianalytics_create_omniscript_ext_event_types_std.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "External Tracking Event Types arrange Omniscript data in the format that a third-party analytics provider expects. The steps in this task are for Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager Ecommerce.").