Is there a way to check which action triggers event in GA4?

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I'm relatively new to GA4 and I made this simple table with 'Page path and screen class' and 'Event name' as rows, 'Event count' as values. There is a bunch of events with mostly clear names, but I really like to make sure which is which.

I was wondering at which point are those 'Event name' parameters are created? I guess it should be done by someone on front-end of the site?

The reason I'm asking is to understand at what point what event is triggered. If I go to website, is there a way to understand which action triggers which event by, maybe, inspecting page?

As an example, there is a button on the site with text 'Order' which leads to shop page and I have an event with name 'go_to_shop'. I assume that this button triggers mentioned event, but I want to double-check to be sure.

Thanks in advance

Michele Pisani · Accepted Answer · 2025-06-30 12:35:46Z

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You cannot know this from the event information unless you have entered this information as event parameters.

If the tracking setup happened through GTM, and you have access to GTM, you can see from there when events are triggered.

Otherwise you can check manually if there are codes on the page that perform these operations, or from the console (or with some extension) if clicking on an item sends an event.

answered Jun 30 at 12:35

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