Add optional Google Analytics tracking for Hubs subscription accounts

[aelainelong]

It'd be great if there was a simple input field in the Admin dashboard settings for Hubs subscription accounts that would allow admins to plug in an existing Google Analytics ID to be instantiated in all pages/rooms for that Hub. This would allow Hubs owners to leverage Google Analytics 4's automatic pageview tracking to capture basic metrics on their Hubs' scenes.

[Jon]

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[michaelhmorran]

@aelainelongThank you for the suggestion. I believe the feature you are requesting would be quite similar to what we have on hubs cloud under the "Server Access" tab of the admin panel (see image below). I do not know if this allows you to capture analytics for specific hub room urls, but it could certainly track the total traffic to your server. We would love to have this feature available on the subscription, but we will need to verify that it upholds our privacy standards since we are managing the servers with the subscription (with hubs cloud, we do not manage the servers).

[agnon]

Hi @michaelhmorran, there is no "Server Access" tab in the admin panel (please see the screenshot), please suggest where we can see the analytics? 

[michaelhmorran]

Hey @agnon! Thanks for the suggestion. The server access feature on hubs-cloud contains some important controls that may not be the wisest for us to expose on our managed service. However, I know that many folks would love to still be able to connect google analytics.

I have not personally tested this, however it may be possible to use a custom client deployment with a professional plan to hard code your GA tracking id. See this discussion for more info on testing that: https://discord.com/channels/498741086295031808/1125157747458048020/1134543110320439418