Variables and data layer after "woocommerce_checkout_place_order"

  • Hello,

    Even though I use “control+shift” buttons to open the “proceed to paypal” or “place order” button (the one on the woocommerce checkout page), I cannot get the following screen to open in a new window so I cannot see the variables and data layer generated by this plugin when the button is clicked…(I use GTM debug screen).

    Any tips on how to see these values so I can set up some tags and triggers correctly?

    Thanks!

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/duracelltomi-google-tag-manager/

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  • Plugin Author Thomas Geiger

    (@duracelltomi)

    Hi Javier,

    I think you forgot to include a link to a screenshot about “the following screeen”.

    Thomas

    Thread Starter AlfieM

    (@javier1970)

    Hello,
    The screen I would like to stay on so I could recover the information in the data layers and variables is this one:
    https://mydomain.com/checkout/
    in this screen shot, you can see that once you click on “place order” (that is the “checkout_place_order” button fro woocommerce), you will either be going to the paypal payment page or our bank’s credit card payment gateway. In both cases these are external pages.
    When the “checkout_place_order” button is clicked, all the data such as product, order number, shipping costs, vat, etc. are known, if only I could stay on that screen (and open the following external screen in another window) by using the magical “control+shift” buttons (which in this unique instance do not work as the following pages are opened in the same window) I would be able to perhaps see that data and retrieve it somehow…

    Thanks for your help on this!

    Regards,
    Javier

    Plugin Author Thomas Geiger

    (@duracelltomi)

    Hi Javier,

    Have you tried to use the “Recordings” feature of the Google Tag Assistant Chrome plugin?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7zoJR6uq2g
    https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6277302?hl=en

    Using this there is no need to tweak the default behavior since this browser extension can capture all Google related tags even if you click on a button that makes the browser to move on to other pages.

    Thomas

    Thread Starter AlfieM

    (@javier1970)

    Hello Thomas, that is really a cool feature, thanks for suggesting it, I had no idea about it. I have tried it immediately.
    I don’t however see the data layers or variables available in that “hidden page” (example url of that page, https://mydomain/checkout/order-received/8132/?key=wc_order_56ebc70e3cc6b&order-pay=8132) so I cannot retrieve this information to include it in a new tag.

    I know this is getting out of the scope of your plugin support so I understand if you cannot keep on answering these questions ??

    Thank you so much for all the support provided this far.

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