Resolving Key Event Issues in GA4: An Interesting Finding on Event Naming Conventions

Google Analytics 4 (GA4) is a powerful tool for tracking user behavior, but sometimes its implementation nuances can be a little tricky. Recently, I encountered an interesting issue related to event naming conventions that I’d like to share, as it might help others in similar situations. The Scenario We created a click event in the Google Tag Manager (GTM) tool and named it: "can't_find_your_profile_click_signup_page." The event firing status was successful, and we could see the event name displayed under the "Event count by Event name" section in the Realtime Overview of the GA4 tool. Next, we enabled the event as a Key Event in GA4 to track its importance further. However, the event didn’t reflect in the Key Events section when the specific button was clicked. The Observation Although the event was firing correctly and appearing in the Event tab as expected, it wasn’t showing up under Key Events. Upon investigation, we referred to the Google Support Docu...