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title: "Enabling Tracking"
slug: "webtrends-tag-manager-enabling-tracking"
updated: 2024-06-13T19:44:48Z
published: 2024-06-13T19:44:48Z
canonical: "onpremises.webtrends.help/webtrends-tag-manager-enabling-tracking"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://onpremises.webtrends.help/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Enabling Tracking

## Enabling Tracking

### Default vs. Custom Tag Configuration
#### Default
To automatically add tracking to all existing and new Modern pages in the tenancy, simply activate the *Default* tag.  

See [Creating Configurations > Creating the Default Tag](/v1/docs/webtrends-tag-manager-creating-configurations)

:::(Info) (Note:)
The Default Tag is only available when using the Tenant-Wide version of the Webtrends Tag Manager.
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:::(Info) (Note:)
Classic experience pages **cannot** be tagged automatically with a **default** tag due to the requirement of installing a **User Custom Action** on the site collection.
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#### Custom Tag
To apply a **Custom Tag** to individual site collections, and/or to enable tracking of *Classic* pages, apply a **Custom Tag**:

1. Click the **Site Collections** tab.

2. Select one or more sites in the list.
![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/0afe9842-6601-4812-b9e2-2726979f2233/Images/Documentation/image%2845%29.png)

3. Click **Tag Sites** at the top.

4. A Tag Selection form appears.
![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/0afe9842-6601-4812-b9e2-2726979f2233/Images/Documentation/image%2846%29.png){height="500"}

5. Choose the desired Custom Tag from the List
:::(Info) (Note:)
You may alternatively click **Create New Tag** to create a brand new **Tag Configuration** and automatically apply it to the selected sites.
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6. Click **Apply Configuration** to apply the selected tag to the selected site collections.
![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/0afe9842-6601-4812-b9e2-2726979f2233/Images/Documentation/image%2847%29.png)

:::(Info) (Note:)
In the **Single-Site** version of *Webtrends Tag Manager*, the application of a *Custom Tag* will install the *Webtrends Tag Manager* package onto the site collection and sub-sites directly, where it is visible in the *Site Contents* page of each site collection and sub-site.

It is recommended to **only** add/remove this using the *Webtrends Tag Manager* interface to avoid the Tag Manager and the site from becoming out of sync.
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:::(Info) (Note:)
In the **Single-Site** version of *Webtrends Tag Manager*, the application of a *Custom Tag* will display a warning bar on the left side of the affected row(s).  

Affected rows will be *unselectable* within the UI for 5 minutes, and display a warning to "*Please wait 5 minutes before modifying highlighted site(s).*" when hovered over.

Further interaction with the site within the 5 minutes can result in errors if the SharePoint Timer Job is still pending.  This delay helps prevent unnecessary errors.

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/0afe9842-6601-4812-b9e2-2726979f2233/Images/Documentation/image%2899%29.png){height="" width=""}
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:::(Info) (Note:) 
Classic experience tracking requires the installation of *User Custom Actions* on the site collection.  *Allow Custom Scripting* must be enabled on the site collection to allow the installation of a UCA for classic pages.

Please see: [Allow or prevent custom script](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/allow-or-prevent-custom-script){target="_blank"}
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[Continue](https://onpremises.webtrends.help/docs/webtrends-tag-manager-disabling-tracking)