# GA Event Tracking Code for File Downloads

Have a whitepaper or some other file available for download on your site? With event tracking in Google Analytics you can track the number of times a particular file has been downloaded. Use the form to build GA Event tracking code for file downloads, then add the code to the file download link to track the event.

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## Event Tracking Code Builder for a File Download

- **File Download Category**
- **File Download Action**
- **File Download Label**
- **Download Value**
- **Non-Interaction (Optional)**  
  Default: Count event as a user interaction  
  True: Make event a non-interaction  
  *(Select “true” if you want to consider it a bounce when a visitor views one page, submits a contact form and leaves without viewing any other pages.)*

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Place the following code within the code of your download link:

It should look something like this for your download link:

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### Optional Goal Setup

After you add the event tracking code to your site, you may want to setup a goal in Google Analytics that's related to the event. Follow these instructions to setup the goal.

1. Login to Google Analytics and click on **Admin** in the main navigation.
2. Select the _Account_ and _Property_ where you want to create the goal. Under the _View_ list, click on **Goals**
3. Click on the **New Goal** button, click on the **Custom** radio button and then click on the **Next step** button.
4. Name the goal and select the **Event** radio button.
5. Populate all of the relevant goal details (in bold):
   - Category | that matches |
   - Action | that matches |
   - Label | that matches |
   - Value | that matches |
6. Click the **Create Goal** button. You're done!

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