How to Verify an Element is Tracking

When using Track Element or Custom Element goals, it's important to verify that the event is firing correctly. This guide will walk you through how to quickly validate that your event is working as expected.

Step 1: Open the Experience

You can test the event from any of the following:

• The Preview Link of the experience
• The Preview button inside the editor
• The live site (if the experience has already been published)

This ensures that you're viewing the page with the experience and tracking logic applied.

Step 2: Open Your Browser Console

Once the page has loaded:

1. Open your browser's Developer Tools (Chrome / Edge: F12 or Ctrl + Shift + I (Cmd + Option + I on Mac)
2. Navigate to the Console tab
3. Clear any existing messages. Clearing the console makes it easier to identify new events generated during testing.

Step 3: Trigger the Tracked Element

Interact with the element configured in your setup to trigger the tracked element (clicking a button, selecting a product option, opening a modal etc.)

Step 4: Verify the Event in the Console

Search for a console event containing: vsly custom events

If you see this event appear after interacting with the element, the tracking is firing successfully.

Step 5: Verify the Experience ID

As an extra validation step, we recommend checking the event details in the console match the correct experience. The value shown after the experience should match the Experience ID of the experience you're testing.