Locating Meta Pixel Code in Meta Business
Goal: Manually add Pixel code to website
Locating Meta Pixel Code in Events Manager:
- Log into Events Manager
- You should now be on the Events Manager Overview page
- Click Data Sources
- You should now be on the Data Sources page and on the Overview tab (the Activity Chart should be a bit further down the page)
- Click Integrations link (it’s to the right of the Events activities link. Both links are just above the Activity Chart)
- There should now be a bubble chart: Integrations (left column), Dataset (in center), and Used by (in right column)
- Click on Meta Pixel
- Click on: Install Pixel On New Website
- Under Manually add Pixel code to website, click Install code manually
- You should now be on the Set up Meta Pixel page
- Under the Install Meta Pixel on your website heading and Copy base code sub-heading, click the Copy code button
- Follow the rest of the instructions
Locating Meta Pixel Code in Events Manager (via Meta Business Suite):
Sometimes I have to start from Meta Business Suite to get to a particular Events Manager Data Source (Why? If I have multiple old/unused Dataset Assets the wrong one will be brought up and Meta will ask me to set it up from scratch):
Option 1 –> All Tools path:
- Log into Meta Business Suite
- Click on All Tools (toward bottom of left-hand menu)
- Click on Events Manager (under Advertise section)
- You should now be on the Events Manager Overview page
- Click Data Sources
- You should now be on the Data Sources page and on the Overview tab (the Activity Chart should be a bit further down the page)
- Click Integrations link (it’s to the right of the Events activities link. Both links are just above the Activity Chart)
- There should now be a bubble chart: Integrations (left column), Dataset (in center), and Used by (in right column)
- Click Meta Pixel
- Click Install Pixel On New Website
- Under Manually add Pixel code to website, click Install code manually
- You should now be on the Set up Meta Pixel page
- Under the Install Meta Pixel on your website heading and Copy base code sub-heading, click the Copy code button
- Follow the rest of the instructions
Option 2 –> Settings path:
- Log into Meta Business Suite
- Click on Settings (gear icon toward bottom of left-hand menu)
- You should now be on the Settings page for your Business
- Under Data Sources (left-ish side menu) click Datasets & Pixels
- In the Dataset Assets / Name section, click the correct Dataset Asset (in my case I have multiple old/unused Dataset Assets, so it’s important to click the correct Dataset Asset)
- In the Details view of the Dataset Asset, below the Name of the Dataset Asset, below Dataset is receiving events, click the Events Manager link
- You should now be on the Data Sources page and on the Overview tab (the Activity Chart should be a bit further down the page)
- Click Integrations link (it’s to the right of the Events activities link. Both links are just above the Activity Chart)
- There should now be a bubble chart: Integrations (left column), Dataset (in center), and Used by (in right column)
- Click Meta Pixel
- Click Install Pixel On New Website
- Under Manually add Pixel code to website, click Install code manually
- You should now be on the Set up Meta Pixel page
- Under the Install Meta Pixel on your website heading and Copy base code sub-heading, click the Copy code button
- Follow the rest of the instructions
