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UTM Naming Convention Rules for Clean Data

Enforce clean UTM naming across your entire team

Set organization-wide rules that automatically enforce lowercase, replace spaces with hyphens, require specific fields, and restrict parameter values. Never clean up messy GA4 reports again.

app.linkutm.com/settings/rules
linkutmNaming Rules
Conventions
Force lowercase
Replace spaces with hyphens
Trim whitespace
Block special characters
Required Fields
utm_source *utm_medium *utm_campaign *
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Inconsistent UTM naming destroys your analytics

When one team member types 'Facebook' and another types 'facebook' or 'fb', Google Analytics treats them as three separate sources. Multiply this across hundreds of campaigns and your attribution data becomes useless.

Mixed casing splits data across multiple GA4 rows (Facebook vs facebook vs FACEBOOK)

Spaces in parameters break URLs or create inconsistent entries

No enforcement of required fields -links ship without utm_medium

Impossible to retroactively fix months of inconsistent naming

Key Benefits

Automatic Normalization

Force lowercase, replace spaces with hyphens, and trim whitespace -all enforced before the link is created.

Required Field Validation

Make utm_source and utm_medium mandatory so no link ships without proper attribution.

Allowed Value Lists

Restrict parameters to pre-approved values so no one invents new, inconsistent sources or mediums.

How It Works

1

Define your rules

Toggle on conventions like lowercase enforcement, space replacement, and required fields in your workspace settings.

2

Rules apply automatically

Every time someone builds a link, the rules are enforced in real time. Invalid values are flagged before the URL is generated.

3

Clean data flows to analytics

Your GA4 reports show consistent, standardized campaign data from day one -no cleanup spreadsheets needed.

Rule Configuration Details

Lowercase enforcement

Automatically convert all parameter values to lowercase to prevent case-split data in GA4.

Space-to-hyphen replacement

Replace spaces with hyphens (or underscores) to keep URLs clean and standardized.

Required field validation

Make specific UTM parameters mandatory -links cannot be created without them.

Allowed value lists

Define a whitelist of approved sources, mediums, or campaigns to prevent ad-hoc values.

Custom regex patterns

Set advanced validation rules like date format or naming pattern requirements.

Workspace-level settings

Apply rules to the entire workspace so every team member follows the same standards.

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Required field validation

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Allowed value whitelists

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Custom regex rules

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Free tier available

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Clean Up Your UTM Data for Good

Set your rules once and never worry about inconsistent naming again. Every link your team creates will follow the same standards automatically.