Google analytics tracking page visits or state - google-analytics

Question

Code example
$(function () {
(function (i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {
i['GoogleAnalyticsObject'] = r;
i[r] = i[r] || function () {
(i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)
}, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();
a = s.createElement(o),
m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];
a.async = 1;
a.src = g;
m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)
})(window, document, 'script', '//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js', 'ga');
ga('create', 'UA-[Site]-[Nr]', [SiteLabel]);
ga('set', {
'dimension1': [State],
'dimension2': [Title],
'dimension3': [LocationID],
'dimension4': [Owner],
'dimension5': [UserID],
'dimension6': [Uri],
'dimension7': [Exception]
});
ga('send', 'pageview');
});
Use case example
Use cases where [A, B, C, D] are different pages and S* is the session.
#Use case 1
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S1 : A B A B
S2 : A B A
S3 : B
#Use case 2
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S1 : A B A C A D A
#Use case 3
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S1 : A B C D
#Use case 4
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S1 : A A A A A
Expected results:
Mode 1: Hit – value is applied to the single hit for which it has been set.
Mode 2: Session – value is applied to all hits in a single session.
#Use case 1
Mode 1:
A : 4 visits
B : 4 visits
Mode 2:
A : 2 visits
B : 3 visits
#Use case 2
Mode 1:
A : 4 visits
B : 1 visits
C : 1 visits
D : 1 visits
Mode 2:
A : 1 visits
B : 1 visits
C : 1 visits
D : 1 visits
#Use case 3
Mode 1:
A : 1 visits
B : 1 visits
C : 1 visits
D : 1 visits
Mode 2:
A : 1 visits
B : 1 visits
C : 1 visits
D : 1 visits
#Use case 4
Mode 1:
A : 5 visits
Mode 2:
A : 1 visits
Results I seem to get
Changing the scope does not seem to have any effect.
#Use case 1
A : 2 (7 page visits)
B : 1 (1 page visits)
#Use case 2
A : 1 (7 page visits)
#Use case 3
A : 1 (4 page visits)
#Use case 4
A : 1 (5 page visits)
Question
How can I get expected results?

Answer 1

First since you are setting custom dimensions I believe [A, B, C, D] should represent different values of custom dimensions, not pages.
When using Hit Level Custom Dimensions you should be looking at pageviews instead of visits/sessions. So what you really should be expecting to see is:
#Use case 1
Mode 1:
A : 4 pageviews
B : 4 pageviews
Mode 2:
A : 2 visits
B : 3 visits
#Use case 2
Mode 1:
A : 4 pageviews
B : 1 pageviews
C : 1 pageviews
D : 1 pageviews
Mode 2:
A : 1 visits
B : 1 visits
C : 1 visits
D : 1 visits
#Use case 3
Mode 1:
A : 1 pageviews
B : 1 pageviews
C : 1 pageviews
D : 1 pageviews
Mode 2:
A : 1 visits
B : 1 visits
C : 1 visits
D : 1 visits
#Use case 4
Mode 1:
A : 5 pageviews
Mode 2:
A : 1 visits
If you redo your tests with this in mind the numbers should match.