this is my new analytics code:
<script>
(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-000000-0', 'mysite.com');
ga('send', 'pageview');
</script>
I found in the analytics api, that I set a custom var like:
_gaq.push(['_setCustomVar',
1, // This custom var is set to slot #1. Required parameter.
'Items Removed', // The name acts as a kind of category for the user activity. Required parameter.
'Yes', // This value of the custom variable. Required parameter.
2 // Sets the scope to session-level. Optional parameter.
]);
but the variable "_gaq" is not defiend, and where do I place this code?
my analytics is just after the tag
Universal Analytics doesn't have the .push it has a ga() function.
Also there are no custom variables in Universal Analytics. In Universal Analytics we get custom dimensions and metrics.
Your custom variables are pretty much the same as the new custom dimensions.
The main difference is that they are set up in the GA interface instead of via arguments to the old .push function.
ga('set', 'dimension1', 'Yes');
Set up or edit custom dimensions & metrics
Related
What is the gtag.js equivalent of the following analytics.js Google Optimize integration:
ga('set', 'expId', '$experimentId'); // The id of the experiment the user has been exposed to.
ga('set', 'expVar', '$chosenVariation'); // The index of the variation shown to the user.
I could not find anything documented in Google site.
Some places I looked:
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/gtagjs/migration
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/experiments
Update - 08/23/2018 - using the response from #AnkDasCo
Further, my Optimize experiment is configured as SERVER_SIDE which means I do not want Optimize to assign the experiment and variant to the site. Instead, that's something I would like to control from my end. I have injected the following in the page:
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
gtag('js', new Date());
gtag('set', {'expId': 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'});
gtag('set', {'expVar':'1'}); // set to variant id 1
gtag('config', 'UA-xxxxxxxx-y', { 'optimize_id': 'GTM-xxxxxxx'});
However, the variant assignment is still being controlled by Optimize and not by the script above. In the above example I am asking it to be set to variant id 1, but it's not happening.
Even setting the experiment/variant in a single statement as this does not work either:
gtag('set', {'exp': 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.1'});
Any thought what I might be missing. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
You can still set values that persist across gtag calls on the page.
gtag('set', {'expId': 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'});
gtag('set', {'expVar':'1'});
This analytics.js way works:
<script>
(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','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
ga('create', 'UA-xxxxxxxx-y', 'auto');
ga('set', 'exp', 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.1');
ga('require', 'GTM-xxxxxx');
ga('send', 'pageview');
</script>
Note that since the experiment is set as SERVER_SIDE, the effect of setting the experiment and the variant needs to be handled by the server and Optimize plays no role in that. If you do server side, you do it all yourself - you can create an experiment for "page A" and then send experiment hits from "page B" and things will still work fine.
Google Goal conversion not working when I download pdf.
Here I followed following steps:
<html>
<script>
(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','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
ga('create', 'UA-XXXXXX', 'auto');
ga('send', 'pageview');
</script>
<a href="/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/SEO-ebook-Final.pdf" onClick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackPageview','/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/SEO-ebook-Final.pdf']);">Ok<a/ class='bold-uppercase'>
</html>
gaq.push us classic Google analytics code as in ga.js. Your Google Analytics snippet shows you are using analytics.js which is universal analytics.
So basically you are mixing things you shouldn't be.
<script>
/**
* Function that tracks a click on an outbound link in Analytics.
* This function takes a valid URL string as an argument, and uses that URL string
* as the event label. Setting the transport method to 'beacon' lets the hit be sent
* using 'navigator.sendBeacon' in browser that support it.
*/
var trackOutboundLink = function(url) {
ga('send', 'event', 'outbound', 'click', url, {
'transport': 'beacon',
'hitCallback': function(){document.location = url;}
});
}
</script>
You'll also need to add (or modify) the onclick attribute to your links. Use this example as a model for your own links:
Check out example.com
code ripped from Track outbound links
for my static HTML webside I embedded this recommended script code to every page of the side.
<script>
(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','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
ga('create', 'UA-96597161-1', 'auto');
ga('send', 'pageview');
ga('set', 'userId', {{USERID}});
The question is:
how to format my known Google analytics userId into this place {{USERID}}?
Is it With brackets?, with quotes?
Thanks for your help.
The analytics.js fields reference lists UserID as format type "text", which means you pass it in like you would any other string value in Javascript (i.e. in as quoted string).
In fact the same page has examples:
// Set the user ID when creating the tracker.
ga('create', 'UA-XXXX-Y', {'userId': 'as8eknlll'});
// Alternatively, you may set the user ID via the `set` method.
ga('set', 'userId', 'as8eknlll');
I wonder how to add new variable to analytic when user visit page.
ga('set', 'userId', 'HP2202'); // Set the user ID using signed-in user_id.
ga('_setCustomVar',
1,
'dimension1',
'Member',
2 // Sets the scope to session-level. Optional parameter.
);
ga('send', 'pageview', {
'dimension1': 'SKU12345'
});
How could I know it success or not?
I using google analytic addon stylesheet to get report. where option I should add ga:dimension1 to ?
When I try to set the appVersion in google analytics, then my event tracking stops working. Specifically, I'm trying to include the app version with event tracking so I can know which version of the app caused an event.
I've tried setting the app version like this:
ga('set', 'appVersion', app.version);
I've tried like this:
ga('send',
'event',
eventCategory,
eventAction,
{'page': pageName, 'appVersion' : app.version });
And I've also tried the alternative syntax:
ga('send',
{'hitType' : 'event',
'eventCategory' : eventCategory,
'eventAction' : eventAction,
'page' : pageName,
'appVersion' : app.version});
If I include appVersion, then event tracking stops working. No events show in realtime and no show the next day in the Behavior/Events section. The PageViews still work though.
As requested in the comments, I am editing to add in my event tracking code. It's been through several variations while I tried solve this problem. Here's what it looks like currently.
var app = {
trackEvent: function (pageName, eventCategory, eventAction, optionalEventLabel, optionalEventValue) {
var eventObject = {
'eventCategory' : eventCategory,
'eventAction' : eventAction,
'optionalEventLabel' : optionalEventLabel,
'optionalEventValue' : optionalEventValue,
'page' : pageName,
};
console.log("app.trackEvent - " + JSON.stringify(eventObject));
ga('send', 'event', eventObject);
}
}
I call this method from many places using a call like:
app.trackEvent("PageNameValue", "EventCategoryValue", "EventActionValue", "EventLabelValueIfIHaveOne", AnIntegerValueIfIHaveOne);
Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Edit...
I found the following bug report that seems to apply: https://code.google.com/p/analytics-issues/issues/detail?id=366
The bug reporter mentions solving this problem by setting up a custom dimension. I will give that a try.
This appears to be be a Google Analytics bug. See https://code.google.com/p/analytics-issues/issues/detail?id=366 for more information.
As suggested by the bug reporter, the workaround is to use a custom dimension that you define in the Admin / Custom Definitions / Custom Dimensions section of the Google Analytics console.
Click "New Custom Dimension"
Enter name ( I entered customAppVersion )
Choose scope ( I chose Hit )
Click Create
Google will then suggest code examples for you, like...
var dimensionValue = 'SOME_DIMENSION_VALUE';
ga('set', 'dimension1', dimensionValue);
The only thing in the code sample that you need to change is the value of 'dimensionValue'. So I ended up with the following code.
ga('create', 'UA-########-#', 'auto');
ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null); // Disable file protocol checking (so that GA will work on Android devices)
ga('set', 'dimension1', app.version);
ga('send', 'pageview');
After this, the custom dimension will be applied to each hit recorded by Google Analytics and you can use that custom dimension to filter your results in the Google Analytics console.
As per google
Since the appName field must be sent with all app hits, it's often
best to set that field on the tracker itself using the set command or,
alternatively, when the tracker is created:
ga('create', 'UA-XXXXX-Y', 'auto', {
'appName': 'myAppName'
});
// The `appName` field is now set on the tracker, so
// screenview hits don't need to include it.
ga('send', 'screenview', {appVersion: '1.2'});
// Sending multiple parameters
ga('send', 'screenview', {appName: 'com.company.app', appVersion: '1.2'});
More information here
It works if you set at least the "appName", it's a good practice to set "appName" and "appId" before to set "appVersion"
ga('set', 'appId', app.id);
ga('set', 'appName', app.id);
ga('set', 'appVersion', app.version);