Google Analytics - track one space

[Victor Prasad]

Hello,

We use Google Analytics for our whole Confluence instance (just one .js tag putin the custom html)

If I want to track just one space.  I went ot behaviour - all pages and did a search for the space key - but I think that just takes me to the main page.  How do I track all visits to one space?

Thanks

Mr. V

[David at David Simpson Apps · Accepted solution]

Add a custom dimension which tracks the space key, then in Google Analytics you can simply filter on the space key to see the results for just that space.

See my blogpost - Tracking Atlassian Confluence usage with Google Analytics - for how to do this, or copy the code below:

<script>
  // Standard Google Universal Analytics code
  (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');
  AJS.toInit(function(){
    ga('create', 'UA-XXXX-Y', 'auto');
    // Add a page-level custom variable to record the space-key
    if (typeof AJS.params.spaceKey === 'string') {
      ga('set', 'dimension1', AJS.params.spaceKey); // Set a `spaceKey` dimension at page level
    }
    ga('send', 'pageview');
  });
</script>  

[Victor Prasad]

Wow!  That is fantastic!

We do not use the Google Analytics Plugin, instead, we just added the tracking code to the Custom HTML.

Will this still work?

Substitute my GA code instead UA-XXXX-Y?

Thanks!

[David at David Simpson Apps]

Yes, that's correct :)

[Victor Prasad]

Great!

I don't have the Google Analytics Plugin - will I still be able to get this info easily?

For this part:

"You now have a Custom Dimension named Confluence Space Key which is available for use within the Google Analytics interface. Next, you’ll need to populate this custom dimension with some data. "

I see this:

var dimensionValue = 'SOME_DIMENSION_VALUE';
ga('set', 'dimension1', dimensionValue);

dimensionValue is the space key?

And where does this code go?  In my custom HTML?

Sorry for the noob questions.

Thanks,

[David at David Simpson Apps]

I've replied to your answer here:

https://gist.github.com/dvdsmpsn/3397967c5e566bbb59b91b9db8901e3f

[web service]

Hi,

There is a new and recommended Global Site Tag (gtag.js) tracking code as follows.
What's the respective way of adding Space tracking to a custom dimension? Thank you

<!-- Global Site Tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics -->
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-XXXX"></script>
<script>
 window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
 function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments)};
 gtag('js', new Date());

gtag('config', 'UA-XXXX');
</script>


 

[Susan Ostreicher]

@web service, I just came across this article. Does this help answer your question? 

Custom dimensions and metrics with gtag.js

[Susan Ostreicher]

<!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics -->
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-XXXXXXXXX-Y"></script>
<script>
 window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
 function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
 gtag('js', new Date());

 

// Maps 'dimension1' to 'Confluence_Space_Key'.
gtag('config', 'UA-XXXXXXXXX-Y', {
 'custom_map': {'dimension1': 'Confluence_Space_Key'}
});

// Sends an event that passes 'Confluence_Space_Key' as a parameter.
if (typeof AJS.params.spaceKey === 'string') {
gtag('event', 'pageview', {'Confluence_Space_Key': AJS.params.spaceKey});
}

</script>

 I'm working through the same issue and trying to piece together the code, though without really understanding what I'm looking at.  

@David at David Simpson Apps, not sure if you can confirm if the above would work for gtag.js, but your blog posts have been so helpful and I'd love to someone more knowledgeable than I am take a look at this!

[Helen Gosper]

I gather this won't work for Confluence cloud - anyone?

Unless there is somewhere else to put the code, 'custom html' not seeming to be available in Admin?

[David at David Simpson Apps]

Helen, you can use Google Analytics in Confluence on Cloud, then use the drilldown report in Google Analytics to look at analytics on one space.

[Nicole]

@Helen Gosper

Just a note, Atlassian limits the data (location and page views) we can see in Google Analytics about public (anonymous, unauthenticated) users. My thought is that they are pushing Confluence users to purchase Premium to get Analytics which includes page views and authenticated user activity.

[Adriane Hunt]

Hi David. We're not quite ready to move to Cloud. Can you suggest custom HTML for G4 in Confluence Server?

Regards, Adriane

[Gonchik Tsymzhitov]

@Adriane Hunt did you find some solution?

[Adriane Hunt]

We used the same gtag.js script and just replaced the UA property ID with the GA4 property ID.