Analytics

Out of the box, Open SDG sends information to Google Analytics for certain events:

• All page loads
• User changes data tabs (Table, Chart, etc.)
• User changes metadata tabs (National, Global, etc.)
• User changes the contrast setting
• User downloads a CSV file

Google Analytics ID¶

In order to turn on the analytics functionality, you must set the Google Analytics ID in the site repository's production Open SDG configuration file. This is typically the _data/site_config_prod.yml file.

There are several ways to specify this configuration, but here is an example:

analytics:
  ga_prod: 'paste ID here'

For more details, see the documentation on this analytics site configuration setting.

It is recommend to only put this in _data/site_config_prod.yml, and not in _data/site_config.yml, because you would not want to confuse your metrics by mixing staging and production together.

Customising the Google Analytics parameters¶

If you would like to change the Google Analytics parameters (category/action/label) that Open SDG sends, you can create a data file at this path in your site repository: data/autotrack.yml

The contents of this YAML file can override any tracked event, according to their "preset" value. For example:

my_preset:
  category: My category
  action: My action
  label: My label

Tracking new click events¶

You can track a new click event using either HTML or Javascript.

Tracking a click event with HTML¶

Here is an example of tracking a new click event using HTML, in a Jekyll page or layout:

Below is a call-to-action that we would like to track.

<a href="/my-url" {% include autotrack.html preset="my_preset" category="My category" action="My action" %}>
  My link
</a>

Tracking a click event with Javascript¶

Here is an example of tracking a new click event using Javascript:

<a href="/my-url" id="my-link">My link</a>

<script>
var attributes = opensdg.autotrack('my_preset', 'My category', 'My action');
$('#my-link').attr(attributes);
</script>