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Event tracking values require _type_ Number() #167

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Name of related component: Documentation

URL of the documentation page : 
http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/tracking/eventTrackerGuide.html

Issue summary:

It might be helpful to change the _trackEvent "Values" examples to make it a 
little more clear that the value needs to be typecast as a number.  

If you provide a String(123) / "123" - let's say you've caught a number from an 
input on the page, a pretty typical use-case - then it fails silently.  

Suggest:

_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Videos', 'Video Load Time', 'Gone With the Wind', 
Number(downloadTime)]);

... or adding a note down the bottom of the section where you talk about 
negative integers.

Silly of me to get caught out really, but still - might save someone else some 
time if it's a bit more explicit.

Cheers
J.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by jimbomor...@gmail.com on 21 Nov 2011 at 8:34