Previous work (seen here: https://github.com/alphagov/govuk_frontend_toolkit/pull/436) has been done to allow us to duplicate the url information we normally store in an event action. We duplicate this info into a custom dimension in order to be able to do a join later within Google Analytics with a custom upload setup to report the status of links.
We weren't able to do the join on the info in an event action, only on a custom dimension.
However, it's been pointed out that the govuk_frontend_toolkit gem is being used for other projects besides gov.uk so would inadvertently use their custom dimension to duplicate this url info, without their approval.
So we've made this behavior optional.
If a custom dimension is not provided, then the behavior is turned off.
36degrees
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6 years ago
For: https://trello.com/c/SYgBUl4q/258-develop-an-upload-to-ga-of-link-checker-data
Previous work (seen here: https://github.com/alphagov/govuk_frontend_toolkit/pull/436) has been done to allow us to duplicate the url information we normally store in an
event action. We duplicate this info into a custom dimension in order to be able to do a join later within Google Analytics with a custom upload setup to report the status of links. We weren't able to do the join on the info in an event action, only on a custom dimension.However, it's been pointed out that the
govuk_frontend_toolkitgem is being used for other projects besidesgov.ukso would inadvertently use their custom dimension to duplicate this url info, without their approval. So we've made this behavior optional. If a custom dimension is not provided, then the behavior is turned off.Depends on https://github.com/alphagov/static/pull/1192