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Improvements to Custom Dimensions #785

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Name of related component: Tracking Code (analytics.js)

Request summary:
Make custom dimensions more like custom variables with the ability to use 
key:value pairs dynamically (or keep custom variables in analytics.js). Custom 
dimensions are very limited by comparison.

Use Cases:
Describe how you will use this feature if implemented.
Split testing - pages/sessions can belong to multiple split tests and each 
split test has multiple variations. To integrate with UA we used to send custom 
variables in this format: {'VWO-01': 'Variation 2'}. Now I would have to create 
a custom dimension for each split test, for which even Premium wouldn't give me 
enough since some clients have run more than 200 tests. The only solution is to 
use an event for each split test - adding unnecessary network requests.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by jamie.go...@codecomputerlove.com on 6 Nov 2015 at 2:39