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Google Anyalytics??  
News Group: embarcadero.public.delphi.thirdpartytools.intraweb

Howdy All!!

I have a web reservation system written in IntraWeb. It runs completely in HTTPS (not sure if this is even relevant for the question, but...).

Several of my customers would like me to link to Google Analytics.

My question is what / how would I use GA in my application to give the best / most useful information? It is at the page level, button click, etc?

Thanks in advance!

Shane

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Date Posted: 14-Jan-2015, at 8:22 AM EST
From: Shane Stump
 
Re: Google Anyalytics?? [Edit]  
News Group: embarcadero.public.delphi.thirdpartytools.intraweb
Shane
I have never used it in an IW project, but I have used it in a PHP project.  Basically, its an API that allows you to collect metrics on your site visitors and what they use on your site.  The API also has interfaces for apps on iOS and Android.  
To use it you have to include one or more java script libraries in your project.  You then inject API calls into the 
section of each page you want to track. They have all of the reporting and analytical tools already built to process the site data. There is a free and a premium version. {code} "The Google Analytics Platform lets you measure user interactions with your business across various devices and environments, at Google speed and scale. Gain new insights and optimize the performance of your business." {code} To use it in an IW project you would have to place the .js files in a folder under wwwroot. You would then have to add the API script to the ExtraHeaders property on each page in your project that you wanted to track. You have to sign up for an account. You then get tracking code to be pasted into the pages. You would have to track all sessions to one big account. Or, you would have to allow your clients to paste their code in, and then programmatically generate the ExtraHeaders for each page. The marketing website does not provide any technical detail, but it provides information about utilizing the collected data. http://www.google.com/analytics/ The developer site is where you can dig into the specifics. https://developers.google.com/analytics/ Edited by: Daniel Fields on Jan 14, 2015 4:19 PM
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Date Posted: 14-Jan-2015, at 4:20 PM EST
From: Daniel Fields