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Goal tracking documentation needs updates #7966

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dandv opened this issue May 22, 2015 · 2 comments
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Goal tracking documentation needs updates #7966

dandv opened this issue May 22, 2015 · 2 comments
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dandv commented May 22, 2015

  1. Broken link - http://piwik.org/docs/tracking-goals-web-analytics/ links at the end to http://developer.piwik.org/api-reference/tracking-javascript#manually-trigger-a-conversion-for-a-goal but the anchor doesn't exist on that page.

  2. What is the type of the first parameter to trackGoal? Apparently it's a numeric ID (are they simply consecutive numbers, 0-based or 1-based?), but how do those IDs map onto the goals created in the UI? If I use goals based on events, is it sufficient to call trackEvent(), or do I need to also call trackGoal()?

  3. The goals doc page reads,

    These define how the Goal can be converted: matching a URL, downloads a specific file, clicks on an external link, or Goal manually triggered using the trackGoal() JavaScript function for specific user actions

    That should also include event tracking, which is missing from the screenshot.
@dandv dandv changed the title Broken anchor link to tracking goals manually Goal tracking documentation needs updates May 22, 2015
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mattab commented May 25, 2015

Hi @dandv thanks for the reports.

Apparently it's a numeric ID (are they simply consecutive numbers, 0-based or 1-based?), but how do those IDs map onto the goals created in the UI?

Click on Goals > Manage Goals. The table has a column "Id" which is the Id goal.
They are 1-based.

If I use goals based on events, is it sufficient to call trackEvent(), or do I need to also call trackGoal()?

It's sufficient to call trackEvent which will record a Goal conversion

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mattab commented Jul 15, 2015

Broken link - http://piwik.org/docs/tracking-goals-web-analytics/ links at the end to http://developer.piwik.org/api-reference/tracking-javascript#manually-trigger-a-conversion-for-a-goal but the anchor doesn't exist on that page.

Thanks I've fixed the links to JS Tracking guide in 10 user guides and 4 FAQs, to point to the new URL and correct hash tags

@mattab mattab closed this as completed Jul 15, 2015
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