How do I set up content grouping in Google Analytics?

Question

I am trying to group my content using the content grouping feature in Google Analytics. My site has two main groups - Red Products and Orange Products .

Under each grouping, my products are divided into groups, such as “Pressing”, “Diagnostics” under “Red Products” and “Power Tools”, “Saws” under “Orange Products” .

I went to the Google Analytics toolbar, and on the admin tab, I created two groups for “Red Products” and “Orange Products” with slots 1 and 2 respectively. On each page under each group, I send "_setPageGroup" from my script. For my "Press" category, each page below it sends this:

_gaq.push(['_setPageGroup', '1', 'Pressing']); 

My "Saws" category posts this:

 _gaq.push(['_setPageGroup', '2', 'Saws']); 

I created a custom dashboard in Google Analytics, where I placed Red Products as the dimension and PageViews as the metric for this dimension. I did the same for the Orange Product category. I visited some of the pages, and after a while I checked my user panel. He did not classify my content.

At first I thought that I was not sending this category correctly, and I decided to check using my module for the Google Analytics debugger. Here is what he shows:

 _gaq.push processing "_setPageGroup" for args: "[1,Pressing]" 

The debugger plugin also shows:

 Screen Resolution : 1920x1080 Browser Size : 1899x971 Color Depth : 24-bit Page Group : 1:Pressing Cachebuster : 1887104810 

I think this is an indication that he correctly classifies my Click group in slot 1.

Why doesn't it show anything in my custom dashboard in Google Analytics? How long does it take to update metrics?

Answer 1

It looks like you are calling _gaq.push(['_setPageGroup', '1', 'Pressing']); after sending a request to view the page. When you install something in GA, you need to send it with a page view or event. Take a look at “Change the ga.js drop-down snapshot” to Create / Edit Content Groups . It would be best to set this before invoking the base page, similar to how you set up a custom variable for "IsAuthenticated".