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How do i properly use custom vars in google analytics? I used the code below and here is what i notice

1. i only seen 'one' being in the get request
2. After 24 hours only 'one' showed up
3. After commenting out one and changing the 2 vars to use slotIndex-1 i notice NO vars going through GA

What am i doing wrong?

-edit2- I added my answer but i still dont have firefox requesting the image. Chrome looks like its doing it properly with opera and IE8 requesting very little.

-edit- Additional note. This code is at the end of my body inside of my static .js file. Which is included last or 2nd last.

var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-12345678-1']);

if (cond) {
    _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar',1, 'one', d1,1]); 
    _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar',2, 'name two', "sz",1]); 
    _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar',3, 'name3', boolVal,1]); 
}
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

(function () {
    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
})();

How do i properly use custom vars in google analytics? I used the code below and here is what i notice

1. i only seen 'one' being in the get request
2. After 24 hours only 'one' showed up
3. After commenting out one and changing the 2 vars to use slotIndex-1 i notice NO vars going through GA

What am i doing wrong?

-edit again- Ok everything works. The problem is what i guessed in my answer. Then in firefox i accidentally used the profile which had cookies disabled so GA .gif wasnt being requested. In short the problem below was the string is too long or the value wasnt a string.

var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-12345678-1']);

if (cond) {
    _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar',1, 'one', d1,1]); 
    _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar',2, 'name two', "sz",1]); 
    _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar',3, 'name3', boolVal,1]); 
}
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

(function () {
    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
})();

How do i properly use custom vars in google analytics? I used the code below and here is what i notice

1. i only seen 'one' being in the get request
2. After 24 hours only 'one' showed up
3. After commenting out one and changing the 2 vars to use slotIndex-1 i notice NO vars going through GA

What am i doing wrong?

-edit- Additional note. This code is at the end of my body inside of my static .js file. Which is included last or 2nd last.

var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-12345678-1']);

if (cond) {
    _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar',1, 'one', d1,1]); 
    _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar',2, 'name two', "sz",1]); 
    _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar',3, 'name3', boolVal,1]); 
}
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

(function () {
    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
})();

How do i properly use custom vars in google analytics? I used the code below and here is what i notice

1. i only seen 'one' being in the get request
2. After 24 hours only 'one' showed up
3. After commenting out one and changing the 2 vars to use slotIndex-1 i notice NO vars going through GA

What am i doing wrong?

-edit2- I added my answer but i still dont have firefox requesting the image. Chrome looks like its doing it properly with opera and IE8 requesting very little.

-edit- Additional note. This code is at the end of my body inside of my static .js file. Which is included last or 2nd last.

var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-12345678-1']);

if (cond) {
    _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar',1, 'one', d1,1]); 
    _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar',2, 'name two', "sz",1]); 
    _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar',3, 'name3', boolVal,1]); 
}
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

(function () {
    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
})();

How do i properly use custom vars in google analytics? I used the code below and here is what i notice

1. i only seen 'one' being in the get request
2. After 24 hours only 'one' showed up
3. After commenting out one and changing the 2 vars to use slotIndex-1 i notice NO vars going through GA

What am i doing wrong?

var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-12345678-1']);

if (cond) {
    _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar',1, 'one', d1,1]); 
    _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar',2, 'name two', "sz",1]); 
    _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar',3, 'name3', boolVal,1]); 
}
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

(function () {
    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
})();

How do i properly use custom vars in google analytics? I used the code below and here is what i notice

1. i only seen 'one' being in the get request
2. After 24 hours only 'one' showed up
3. After commenting out one and changing the 2 vars to use slotIndex-1 i notice NO vars going through GA

What am i doing wrong?

-edit- Additional note. This code is at the end of my body inside of my static .js file. Which is included last or 2nd last.

var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-12345678-1']);

if (cond) {
    _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar',1, 'one', d1,1]); 
    _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar',2, 'name two', "sz",1]); 
    _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar',3, 'name3', boolVal,1]); 
}
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

(function () {
    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
})();