Below making assumption that these are the following dimensions:
- dimension42 - video id
- dimension121 - player position (NEW?)
- dimension50 - player version (NEW)
- dimension129 - content source (NEW)
Requirement is that each instance of a JWPlayer video player has its own namespaced client-side GA tracker
Base tracker:
ga('create', '<blog-ga-id>', 'auto');
Video player instance (MCP video id of 12345):
ga('create', '<kinja-roll-up-id>', 'auto', { 'name': 'player-mcp-12345' });
ga('set', {
'dimension42': '12345',
'dimension121': 'permalink-featured',
'dimension50': 'jw-7.12.6-fmg-sdk',
'dimension129': 'mcp'
});
Video player uses namespaced tracker for all video events, example for play:
ga('player-mcp-12345.send', 'event', 'Video Play', 'action desc', 'label desc');
Base tracker:
ga('create', '<blog-ga-id>', 'auto');
Video player instance (JW video id of 11111):
ga('create', '<kinja-roll-up-id>', 'auto', { 'name': 'player-jw-11111' });
ga('set', {
'dimension42': '11111',
'dimension121': 'permalink-featured',
'dimension50': 'jw-7.8.2-jw-legacy',
'dimension129': 'jw'
});
Video player uses namespaced tracker for all video events, example for play:
ga('player-jw-11111.send', 'event', 'Video Play', 'action desc', 'label desc');
Base tracker:
ga('create', '<blog-ga-id>', 'auto');
Video player instance (Onion Studios video id of 22222):
ga('create', '<kinja-roll-up-id>', 'auto', { 'name': 'player-os-22222' });
ga('set', {
'dimension42': '22222',
'dimension121': 'permalink-featured',
'dimension50': 'jw-7.8.2-os',
'dimension129': 'onionst'
});
Video player uses namespaced tracker for all video events, example for play:
ga('player-os-22222.send', 'event', 'Video Play', 'action desc', 'label desc');
Outstream player instance, on Kinja post with ID 789:
ga('create', '<kinja-roll-up-id>', 'auto', { 'name': 'outstream-789' });
ga('set', {
'dimension42': 'None', // static, blank 1-second video so no video id
'dimension121': 'outstream',
'dimension50': 'jw-7.8.2-outstream-native',
'dimension129': 'None' // content source empty, because no backing video
});
Video player uses namespaced tracker for all video events, example for play:
ga('outstream-789.send', 'event', 'Video Play', 'action desc', 'label desc');
Outstream player instance, on Kinja post with ID 789 but playing editorial video from MCP id 12345:
ga('create', '<kinja-roll-up-id>', 'auto', { 'name': 'outstream-789' });
ga('set', {
'dimension42': '12345',
'dimension121': 'outstream',
'dimension50': 'jw-7.12.6-outstream-edit',
'dimension129': 'mcp'
});
Video player uses namespaced tracker for all video events, example for play:
ga('outstream-789.send', 'event', 'Video Play', 'action desc', 'label desc');
Player on homepage, playing video from MCP with ID 12345
ga('create', '<kinja-roll-up-id>', 'auto', { 'name': 'player-12345' });
ga('set', {
'dimension42': '12345',
'dimension121': 'homepage',
'dimension50': 'jw-7.12.6-fmg-sdk',
'dimension129': 'mcp'
});
Video player uses namespaced tracker for all video events, example for play:
ga('player-12345.send', 'event', 'Video Play', 'action desc', 'label desc');
Player on video section, playing video from MCP with ID 12345
ga('create', '<kinja-roll-up-id>', 'auto', { 'name': 'player-12345' });
ga('set', {
'dimension42': '12345',
'dimension121': '/video',
'dimension50': 'jw-7.12.6-fmg-sdk',
'dimension129': 'mcp'
});
Video player uses namespaced tracker for all video events, example for play:
ga('player-12345.send', 'event', 'Video Play', 'action desc', 'label desc');
Base tracker:
ga('create', '<blog-ga-id>', 'auto');
Featured video player instance (MCP video id of 12345):
ga('create', '<kinja-roll-up-id>', 'auto', { 'name': 'player-mcp-12345' });
ga('set', {
'dimension42': '12345',
'dimension121': 'permalink-featured',
'dimension50': 'jw-7.12.6-fmg-sdk',
'dimension129': 'mcp'
});
Embedded related video player instance (MCP video id of 67890):
ga('create', '<kinja-roll-up-id>', 'auto', { 'name': 'player-mcp-67890' });
ga('set', {
'dimension42': '67890',
'dimension121': 'permalink-embedded',
'dimension50': 'jw-7.12.6-fmg-sdk',
'dimension129': 'mcp'
});
Example for play on featured video:
ga('player-mcp-12345.send', 'event', 'Video Play', 'action desc', 'label desc');
Example for play on embedded video:
ga('player-mcp-67890.send', 'event', 'Video Play', 'action desc', 'label desc');
The FMG SDK should be able to be used for content sources that are not MCP. In this case, the sources could be passed in mirroring JW player config options:
let playerConfig = {
key: 'jw player key',
sources: [
{ file: 'https://v.theonion.com/onionstudios/video/4053/hls_playlist.m3u8' },
{ file: 'https://v.theonion.com/onionstudios/video/4053/640.mp4' },
],
image: 'https://i.onionstatic.com/onionstudios/4974/original/600.jpg',
autostart: 'viewable'
};
FMG.init(playerConfig);
The FMG SDK should provide a config option to pass in a GA tracker name, but default to using none, e.g.:
None
window.ga('send', 'event', 'Video Play', 'action desc', 'label');
Option player-mcp-12345 passed in:
let playerConfig = {
googleAnalyticsTracker: 'player-mcp-12345'
};
FMG.init(playerConfig);
Results in the following convention for events fired through the SDK GA module:
window.ga('player-mcp-12345.send', 'event', 'Video Play', 'action desc', 'label');
The FMG SDK should set FMG wide custom dimensions based on metadata stored within MCP. For instance, for MCP video 12345, if the video series name in MCP is "AVC Sessions" and the season is Season 5, the SDK should set:
ga('player-mcp-12345.set', {
'dimension<series dim index>': 'AVC Sessions',
'dimension<season dim index>': 'Season 5',
});
The relevant values would come in the response (along with the video sources) from the video metadata hub.