✨ log explorer views to google analytics

[sophiamersmann]

Resolves #4094

Summary

A view event is logged to Google Analytics when an Explorer is rendered and when the view is changed.

Details

• A view event is logged if Explorer is scrolled into view so that we only log an event when an Explorer has actually been looked at
• We also log an event when the user updates the view

Logged events are of the following shape:

{
    "event": "owid.explorer_view",
    "explorerPath": "/explorers/democracy",
    "explorerView": JSON.stringify({ Dataset: "Polity", Metric: "Democracy", "Sub-metric": "Main index" })
}

Testing

I tested this code by console logging when an event is fired, but I haven't checked to see if these events actually end up in GA.

• Explorer page: http://staging-site-log-explorer-views/explorers/democracy
  • Should log one view event on page load
  • Should log an event when the view is changed
• Topic page: http://staging-site-log-explorer-views/democracy
  • Should log an event when the explorer is scrolled into view
  • Should log an event when the view is changed
  • Should not log another event when the explorer is scrolled out of view and then again into view
  • Should not log an event for the embedded explorer

[sophiamersmann]

• 🔨 (grapher) turn related questions into an object #4108
• 🔨 remove default layer from chart configs #4103
• ✨ (line chart) set y-axis min default to 0 #4080
• 🐛 (explorer) merge configs correctly #4091
• ✨ log explorer views to google analytics #4098 👈
• ✨ log grapher views to google analytics #4076
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• Site-screenshots: https://github.com/owid/site-screenshots/compare/log-explorer-views
• SVG tester: https://github.com/owid/owid-grapher-svgs/compare/log-explorer-views

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Number of differences (default views): 0 ✅
Number of differences (all views): 0 ✅

Edited: 2024-10-31 15:48:38 UTC
Execution time: 1.23 seconds

[danyx23]

Looks good, nice work!

[sophiamersmann]

Thank you for the review!

[sophiamersmann]

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