How to track registered users activity in piwik for Joomla

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Hi!

I have added piwik for joomla and it workd awesome.

However I need to track information via username rather than IP address.

How to do it?

Many thanks

~Bhagya

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Use custom variable in javascript: Custom Variables Analytics - Analytics Platform - Matomo

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Can you give me an example how to use custom variable in javascript?

many thanks.

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See http://piwik.org/docs/javascript-tracking/#toc-custom-variables

5

OK I got it…
for others who looking for this. use,

<?php $user =& JFactory::getUser(); $uname=$user->name; ?>

piwikTracker.setCustomVariable(1, ‘User’, ‘<?php echo $uname; ?>’, ‘visit’ );

thnx matt

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Hi Matt!

Would you please tell me, in which file you have inserted that piece of PHP? In Joomla? Or in the tracking Code?

I am not familiar with those things like PHP.

Kind regards
Clemens

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In Joomla template file; Template//index.php

before tracking code

<?php $user =& JFactory::getUser(); $uname=$user->name; ?>

inside the tracking code add

piwikTracker.setCustomVariable(1, ‘User’, ‘<?php echo $uname; ?>’, ‘visit’ );

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hi ! thank you for your help; i did what you sais but it dosent work for me !!!
here is my index.php: index

i added piwikTracker.setCustomVariable(1, ‘User’, ‘<?php echo $uname; ?>’, ‘visit’ ); on the plugin

any idea ?!