_mtm.push for Event Tracking (versus _paq.push)

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How to call EVENT Tracking for (Category, Action, Label, Name, Value) Using custom HTML : _mtm.push method
var _mtm = _mtm || ; and _mtm.push({ });

simillar to below method which working but not supporting properly in matomo

_paq.push([‘trackEvent’, category, action, name, value, {dimension1: ‘DimensionValue’}]);

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        _mtm.push({
            'event': 'customEvent',
            'customCategory': category,
            'customAction': action,
            'customLabel': label,
            'customValue': value
        });
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This below one is triggering and showing on debugger, when we run in console

$(’.columns.medium-4.storyItem’).click(function(){
var label =$(this).find(’.storyTitle’).text();
if (label != “”){
alert(label);
window._paq = window._paq || [];
window._paq.push([‘trackEvent’, ‘In page555’, ‘click555’, label]);
}
})

This below one is not triggering and showing on debugger

$(’.columns.medium-4.storyItem’).click(function(){
var label =$(this).find(’.storyTitle’).text();
if (label != “”){
alert(label);
window._mtm = window._mtm || [];
window._mtm.push({
‘event’: ‘customEvent’,
‘customCategory’: ‘In paGe’,
‘customAction’: ‘ClicK’,
‘customLabel’: label
});
}
})

URL : https://www.grunenthalhealth.de/de-de/medizinisches-fachpersonal/neuigkeiten-und-artikel/

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In my example, you have to have previously defined:

  • customEvent trigger
  • customCategory variable
  • customAction variable
  • customLabel variable
  • And a tag triggered on customEvent trigger…
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$(‘.columns.medium-4.storyItem’).click(function(){
var label =$(this).find(‘.storyTitle’).text();
var category = ‘InpaGeee’;
var action = ‘InpaGeee’;
var value = ‘tttEST’;

if (label != ""){
   alert(label);
   window._mtm = window._mtm || [];
   window._mtm.push({
        'event': 'customEvent',
        'customCategory': category,
        'customAction': action,
        'customLabel': label,
        'customValue': value
    });
}

})

still not working

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→ In the Matomo Tag Manager !

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Another way of asking this question: “When adding an event to the request “stack” for Matomo using the _paq.push() method, will that information be transmitted by the Tag Manager at all?”

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When the above two options are enabled in the Tag Manager it allows the use of all the normal tracker methods using the _paq.push method. The Tag Manager configures a default tracker object configured using the settings in the Matomo Configuration Variable. The _mtm.push method is not a direct replacement of _paq.push, _mtm.push simply pushes data to the Datalayer of the Tag Manager. You would still need to configure a Trigger to send any tracking requests once the data was pushed to the Datalayer. Using the _paq.push method for a tracker method would directly send a tracking request in this case.

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Here is some example syntax, in case you are using the browser console to experiment with some Javascript for _paq.push().

_paq.push([ function() {console.log(this.trackPageView());}]);