Add custom metric to google analytics transaction

Question

Im trying to add custom metrics to transactions on google analytics. It must be per transaction. Currently I'm adding transactions like this.

    ga('ecommerce:addTransaction', {
        'id':           '',
        'affiliation':  '',
        'revenue':      '',
        'tax':          '',
        'currency':     ''
    });
    ga('ecommerce:addItem', {
        'id':       '',
        'name':     '',
        'sku':      '',
        'category': '',
        'price':    '',
        'currency': '',
        'quantity': ''
    });

Now what I was thinking was adding the following to the transaction but don't quite know if its the right way to do it.

ga('ecommerce:addProduct', {'metric1': hasTransacted});

I know with page views custom metrics can be added to page view like this

ga('set', 'metric1', '1');

ga('send', 'pageview');

But Im trying to add it to a transaction instead.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

nyuen nyuen · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-28T14:03:02

You should be able to add the metric to the transaction hit, just like in your example with addProduct. Here is a similar question asked here is it possible to send custom variables to Google analytics while using ecommerce extension.

Add custom metric to google analytics transaction

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