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Data field mapping to Google analytics and Matomo/Piwik
With SoftMeter you can send usage information from your Windows, MacOS or IOS software to Google Analytics or Matomo/Piwik.
This table summarizes which Google Analytics and Matomo/Piwik (beta) fields get populated by the SoftMeter data fields.
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| SoftMeter API function | Google Analytics hit | Matomo hit | Example values | Comments | |
| sendPageView() | → | Page title Page URI |
Print Settings /Settings/Print |
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| sendScreenView() | → | Screen name | Main screen Settings Invoice reporting |
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| sendEvent() | → |
Event Category (reserved by softMeter, contains your appName and the suffix " events" so allow you to filter the events per monitored application) |
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| sendException() | → | Exception | |||
| Application information | |||||
| SoftMeter variable | Google Analytics field | Matomo field | Example values | Comments | |
| Application edition / Application license | → | AppID | Windows / Trial MacOS / Paid |
Combined field with these two (free text) parameters | |
| Application name and version | → | Browser | MyApp 1.0 | ||
| Application name | → | App Name | MyApp | ||
| Application version | → | App Version | 1.0 | ||
| Application name + license | → | Campaign (campaign name) |
MyApp FREE MyApp PRO |
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| Application license | → | Campaign medium | PRO | ||
| Application edition | → | Campaign Code (campaign ID) | |||
| Application name + version + edition | → | Campaign source | MyApp 1.0 Win | ||
| Information automatically detected by SoftMeter | |||||
| SoftMeter variable | Google Analytics field | Matomo field | Example values | Comments | |
| Screen resolution | → | Screen resolution | |||
| User's operating system | → | Operating system | MacOs Windows IOS |
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| User's operating system version | → | Operating system version | XP, Vista, 8, 8.1, 7, 10, Intel 10.14, Intel 10.13, Intel 10.12 |
The "Intel 10..." versions belong to MacOS | |
| User's preferred language from the computer settings | → | Language | EN es-ES |
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| User's device category | → | Device Category | Desktop Mobile Tablet |
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| Total RAM memory | Coming soon | ||||
| Number of CPUs or CPU cores | Coming soon | ||||
| Information automatically added by the reporting platform (Google Analytics or Matomo) | |||||
| SoftMeter variable | Google Analytics field | Matomo field | Example values | Comments | |
| User location (country, city) | → | Location | |||
| SoftMeter library information | |||||
| SoftMeter variable | Google Analytics field | Matomo field | Example values | Comments | |
| SoftMeter library name and version | → | Data source | SoftMeter v0.6.4 | ||
| Unused fields | |||||
| SoftMeter variable | Google Analytics field | Matomo field | Example values | Comments | |
| Referrer | |||||
| Campaign keyword | In "Call home": GA account number. | ||||
| Demographics | |||||
| Browser version | |||||
| Screen colors | |||||
| Mobile Device Branding | Coming soon | ||||
| Mobile Device Info | Coming soon | ||||
| Page timings | Coming soon | ||||