| Replacing %20 with a space | Ninestein | 9/14/09 4:48 PM | For some reason, some browsers are tracking URLs with spaces in as %20. I want to setup a filter in Analytics to replace %20 with a space, but Google does not allow you to enter a single <space> as a valid character and says the field is empty. Any |
| Re: Replacing %20 with a space | PPC_Guru | 9/15/09 11:49 AM | RegEx fucntion for "\s" and multiple search & replace is not supported in GA. So the best options is to decode before it gets to GA using a virual pageview pageTracker._trackPageview("/page with space"); You can decode in excel using this custom m |
| Re: Replacing %20 with a space | Ninestein | 9/21/09 4:57 PM | Hey guys, Thanks for your response, really appreciate the help. I've tried the \s to no avail. I like the Javascript approach, it's just a shame you have to go to that much effort to do something that should really work out of the box. I wish I cou |
| Re: Replacing %20 with a space | Brian Katz - CP | 9/21/09 7:23 PM | The URI is probably coming from a link - maybe a pasted link. Rather than the S&R filter, use a custom filter Brian Katz - Analytics - VKI |
| Re: Replacing %20 with a space | nathanziarek | 3/6/10 5:51 AM | Is this related to the new Customer Variables? |
| Re: Replacing %20 with a space | Brownoxford | 10/3/10 2:00 PM | Just wrote a blog post outlining how to replace %20 with a space using the Search and Replace filter: http://www.chrisabernethy.com/google-analytics-how-to-replace-20-with-a-space/ |
| Re: Replacing %20 with a space | Brian Katz - CP | 10/19/10 8:23 AM | @ nathanziar This post seems directed at URLs but if you are frustrated about the encoding in MCVs you are not alone. What puzzles me is why it appears to be auh an issue to fix in that report but not others |
| Re: Replacing %20 with a space | nathanziarek | 11/6/10 8:48 PM | @BrianKatz It's something I don't get, either. EVERYTHING sent from my site to GA is URL encoded (titles, screen resolutions, etc). Why aren't screen resolutions reported as 1024%20x%20768? Even the depreciated user defined variables are reported URL |
| Re: Replacing %20 with a space | faxe-cz | 11/24/11 4:53 PM | it is a known bug... I have no idea why it is still there. It has been reported so many times already without any reaction from google... anyway.. the solution is simple: In the code for showing search results add one more decodeURIComponent() on li |