AnalyticsView users have more advanced knowledge of Google Analytics than average, and have some advanced Google Analytics configurations on their site or their client's site. It's not uncommon to see GA configurations with multiple trackers and multiple tracking codes. This is one way you can get "roll-up" reporting profiles in GA. See the example below:
try {
var pageTracker1 = _gat._getTracker("UA-12345-1");
pageTracker1._trackPageview();
var pageTracker2 = _gat._getTracker("UA-67890-1");
pageTracker2._trackPageview();
} catch(err) {}
Let's say you want to add AnalyticsView to this site. So, you enter in the URL, you add the access key profile, you give reports@analyticsview.com access, and... you get this:
Error: We are unable to find your access key profile in your Google Analytics profile listYou did everything right, so what's wrong? When you enter in your site's URL, AnalyticsView parses the home page URL and grabs the account number out of your Google Analytics tracking code. To be more specific, it pulls out the FIRST account number. This is a problem, because we're trying to add AnalyticsView to the profile that uses the SECOND account number.
How to we solve this? Simple, when setting up the AnalyticsView profile, don't enter in the URL - instead, enter in the exact account number you're trying to add AnalyticsView to. This will ensure that when you add the access key profile, AnalyticsView will look in the correct place.
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