Google Analytics Event Tracking onClick Code

Question

I'm trying to set up event tracking on my web site but can't get it working correctly.

My tracking code:

<script>
  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
  })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');

  ga('create', 'UA-420xxxxxxx', 'mywebsite.org');
  ga('send', 'pageview');

</script>

My event tracking code:

<a href="#PurchasePanelLink" class="uk-button uk-button-primary" onClick="$('#PurchasePanel').show(); _gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Button', 'Click', 'Purchase Details',, false]);">Purchase Details</a>

Answer 1

You are mixing classic code with universal code. It will not work. You need to replace this:

_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Button', 'Click', 'Purchase Details',, false]);

With this:

ga('send', 'event', 'Button', 'Click', 'Purchase Details');

GAJS reference for Events: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/upgrade/reference/gajs-analyticsjs#events