1006972 - remove google analytics from bugzilla.mozilla.org

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(bugzilla.mozilla.org :: General, defect)

Description

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as per our discussion in the team meeting we no longer have any use for GA on bugzilla.mozilla.org anymore, and we should remove its tracking from all our pages.

Comment 1

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To ssh://[e-mail]/webtools/bmo/bugzilla.git
   62ec259..e4d5d34  master -> master

Comment 2

[Mike Hoye [:mhoye]]

In light of bug 1014902 and bug 1014217, I'd like to reconsider this decision.

Comment 3

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(In reply to Mike Hoye [:mhoye] from comment #2)
> In light of bug 1014902 and bug 1014217, I'd like to reconsider this
> decision.

GA is a poor fit for tracking bugzilla, because it focuses on metrics which are of questionable importance to us (number of viewers, length of stay, sales pipelines, etc), and hooking bugzilla into GA in a way that makes that data relevant (eg. treat assigning a bug as a "sale") isn't worth the effort as there's other easier ways to obtain that data directly from bugzilla.

Comment 4

[Rachel Berenbaum]

Hi Byron and Mike,

Recruiting is now managing our Requisition Opening Process (how Hiring Managers request to use their available headcount/Recruiting resources) through a private request form within Bugzilla. There are several metrics that we and Senior Leadership need to be able to capture in order to efficiently prioritize the requisitions that have been requested. Unfortunately the current Bugzilla Reporting tool is very limited and doesn't help us find the metrics we need to pull for our dashboard- metrics that we believe would be available if Google Analytics were brought back. 

We're looking to pull a few specific fields from all bugs classified under Recruiting for the Requisition Opening process- I've attached a simple screenshot. Can we set up some time to explore if Google Analytics being reinstated would solve for this?

Thanks!

Comment 5

[Rachel Berenbaum]

Attachment: Proposed Bugzilla Google Analytics for Recruiting

Comment 6

[Mark Côté [:mcote]]

If I'm understanding this correctly, this sounds pretty trivial to generate using a simple script.  I filed 1134765 for this discussion and keep this one resolved for now.  We can reopen if we later decide that GA is really the way to go.

Comment 7

[Mark Côté [:mcote]]

Comment on attachment 8566618 [details]
Proposed Bugzilla Google Analytics for Recruiting

I moved the attachment over to bug 1134765.