Reputation: 2869
Following the documentation Set up the User ID it states:
The User ID is set at the property level. To find a property, click Admin, then select an account and a property. From the Property column, click Tracking Info then User ID.
I've looked at this and the screenshot below shows that for my profile (using Universal Analytics), there is no User ID option below Tracking Info.
FWIW: My site is definitely sending the user id to Google Analytics -- the Google Analytics Debugger Chrome extension gives the following output:
Sent beacon:
v=1&_v=j18d&a=434892113&t=pageview&_s=1&dl=http%3A%2F%2Fread-able.com%2F&ul=en-us&de=UTF-8&dt=The%20Readability%20Test%20Tool&sd=24-bit&sr=1440x900&vp=1126x688&je=1&fl=12.0%20r0&_utma=147368500.818946455.1393192543.1396643738.1396900196.7&_utmz=147368500.1393192543.1.1.utmcsr%3D(direct)%7Cutmccn%3D(direct)%7Cutmcmd%3D(none)&_utmht=1396915192983&_u=MCCCg~&jid=600367557&cid=818946455.1393192543&uid=ghi-456-rst&tid=UA-920590-2&z=833810348
adSenseId (&a) 434892113
apiVersion (&v) 1
clientId (&cid) 818946455.1393192543
encoding (&de) UTF-8
flashVersion (&fl) 12.0 r0
hitType (&t) pageview
javaEnabled (&je) 1
joinId (&jid) 600367557
language (&ul) en-us
location (&dl) http://read-able.com/
screenColors (&sd) 24-bit
screenResolution (&sr) 1440x900
title (&dt) The Readability Test Tool
trackingId (&tid) UA-920590-2
userId (&uid) ghi-456-rst
viewportSize (&vp) 1126x688
Sent Display Join Beacon: (jid="600367557")
http://stats.g.doubleclick.net/collect?t=dc&aip=1&v=1&_v=j18d&tid=UA-920590-2&cid=818946455.1393192543&jid=600367557&z=1612498098
apiVersion (&v) 1
trackingId (&tid) UA-920590-2
clientId (&cid) 818946455.1393192543
joinId (&jid) 600367557
Upvotes: 3
Views: 2981
Reputation: 169
I came across this issue as well. If you are starting from scratch you can kill the profile that doesn't show "User-ID" in the tracking.js section within admin and try to create a new one until you get the user-id settings page. I would recommend this because there is some bugginess in the reporting when trying to fire multiple trackers from an account which has this functionality vs. ones that dont. Ironically the tracker without this functionality will log correctly where-as the "updated" tracker doesn't track anything. bizarre...
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 23357
I found this same question here https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/analytics/COvwmhZhE8c
And apparantly the functionality is not completely rolled out to all accounts yet.
Edit:
The April 2 post "Universal Analytics: Out of beta, into primetime" on the Google Analytics blog says:
We’re also gradually rolling out the User ID feature to help you better understand your customers’ full journey.
Upvotes: 1