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OP (and the article) refer to the uid tracking mentioned here: https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!msg/google-analytics-mea...

As of Jun 27 it hasn't shipped according to a GA team member.

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had missed that thanks for sharing. I have been using custom dimension for uId in our client projects its worked out well, though a dedicated api method is always welcome.

Custom variables don't let you consolidate on users though? In the visitor count, for instance, I don't think there's a way to tell GA to use a custom var to distinguish between visitors.

yes there isnt a way within GA to aggregate metrics based on custom dims at the moment. we have on occasion done it through reporting api using cd to maintain a unique count.

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