Test Google Analytics from localhost

Question

I've seen this: Can you test google analytics on a localhost address? and Getting Google Analytics to see a test server followed what was suggested, but nothing works.

What I did:

Edited my hosts file to have several additional domains.
Created virtual hosts on my local Apache httpd server.
Created an account in Google Analytics, created several "properties" (as in websites that belong to me) in that account.
Wrote a testing HTML page that would report a page view to the Google Analytic service.

All listings are shown below:

c:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts

127.0.0.1   ad-test             # for testing ad banners
127.0.0.1   testing.foo.tv      # for testing ad banners
127.0.0.1   testing.foo-sdk.tv  # for testing ad banners

The relevant part of httpd.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName ad-test
DocumentRoot D:/cygwin/home/wvxvw/projects/AdModule
   <Directory "D:/cygwin/home/wvxvw/projects/AdModule">
        AllowOverride All
        Order Allow,Deny
        Allow from all
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

(looks the same for all other hosts)

The AdModule directory has the following index.html file:

<html><head></head><body>
<script type="text/javascript">
  var _gaq = _gaq || [];
  _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-XXXXXXX-3']);
  _gaq.push(['_setDomainName', 'none']);
  _gaq.push(['_setAllowLinker', true]);
  _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

  (function() {
    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
  })();
</script></body></html>

(There is also a variation that uses newer API, but I'm not posting it for shortness)

The document.domain property in the above HTML page is set to the domain I specified in the Google Analytics account settings.

When I look at the requests sent to Google Analytics service, I can see the JavaScript being loaded and then the gif image, too. I can call other API functions w/o errors, but nothing gets displayed in the dashboard.

UPDATE

I was back on my PC in two days and here's what I found on the Google Analytics page:

enter image description here

Problem solved...

how long are you waiting to see the data? Data takes upwards of 24 hours to show up in GA — CrayonViolent, Apr 25 '13 at 14:56
@wvxvw that is just a tool for GA to check if there is page code. It is not the same thing as receiving data and making it available in the reports. — CrayonViolent, Apr 25 '13 at 15:41
I have the same problem. What happened ? did the data show up ? — emre nevayeshirazi, Sep 12 '13 at 01:18

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 25 '13 at 16:39

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You can use "Real time" -> Overview from left navigations to see live data

answered Apr 25 '13 at 16:39

Damian Krawczyk

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