What is the legacy ga.js equivalent of this analytics.js function?

Question

In analytics.js you can set a custom property like so:

ga('set', 'foo', 'bar');

How to do this is the older legacy version?

EDIT

I'm basically trying to do the equivalent of this:

var ua = navigator.userAgent || navigator.vendor || window.opera;
ga('set', 'dimension1',(ua.indexOf("FBAN") > -1) || (ua.indexOf("FBAV") > -1) ? 'Facebook' : 'None');

dimension1 is something I got from the analytics dashboard when I created a "custom dimension". Following instructions from here not that it's relevant but still ( http://oko.uk/blog/tracking-inapp-browsers ).

So I'm not sure if this counts as a custom var...

Answer 1

You can use the function _setCustomVar(index, name, value, opt_scope) for creating a custom variable, like below -

 _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar',
      1,                   // This custom var is set to slot #1.  Required parameter.
      'Items Removed',     // The name acts as a kind of category for the user activity.  Required parameter.
      'Yes',               // This value of the custom variable.  Required parameter.
      2                    // Sets the scope to session-level.  Optional parameter.
   ]);
 _gaq.push(['_trackEvent',
      'Shopping', // category of activity
      'Item Removal', // Action
   ]);

Please check the following link for more details https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/gajs/gaTrackingCustomVariables

Answer 2

I don't think google even supports this anymore.

_gaq.push(['_setCustomVar', category, action, label]); You can read more in the documentation. https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/gajs/#one-push-multiple-commands