Question on Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37284511/highcharts-using-google-analytics-to-capture-event-actions-for-exporting-the-ch

author(s): Mike Zavarello

HTML

<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script>

<div data-highcharts-chart="0" class="cubaChart" id="container_TradeData"></div>

JavaScript

(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
                        })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');

ga('create', 'UA-78688820-2', 'auto');
ga('send', 'pageview');

$(document).ready(function(){

  /* set chart dimensions based on iframe and container sizes */
  var iframeWidth_TradeData = $("#container_TradeData").width();
  var iframeHeight_TradeData = $("#container_TradeData").height();

  var x_labels = ['1999','2000','2001','2002','2003','2004','2005','2006','2007','2008','2009','2010','2011','2012','2013','2014','2015']; 

  /* define local chart attributes */
  var chartOptions_TradeData = {
    chart: { borderColor: '#CDCDCD', borderWidth: 1, marginRight: 20, renderTo: 'container_TradeData', type: 'area' },
    exporting: {
      buttons: {
        contextButton: {
          text: 'Export',
          menuItems: [{
            text: 'Print this chart',
            onclick: function () {
              this.print();
              ga('send', 'event', 'Highcharts', 'print', this.options.title.text + ' | ' + document.title);
            }
          }, {
            separator: true, 
          }, {
            text: 'Save as PNG',
            onclick: function () {
              this.exportChart();
              ga('send', 'event', 'Highcharts', 'png', this.options.title.text + ' | ' + document.title);
            }
          }, {
            text: 'Save as JPEG',
            onclick: function () {
              this.exportChart({ type: 'image/jpeg' });
              ga('send', 'event', 'Highcharts', 'jpeg', this.options.title.text + ' | ' + document.title);
            }
          }, {
            text: 'Save as SVG',
            onclick: function () {
              this.exportChart({ type: 'image/svg+xml' });
             ...