DTM can react to things that happen on pages, like when people click or something comes into view. A relatively new feature is that it can also react to custom events (of the CustomEvent variety), and I want to show you how to make it do that. I'd also like to add a slightly convoluted … Continue reading DTM CustomEvent Rules
Author: Jan Exner
German expat living in Switzerland (formerly UK and France). Consultant and member of the Multi-Solutions Group at Adobe, working with the Digital Marketing Suite. Father of 4 girls.
DTM – find the rule that does …
Yet another article about DTM... I guess by now I can't even get away with calling it a "mini series" anymore, can I?! Today, I want to share a tip that came in handy a couple of weeks ago while troubleshooting a relatively complex implementation with a lot of rules. The topic: I know that … Continue reading DTM – find the rule that does …
DTM and the doPlugins Callback
Today, I'd like to tell you about a little gotcha I ran into. If you have ever worked with Omniture SiteCatalyst Adobe Analytics before, you will have come across the spectacularly useful s.doPlugins() callback. The doPlugins callback is called every time the Analytics Javascript code has almost finished its job and is just about to … Continue reading DTM and the doPlugins Callback
How do I debug the JS that DTM injects?
I'm guessing that by now, you are sick of reading about DTM. Let me reassure you that I have other articles in the pipeline. Also: let me know what else you want me to write about. Know that I can write about DTM all day long 😉 Anyway, today we're looking at ways to debug … Continue reading How do I debug the JS that DTM injects?
DTM Property – Report Suite – Staging/Production
Most developers who work with web sites are working on multiple environments. You'd at least have a development and production environment. Web analytics is no different, we also have different environments. We have different environments in different areas, actually, to the point where I feel I need to explain what there is and how you … Continue reading DTM Property – Report Suite – Staging/Production
Reference – DTM Load Order
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As you all know (I hope), there are about a dozen or so places in DTM where you can open an editor window and happily put Javascript code which DTM will later execute on your site if the conditions are met. This is a very powerful feature which I love dearly. When you love someone, … Continue reading Reference – DTM Load Order
Quick Tip: Delayed Tracking with DTM
Sometimes you find yourself in a situation where you need to track something outside the normal way. Examples can be when you want to track data that is not available directly on page load, such as product availability. Easy: use DTM In theory, this should be easy: Just make a Page Load Rule, set "Trigger … Continue reading Quick Tip: Delayed Tracking with DTM
Agile? Not yet!
I have to make a confession: we're not ready for agile. I don't expect anyone to jump up and angrily shout "of course we are! We're doing agile right now!", because, frankly, it is not about what we do that I worry. Analytics loves Agile When I was a developer, back in the late nineties, … Continue reading Agile? Not yet!
Quick tip: DTM – Data Elements & Arrays
Suppose I have a data layer in my page. Suppose that data layer contains an array, like so: Suppose I needed a Data Element that gives me the first element of my bread crumb list. Wrong The naive approach would be to make a Data Element that directly accesses a JS object, like so: Unfortunately, … Continue reading Quick tip: DTM – Data Elements & Arrays
“Data Layer on the fly”
If you have ever worked with a marketer who listens to what's fashionable, or if you read any digital marketing related blogs, you have heard of the concept of the Data Layer. It is a construct belonging onto each of the pages of your web site, and it is supposed to surface information to the … Continue reading “Data Layer on the fly”
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