On the German blog, I used to run a series about frequent mishaps, and how to detect and fix them. Those articles were often about data, rather than implementation, so I never translated them to this blog. But here is one that is pretty technical, so it should clearly live here. Friendly marketer says that … Continue reading Fixes – Too many Visits on Pages with Links
Category: Launch
Quick tip – Passing Data into Launch Rules
If you haven't yet heard it: In Launch, by Adobe, the _satellite.track() method accepts two parameters: an Event name, plus payload data. We used to work around this in the past when calling DCRs in DTM, storing the data somewhere in the DOM. My favourite method was the one first shown to me by my … Continue reading Quick tip – Passing Data into Launch Rules
A Standard Data Model for Requirements
Adam Greco recently wrote three articles about how you can embed business requirements into Adobe Analytics Workspaces ("Adobe Analytics Requirements and SDR in Workspace" I, II, and III) in order to help data consumers understand. His method goes all the way from "this is why we added eVarXY" to "78% of requirements are currently tracked … Continue reading A Standard Data Model for Requirements
Tracking Form Abandonment
We used to have a plugin for Analytics that would allow people to track form abandonment. It was -wait for it- abandoned somewhere around the move from s_code.js to AppMeasurement.js. If you want to find out where in your forms people give up, you have to improvise come up with a solution yourself. The following … Continue reading Tracking Form Abandonment
How to debug Launch, by Adobe
DTM is quite a bit easier to use and handle than Launch is. Partly, Launch is new and we are all on the upwards slope of the learning curve. Partly, Launch opens up whole new worlds. For those of you working with/in DTM and/or Launch, this is a pretty cool time. I once wrote about … Continue reading How to debug Launch, by Adobe
With Launch, you don’t need doPlugins! – Part 4
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Wait? What? How can this be part 4? Where are parts 1 through 3? I am very liberally counting things, disregarding slight differences in titles, and tools, so the previous parts are: With DTM you don’t need Plugins! – Part 1 With DTM you don’t need Plugins! – Part 2 With DTM you don’t need … Continue reading With Launch, you don’t need doPlugins! – Part 4
Accessing Adobe IO using Java
You might remember how, a couple of years ago, I was whining about how the authentication on the Reporting API was difficult. At the time, I wrote some Java code that was able to log into it, and I have been using that code, more or less unchanged, for a long time. Now, all APIs … Continue reading Accessing Adobe IO using Java
Nitpick: Launch does not support Page Load Rules
I was reading Jim Gordon's excellent article on Adobe DTM vs. Launch a while back. If you haven't read it, do. It is excellent. While reading it, I started to think about one aspect, and how I think there is an awesome opportunity for a nitpick in it: Jim (and most people I know) say … Continue reading Nitpick: Launch does not support Page Load Rules
Launch – Make an Extension on a Mac
Today we are "extending" the "Launch - Make an Extension" mini series. This article arose out of a lab I ran at the Adobe Summit in London. There is a lot of overlap, but two major differences, too: 1. This article walks you through building an Extension on a Mac and using Visual Studio Code … Continue reading Launch – Make an Extension on a Mac
Launch – Make an Extension – Debugging
Here comes part 3 of the mini series on "Making a Launch Extension". We looked at the setup and the coding. Today we discuss debugging. I'm sure you are way better than me when it comes to writing HTML and Javascript, but I'm also sure whatever you write is unlikely to work first time round. … Continue reading Launch – Make an Extension – Debugging
