Someone asked me the other day: if I cannot currently run tests to improve data quality, is there anything else I can do to make my data better? Now there's a good question! The obvious, easy, and somewhat lame answer is: well, why can't you run tests? You'd be able to catch and prevent, like, … Continue reading Bad Data – Prevention & other Aspects
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SAINT Classifications – the Most Used Feature
Product Manager John Bates told the audience at the marketing Summit in Utah in March 2014 that Classifications is the most used feature in Adobe Analytics. I am not surprised. One reason is that Classifications allow you to aggregate data. Aggregation of data can make all the difference between a report that is unreadable and … Continue reading SAINT Classifications – the Most Used Feature
Tagging Forms (w/o Losing Money)
Our post today will touch on two separate subjects (tagging of forms and limiting server calls (and therefore cost) in certain situations). Those two work together very well, so I decided to mix them together. Two subjects in one posting. Surely that's a good deal! Forms A lot of web sites live entirely to provide visitors … Continue reading Tagging Forms (w/o Losing Money)
SAINT API and API Explorer
Do you remember SAINT Classifications at all? When I wrote that article over a year ago, they were useful but slightly cumbersome. Manual upload of meta data was the norm. Only a few customers had opted for "SAINT Bernard". In the meantime, product management and engineering released two features: the Classifications Rule Builder and the … Continue reading SAINT API and API Explorer
A Short History of Processing a Hit
In the article about Modifying Data Server-Side, we gave a brief list of the steps that every bit of data has to go through before your friendly marketer will see it in her reports. Let's expand on that and also mention the different points where you can add information or retrieve it. Let's start in … Continue reading A Short History of Processing a Hit
Quick Tip: Save Variables
In the post about "Variables" I neglected to mention one important characteristic of Adobe Analytics: with each Report Suite, you get 75 props (traffic variables), 75 eVars (conversion variables) and 100 events. Now everyone who has ever worked in the field will tell you that 75/75/100 is ample for everyone. And it really is. But … Continue reading Quick Tip: Save Variables
How Classifications are Different
[Due to a mistake I made yesterday evening, this post went out partly, so I decided to post it now rather then wait for Apr 1. No April's fool joke in here.] I hear singing on TV, the girls are watching CBeebies, the BBC channel for children. They're watching a show called "3rd & Bird" … Continue reading How Classifications are Different
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