Some time ago I wrote an article in which I dreamt of having some sort of test-driven development capability in online marketing tools. At the time, I said the vendors had to chime in, building hooks, frameworks or APIs into their systems so users and consultants would be able to be test-driven. I had discussions … Continue reading TDD and Adobe Analytics
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The s_code.js File – Where is it now?
Sometimes, I get narcissistic. I log into Analytics and go through the numbers, for no other reasons than wanting to see whether they have gone up again. Then I am pleased. For about a year or so, I have always seen one specific article at the top of the list, The s_code.js File - Overview. This … Continue reading The s_code.js File – Where is it now?
Delayed Page Load Tracking with DTM
This article is dedicated to my father, Gerhard Exner, who passed away much too early 6 years ago. It would have been his 74th birthday today. I want to pick up where I left off last week and describe how to build "delayed page load tracking". I can think of a couple of situations where … Continue reading Delayed Page Load Tracking with DTM
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
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
“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”
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
Making Reports
Sometimes the forest is so overwhelming that you don't see the trees. Or the other way round. I was discussing DTM and Analytics with a non-analytics colleague yesterday. He is a developer who works on AEM, Adobe's experience management framework. In our discussion about data that he'd like to analyse (and he was actually thinking … Continue reading Making Reports
Simplicity is Hard
This article is not about development as much as it is supposed to give you, the developer, a handle on a subject that should be dear to you: simplicity. You're a developer, right? You have seen what happens when things are done as simply as possible: less bugs, easier maintenance — beauty emerges. It's the … Continue reading Simplicity is Hard
Processing Rules – Positive or Precise
I came across an interesting gotcha last week when I was helping a German company troubleshoot their tracking. They were sending in a prop and an eVar along with an event as payload on a custom link. The numbers for that custom link were a lot higher than the event and the instances on both … Continue reading Processing Rules – Positive or Precise
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