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Why I do not use setVar

March 2, 2021March 1, 2021 ~ Jan Exner ~ 1 Comment

In his posting on AEP Web SDK Debugging, which is excellent, my colleague Julien Piccini wrote about Data Elements, Promises, and how you can use _satellite.setVar() to store return values. As always when I see someone use setVar, my first reaction is "I should really finish this post about why I don't use setVar at … Continue reading Why I do not use setVar

Edge Nodes, Data Centres & other Updates

July 21, 2020July 23, 2020 ~ Jan Exner ~ 5 Comments

(aka: the URL is ok like that) In the context of ageing of technical information, obsolete blog articles, and "updating for success"[tm], this is a follow up to the 2013 article Data Centres, which really is out of date by now. It extends and partly supersedes other articles, such as Debugging - the URL, or … Continue reading Edge Nodes, Data Centres & other Updates

Working with Launch: Libraries

April 2, 2019March 25, 2019 ~ Jan Exner ~ 6 Comments

(For Feike, who was an awesome colleague, and a terrific human being) (This may or may not be the first installment in a series of "Working with Launch" articles. I feel there are a lot of things that I want to write about, so we'll see.) Today, I want to point out two aspects of … Continue reading Working with Launch: Libraries

Launch – Concepts

March 19, 2019March 15, 2019 ~ Jan Exner ~ 2 Comments

I could have called this article "Launch - WTF???" instead, and maybe I should have. This is a quick and brutal journey though the most important concepts you need to know when you start using Launch. Tag Management Let's start from 0. A "Tag Manager", "Tag Management System", or simply "TMS" is a tool that … Continue reading Launch – Concepts

Quick tip – Passing Data into Launch Rules

September 18, 2018August 31, 2018 ~ Jan Exner ~ 3 Comments

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

Tracking Form Abandonment

August 21, 2018August 20, 2018 ~ Jan Exner ~ 1 Comment

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

August 7, 2018July 27, 2018 ~ Jan Exner ~ 3 Comments

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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July 31, 2018July 19, 2018 ~ Jan Exner ~ 6 Comments

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

Nitpick: Launch does not support Page Load Rules

June 19, 2018June 5, 2018 ~ Jan Exner ~ 4 Comments

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

The Mechanics of Loading Analytics Code with DTM

May 1, 2018April 27, 2018 ~ Jan Exner ~ 4 Comments

Yes, I know, Launch. But I had this post in the pipeline for some time now, and here you go. As a bonus, I have noted where Launch, by Adobe, handles things differently. If you came here from my "battle post", then this is some background that'll help you understand why I wrote the other … Continue reading The Mechanics of Loading Analytics Code with DTM

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