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Analytics for Target (A4T) – Office HoursSlide2
Analytics for Target (A4T) Office Hours – What you will learn
Analytics for Target Overview
Prerequisites
Moving to a Regional Data Collection
How to determine an Analytics Tracking Server
Verify if your enabled for Regional Data Collection Slide3
Analytics for Target (A4T) Office Hours – What you will learn
User Permissions
Creating an A4T Activity
Validating the Implementation
A4T and Partial Data
A4T and Redirect OffersSlide4
Analytics for Target (A4T) OverviewSlide5
What is Analytics for Target (A4T)?
Summary
"Analytics for Target" (A4T) is a cross-solution integration that lets you create target activities based on Analytics conversion metrics and audience segments.
This integration lets you use Analytics reports to examine your results to drive the analysis of your optimization program.
If you use Analytics as the reporting source for an activity, all reporting and segmentation for that activity is based on Analytics data collection.Slide6
Analytics for Target (A4T) Benefits and Compatible Activity Types
Summary
A4T provides powerful analysis and timesaving tools for your optimization program.
You can dynamically apply Analytics success metrics or reporting segments to A4T activity reports at any time.
A single source of data eliminates the variance that occurs when collecting data in two separate systems.Slide7
Prerequisites for Analytics for Target (A4T)Slide8
Prerequisites for Analytics for Target (A4T)
Summary
Several changes occur in your data collection process when enabling A4T.
Before you can begin using A4T, you need to request your Marketing Cloud account be provisioned for the integration.
Go to
http://adobe.com/go/audiences
to request to be provisioned.Slide9
Provisioning Form Data
This can be found after you sign into the Marketing Cloud Console - Slide10
Provisioning Form Data
This can be located within the Marketing Cloud via the Administration option.
This is the Analytic Login Company in which you are integrating with Adobe Target.
Each Target Account has a unique client code. To locate this within Adobe Target > Setup > Implementation > Edit mbox/at.js Slide11
Prerequisites for A4T
JavaScript Libraries Required for A4T:
Marketing Cloud Visitor ID Service: v1.8.0+
Adobe Target at.js v0.9.1+ or mbox.js v61+
Adobe Analytics: v1.7.0+
Additional Notes
The process of setting up Analytics as the reporting source for Target includes a provisioning step, followed by several implementation steps.
Once the provisioning is completed, your existing activities are not impacted.
This integration is enabled on new activities when you select Analytics as the reporting source. Slide12
Moving To a Regional Data CollectionSlide13
Moving To Regional Data Collection (RDC)
Summary
The Marketing Cloud ID Service and Analytics Tracking Servers are required for A4T. With that moving to a RDC is a requirement for the Visitor ID implementation.
Regional Data Collection is a network of regional data collection centers that aim to reduce latency and data loss.
Performance - With RDC, your visitors will be connecting to the closest data center. This means response times on your page will decrease, resulting in accurate tracking and faster loading times.
Security - Without RDC, only HTTPS hits are encrypted between the browser and the data collection center. With RDC the hit is encrypted after it hits the data collection center.
Therefore data from the Data Collection Center to the Data Processing Center is also encrypted. Thus, A4T data is encrypted throughout the whole data transfer process. Slide14
How to determine an Analytics Tracking Server
Summary
To ensure that data from Target goes to the correct location in Analytics, A4T requires an analytics tracking server to be sent in all calls from Adobe Target.
Using the Adobe Experience Cloud Debugger from the
Chrome Store
.
Under Network > Filter > Analytics
Analytics Tracking Server - Request URL – Hostname. Slide15
Verify if your site is Enabled for Regional Data Collection
Summary
To verify that your site is enabled for RDC please do the following.
Open a command prompt (terminal for Mac) and type "ping <insert hostname here>“
For first party cookies, this hostname should end in either
omtrdc
or 2o7. If it ends in omtrdc.net, this hostname is enabled for RDC. If it ends in 2o7, your hostname is not fully enabled for RDC.
For Third-Party Cookies your tracking server will be a direct Adobe-owned hostname. This hostname should also end in
omtrdc
, if it ends 2o7 contact customer care to move your hostname. Slide16
User Permissions for A4TSlide17
User Permissions Requirements for Target
Summary
Before creating an A4T activity, you need both Analytics and Target access.
Within the marketing cloud console, verify that Analytics and Target are highlighted by clicking the nine dots in the top right hand corner.
Verify that the linkage between Adobe Analytics and the Marketing Cloud is active by clicking the Analytics icon and then the Target icon from the Analytics UI.
Within Adobe Target ensure you have Approver access or you will be unable to create and publish an A4T activity.
If you are not an Approver, have an Administrator change your target access via the Admin Console. Slide18
User Permissions Requirements for Analytics
Summary
Within Adobe Analytics > Admin > User Management > Edit Users.
The following permissions are required:
Before creating or viewing reports for an A4T activity, you must be a member of the All Report Access group.
Or member of a group that has access to at least one report in the report suite that you want to use.
Web Services Access Group:
You must belong to the Web Services Access group in Analytics to be able to use A4T.Slide19
Creating an A4T ActivitySlide20
Creating an A4T Activity
Summary
To activate an A4T activity you must have approver access within Adobe Target.
A4T is an option on the “Goals and Settings” screen of the Target activity workflow.
Once the integration has been successfully completed, after selecting Adobe Analytics as the Reporting Source.
The information provided within the provisioning form such as Analytics Company and Tracking server will auto populate.
You will then be able to select the Report Suites which have been enabled during the A4T provisioning process. Slide21
Validating the A4T ImplementationSlide22
Validating the A4T Implementation
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Summary
The order of JavaScript libraries on a domain must be:
Marketing Cloud Visitor ID Service
Adobe Target
Adobe Analytics
Target and Analytics hits are stitched together using the Supplemental Data ID/SDID and the Marketing Cloud ID/MCGVID as seen below.
Target Call
Analytics CallSlide23
Validating the A4T Implementation
Implementation Checks
If there is no supplemental data ID in the Target call, confirm that the Marketing Cloud ID Service is fired before Target.
If there is no supplemental data ID in the Analytics call, confirm that Target fires before Analytics.
You can also use browser extension such as
HttpFox
(Firefox extension) to check times of the network calls.
Filter by id? For Marketing Cloud ID Service
Filter by .
tt
. For Target
Filter by /b/
ss
For Analytics Slide24
Validating the A4T Implementation
My Implementation is in order, the Target and Analytics hits are stitched where are the reports?
Reports powered by Target (no A4T) have a latency of four minutes.
The classification can take 24 hours after the activity is initially saved before the report data can be broken down by experiences.
When A4T is enabled this adds an additional 7-10 minutes of latency to all reporting.Slide25
Analytics for Target (A4T) Partial DataSlide26
What is Partial Data?
Summary
When the Target tag fires but Analytics does not, we are recording Partial Data (unstitched hits). The data would not be captured by Analytics when an A4T activity is running.
This is because the Target fires at the top of the page, but Analytics typically fires its data collection calls at page bottom.
What changed?
Up until November 2016, we included this additional data whenever a Target activity was active.
After November 2016, we only include this additional data when both the Target and Analytics tags have fired.
https://marketing.adobe.com/resources/help/en_US/target/a4t/minimizing-inflated-visit-and-visitor-counts-a4t.htmlSlide27
What Contributes To Partial Data?
Summary
To recap since November 2016, we only include this additional data when both the Target and Analytics tags have fired.
In some cases there have been high number of partial data. This can result from improper implementation such as:
Misaligned Report Suite IDs:
The report suite specified during activity setup does not match the report suite on the page where the test is delivered.
Slow Pages:
Target calls are at the top of the page and Analytics calls are at the bottom of the page, if the page loads slowly, it increases the likelihood of a visitor leaving the page after the Target call fires, but before the Analytics call.
Page Errors:
If there are JavaScript errors or other scenarios where each of the touchpoints do not fire (Marketing Cloud ID service, Target, and Analytics), this can lead to partial data.Slide28
A4T and Redirect OffersSlide29
Analytics for Target (A4T) And Redirect Offers
What is a redirect offer?
The Redirect Offer causes a browser to redirect to a new page. Use this option when you want to send the visitor to a different page rather than showing content on the same page.
Does A4T Support Redirect Offers?
Yes providing that your implementation meets the following requirements
Marketing Cloud Visitor ID Service: v2.3+
Adobe Target: at.js v0.9.6+. (mbox.js is
not
supported with A4T Redirect offers
)
Adobe Analytics: v 2.1+.
The three libraries must be included on both the page with the redirect offer and the page in which the visitor is redirected too.
Is the Visual Experience Composer/Form Based Composer supported for A4T Redirect Offers?
Yes both composers are supported as long as you use the built in-redirect offers. Slide30
A4T And Redirect Offers
Why am I seeing additional query string parameters in my URL for A4T Redirect Offers?
As discussed earlier the Target and Analytics hits are stitched together using the Supplemental Data ID/SDID and the Marketing Cloud Org Id.
Therefore the parameter
adobe_mc_sdid
passes the Supplemental Data ID and Marketing Cloud ID from the default page to the redirected page in order to stitch the hit together.
The
adobe_mc_ref
passes the referring URL of the default page to the new page.
These URL parameters are
required
for A4T redirect offers. Slide31
References
Analytics for Target Overview
Prerequisites
Moving to a Regional Data Collection
How to determine an Analytics Tracking Server
Verify if your site is enabled for Regional Data Collection Slide32
References
User Permissions
Creating an A4T Activity
Validating the A4T Implementation
A4T and Partial Data
A4T and Redirect Offers
Adobe Experience Cloud Debugger Slide33
Contact Adobe
Adobe Target
Support
delegates
can get assisted support via:
Phone:
1-800-497-0335 (U.S. & Canada)
. Get phone numbers for other regions.
Email:
Include your case details
to open a ticket.
Send your case to:
customercare@adobe.com
Adobe Target Forums