Adobe Launch - how to capture link URL on a click action?

Question

Dear community,

I'm rather new to Adobe Launch and therefore, probably an obvious question:

I need to track some links in a custom way in Adobe Analytics via Adobe Launch.
I have a rule that triggers s.tl() tracking call with custom link with a specific value
I see in AA debugger that the link URL is sent in the call (see picture) but I can't retrieve this in AA reporting (not part of standard variables?)
Therefore I would like to capture the target URL (href value) of the clicked links in custom variable
How can I do this? How to create a data element that returns the value for link HREF when clicked? Custom code?

I've been working for years with GTM and there it is pretty straightforward - these are built-in variables (link text, link href,...) without any coding.

Any help would be welcome 🙂

Thanks.

Note: I have found this article: https://experienceleaguecommunities.adobe.com/t5/dynamic-tag-management-questions/how-to-track-the-click-url-through-data-element-and-pass-to/m-p/280998 but it looks outdated (old DTM interface)

pradnya_balvir · Accepted Answer

Go to Your Web PropertyCreate a RuleAdd event type Click Add specific element, add CSS selector value for that link (example for anchor a)Define your variable eVar/prop for URLexample eVar1 is for URLIn set variable eVar1 = %this.href%If needed I can share screenshots for more clarification.

aa_from_savoy · Answer

Hi @michaelnotte if you use Custom Code in the Action of the Rule, you can access two variables:

- event: that is the JS object of the event triggered. "event.target" is the DOM object where you clicked and from there you can retrieve the URL

- this: is the DOM object you clicked (like the event.target) and from there you can retrieve the URL from the href.

Hope this helps.

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