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dianas65168552
May 2, 2025
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Annotation operator update

  • May 2, 2025
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Description - Update the dimension operator in Annotations from AND to OR.

 

Why is this feature important to you - Currently, if an annotation includes multiple dimensions, it only appears on a Workspace dashboard when all of those dimensions are present. If the dashboard contains only one of the specified dimensions, the annotation won’t be visible.
For example, if I create an annotation using both eVar1 and eVar25, I must include both in the dashboard for the annotation to appear. To work around this, I have to create separate annotations for each dimension.

 

How would you like the feature to work - Change the annotation logic so that it uses the OR operator. This way, the annotation will appear if any of the specified dimensions are present in the dashboard.

 

Current Behaviour - Annotations use the AND operator, requiring all listed dimensions to be present for the annotation to display.

    2 replies

    Jennifer_Dungan
    Community Advisor and Adobe Champion
    Jennifer_DunganCommunity Advisor and Adobe Champion
    Community Advisor and Adobe Champion
    May 2, 2025

    While a bit more work, could you use Segments / Calculated Metrics to create the OR logic?

     

    For instance, for eVar1 OR eVar25...

     

    Could you not use a segment like:

     

    Hit [

        eVar1 exists

        OR

        eVar25 exists

    ]

     

    Then create an annotation using a metric that would be available on both of these (page views, occurrences, etc.) 

     

    Then create an annotation with that segment?

     

     

     

    Of if there is no shared metric, you can use nested IF statements to look for eVar1 and event5, in the true, use Event5... in the false, add the next if statement for eVar25 and event27, if true, use Event27... and in the final false (meaning both failed) set a static value of 0.

     

    Then you can use that metric in your annotation?

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    LiFa
    Level 2
    March 5, 2026

    (I see that I posted my reply in the wrong place, so placing it here now)

    I tried the suggested workaround, creating a segment with multiple eVars exist, but I can’t get it to work. If I only add one eVar directly into the annotation it works as expected, but as soon as I use a segment (even only with one value in the segment) it doesn’t show any annotation in the report. Do you get the use of segments to work like you described?

    Jennifer_Dungan
    Community Advisor and Adobe Champion
    Jennifer_DunganCommunity Advisor and Adobe Champion
    Community Advisor and Adobe Champion
    March 5, 2026

    Hmm you know, I don’t use annotations much… let me try to play a bit this afternoon.

    Another option in Annotations would be to give people more options (to be able to choose AND or OR logic)

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    LiFa
    Level 2
    March 5, 2026

    I tried the suggested workaround, creating a segment with multiple eVars exist, but I can’t get it to work. If I only add one eVar directly into the annotation it works as expected, but as soon as I use a segment (even only with one value in the segment) it doesn’t show any annotation in the report. Do you get the use of segments to work like you described?

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