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Create workspace project which contains segment and prop data in one form

  • January 4, 2018
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Within our Adobe Analytics, we have created the following data within the reports to be tracked:

pageurl (prop7)

pageurl (evar7)

These contain all URLs which were clicked to access the tracked website.

Now, I have also created a segment (in table below called "Short-URLs") which contains all short URLs which make then a redirect to the target URL.

Example: The segment contains http://www.abc.com/promotedproduct and https://www.abc.com/promotedproduct (which then redirects to www.abc.com/products/overview/productarea/promotedproduct.html)

We only want to know how often our promoted short URLs are clicked.

Unfortunately, when creating a project in the workspace with this segment, I get no results. I have tried to combine it with the pageurl (prop7), but I couldn't find any set up possibility to get results which can be then sent automatically every month

I'd like to have a table like this:

Segment "Short-URLs"
Occurences
http://www.abc.com/promotedproduct46
https://www.abc.com/promotedproduct42
http://www.abc.com/career35
https://www.abc.com/career28
http://www.abc.com/products5

I prefer the workspace more than the data warehouse because the sent reports are much prettier.

EDIT: When I combine my segment with occurences, I can only see the total number for all clicked URLs within this segments, but no details for each URL.

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Best answer by Urs_Boller

i think you can‘t get the information based on the data you mentioned.

what we use in similar cases is a redirect which adds a campaign-trackingcode to the url, e.g.

short-URL www.mysite.com/follow-me

redirect to www.mysite.com/here/we/are?cid=redir-followme

this way you can make a segment based on the tracking code (or your existing URL prop or evar) and know, how many visits came by using the redirect.

hope that helps

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Urs_Boller
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Urs_BollerCommunity AdvisorAccepted solution
Community Advisor
January 4, 2018

i think you can‘t get the information based on the data you mentioned.

what we use in similar cases is a redirect which adds a campaign-trackingcode to the url, e.g.

short-URL www.mysite.com/follow-me

redirect to www.mysite.com/here/we/are?cid=redir-followme

this way you can make a segment based on the tracking code (or your existing URL prop or evar) and know, how many visits came by using the redirect.

hope that helps

EricMatisoff
Adobe Employee
Adobe Employee
January 4, 2018

Correct - redirect pages cannot be tracked as they will not be shown in the browser long enough for a tag to fire. urs.boller​'s tip to use a query parameter to identify the redirect is the best practice.