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Question on Updating Exit Link Values Using Data Repair API

  • July 13, 2026
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Hello Team,

 

We would appreciate your guidance regarding the Adobe Analytics Data Repair API.

 

Our requirement is to replace all data for Exit Links, regardless of any condition.

We used the following variable in our payload:

 

"pageeventvar2": {

      "action": "set",

      "setValue": "data repair"

}

 

After executing the API, the results indicated that only the Custom Link values were updated (as expected), while the Exit Link values remained unchanged.

 

Could you please advise whether there are any additional parameters, limitations, or specific configurations required to update Exit Link data through the Data Repair API?

 

https://developer.adobe.com/analytics-apis/docs/2.0/guides/endpoints/data-repair/json-body

 

Thank you for your support.

      Best answer by Jennifer_Dungan

      Hi, PEV2 (Page Event Var 2) is the “Custom Link” link name, which generally isn’t shown in reporting for Exit Links…. Exit Links use PEV1 (Page Event Var 1), this holds the URL of the link. You should try updating this dimension with your API call?

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      Jennifer_Dungan
      Community Advisor and Adobe Champion
      Jennifer_DunganCommunity Advisor and Adobe ChampionAccepted solution
      Community Advisor and Adobe Champion
      July 13, 2026

      Hi, PEV2 (Page Event Var 2) is the “Custom Link” link name, which generally isn’t shown in reporting for Exit Links…. Exit Links use PEV1 (Page Event Var 1), this holds the URL of the link. You should try updating this dimension with your API call?

        manpreetkaur27
        Adobe Support
        manpreetkaur27Adobe Support
        Adobe Support
        July 17, 2026

        Thanks for the suggestion, ​@Jennifer_Dungan.

          J
          Jasonmiller2334
          Level 2
          July 14, 2026

          Hi,

          Exit Links cannot usually be updated directly through the Data Repair API because they are derived from link tracking hit types rather than stored as a standalone value. The API can update supported variables (such as custom link data), but it won’t change the link classification of existing hits.

          You may need to repair the underlying tracking variables or review your implementation if Exit Links were not captured correctly. Also check the Data Repair API supported fields/limitations for the exact variables you want to modify.

          manpreetkaur27
          Adobe Support
          manpreetkaur27Adobe Support
          Adobe Support
          July 17, 2026

          Hi ​@SandipPa3 
          Were you able to try Jennifer’s suggestion? Please let us know whether it worked.

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          SandipPa3Author
          Level 1
          July 17, 2026

          Hey ​@manpreetkaur27 Yes, I just tried it and it worked.

           

             "pageeventvar1": {
                "action": "set",
                "setValue": "data repair",
              }

           

          Using pageeventvar1 modified exit link data as e expected.

           

          Thank you so much  ​@Jennifer_Dungan .

            Jennifer_Dungan
            Community Advisor and Adobe Champion
            Jennifer_DunganCommunity Advisor and Adobe Champion
            Community Advisor and Adobe Champion
            July 17, 2026

            You’re very welcome.

            It’s interesting, Adobe collects PEV1 on all links, but uses that value PEV1 for Exits, Custom Links add PEV2 to the tracking, then defer to that value. Technically, you could duplicate the value of PEV1 to a custom dimension to access the Link URL for all links (if that info is important, and that is just context for other implementation not so much for this use case)

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