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    <title>topic DTM counts visitor's sessions differently than I expected. in Adobe Analytics Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I was testing DTM's Page Load Rule with the Condition set to Sessions &amp;gt; 1.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;When I test the rule, the rule did not fired even though I revisited the website by closing and reopening a browser tab.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="line-height: 1.6em;"&gt;I checked the session counter&amp;nbsp;in the browser javascript console. It reminded at 1.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE class="prettyprint linenums" data-language="js"&gt;_satellite.visitorSessionCount();&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Finally, I have to dig deep into satellite's javascript code and find out that DTM tracks sessions by using a browser&amp;nbsp;session cookie.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;A browser&amp;nbsp;session cookie &lt;SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;only&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;expires when the browser window is closed (technically browser process is closed)&amp;nbsp;and &lt;SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;not&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;when a browser tab closes.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;That means&amp;nbsp;the sessions are counted differently than Adobe Analytics&amp;nbsp;and Google Analyics . Not only sessions count is different, DTM's new and return visitors&amp;nbsp;condition&amp;nbsp;depends on the sessions count (return visitor are&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Yikes. I cannot use the DTM's Sessions condition, New / Returning visitors condition to drive Page Load Rule.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2015 02:26:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DTM counts visitor's sessions differently than I expected.</title>
      <link>https://experienceleaguecommunities.adobe.com/t5/adobe-analytics-discussions/dtm-counts-visitor-s-sessions-differently-than-i-expected/m-p/187603#M187</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I was testing DTM's Page Load Rule with the Condition set to Sessions &amp;gt; 1.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;When I test the rule, the rule did not fired even though I revisited the website by closing and reopening a browser tab.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="line-height: 1.6em;"&gt;I checked the session counter&amp;nbsp;in the browser javascript console. It reminded at 1.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE class="prettyprint linenums" data-language="js"&gt;_satellite.visitorSessionCount();&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Finally, I have to dig deep into satellite's javascript code and find out that DTM tracks sessions by using a browser&amp;nbsp;session cookie.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;A browser&amp;nbsp;session cookie &lt;SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;only&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;expires when the browser window is closed (technically browser process is closed)&amp;nbsp;and &lt;SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;not&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;when a browser tab closes.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;That means&amp;nbsp;the sessions are counted differently than Adobe Analytics&amp;nbsp;and Google Analyics . Not only sessions count is different, DTM's new and return visitors&amp;nbsp;condition&amp;nbsp;depends on the sessions count (return visitor are&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Yikes. I cannot use the DTM's Sessions condition, New / Returning visitors condition to drive Page Load Rule.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2015 02:26:39 GMT</pubDate>
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