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    <title>topic The ID service Grace Period in Adobe Analytics Discussions</title>
    <link>https://experienceleaguecommunities.adobe.com/t5/adobe-analytics-discussions/the-id-service-grace-period/m-p/172931#M72</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P class="shortdesc" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; color: rgb(75, 75, 75); font-family: AdobeClean; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"&gt;If you have multiple JavaScript files that are sending data to the&amp;nbsp;&lt;EM class="ph i" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"&gt;same report suite&lt;/EM&gt;, or if you are using other technologies on your site such as Flash video measurement, we recommend configuring a grace period.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class="p" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; color: rgb(75, 75, 75); font-family: AdobeClean; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"&gt;After you deploy the&amp;nbsp;&lt;SPAN class="keyword" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"&gt;Marketing Cloud&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;ID service, new visitors no longer receive an Analytics visitor ID from your data collection server. If sections of your site have not yet implemented the&amp;nbsp;&lt;SPAN class="keyword" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"&gt;Marketing Cloud&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;ID service, when visitors browse to these sections, the Marketing Cloud ID is not recognized and visitors are assigned a legacy Analytics visitor ID. This can create duplicated visit counts and incorrect attribution.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class="p" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; color: rgb(75, 75, 75); font-family: AdobeClean; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"&gt;For example, if the support section of your site is managed in a separate CMS, you might have a different Analytics JavaScript file for this section. If you deploy the visitor ID on your main site before you deploy the visitor ID service to the support site, new visitors will receive a legacy Analytics ID when they visit the support section, and visits that span both site sections will be reported as different visits.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class="p" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; color: rgb(75, 75, 75); font-family: AdobeClean; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"&gt;Deploying the&amp;nbsp;&lt;SPAN class="keyword" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"&gt;Marketing Cloud&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;ID service on sites that are using multiple JavaScript files or other technologies (such as Flash) can cause coordination issues since you need to enable the ID service on all portions of your site at the same time. By configuring a grace period, new visitors to continue to receive an Analytics visitor ID from the&amp;nbsp;&lt;SPAN class="keyword" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"&gt;Marketing Cloud&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;ID service, so visitors can be consistently identified on sections of your site that have not been upgraded to use the ID service.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class="p" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; color: rgb(75, 75, 75); font-family: AdobeClean; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;DIV class="section" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(75, 75, 75); font-family: AdobeClean; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;H2 class="title sectiontitle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: AdobeCleanLight; font-size: 1.5rem; margin: 24px 0px 0px; padding: 15px 0px 5px;"&gt;Do I need a grace period?&lt;/H2&gt;&lt;P class="p" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); padding: 0px;"&gt;If you have a single Analytics JavaScript file and are not using any other AppMeasurement libraries, then you do not need a grace period. You can make the update in the single JavaScript file and new visitors will be consistently identified using the marketing cloud ID during the visit.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class="p" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); padding: 0px;"&gt;If you have multiple JavaScript files that are sending data to the&amp;nbsp;&lt;EM class="ph i" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"&gt;same report suite&lt;/EM&gt;, or if you are using other technologies on your site such as Flash video measurement, we recommend configuring a grace period.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class="p" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); padding: 0px;"&gt;The&amp;nbsp;&lt;A class="xref" href="https://marketing.adobe.com/resources/help/en_US/mcvid/mcvid_implement.html#concept_C8F6394509874DD0A8C0E86D82167272" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(100, 135, 195); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Follow these instructions to configure and deploy the Marketing Cloud ID service."&gt;Set Up the Marketing Cloud ID Service&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;process contains a step to test coverage before it is enabled so you can determine coverage before the ID service is activated in Analytics.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="section" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(75, 75, 75); font-family: AdobeClean; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;H2 class="title sectiontitle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: AdobeCleanLight; font-size: 1.5rem; margin: 24px 0px 0px; padding: 15px 0px 5px;"&gt;How can I enable a grace period?&lt;/H2&gt;&lt;P class="p" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); padding: 0px;"&gt;Contact&amp;nbsp;&lt;A class="xref" href="https://marketing.adobe.com/resources/help/en_US/mcvid/contact_and_legal.html#concept_34A1CA16F2244D42930BB77846A5ABBB" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(100, 135, 195); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Information to help you contact Adobe and to understand the legal issues concerning your use of this product and documentation."&gt;Customer Care&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2015 10:18:27 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>TanmayMathur</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2015-12-18T10:18:27Z</dc:date>
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      <title>The ID service Grace Period</title>
      <link>https://experienceleaguecommunities.adobe.com/t5/adobe-analytics-discussions/the-id-service-grace-period/m-p/172931#M72</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P class="shortdesc" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; color: rgb(75, 75, 75); font-family: AdobeClean; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"&gt;If you have multiple JavaScript files that are sending data to the&amp;nbsp;&lt;EM class="ph i" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"&gt;same report suite&lt;/EM&gt;, or if you are using other technologies on your site such as Flash video measurement, we recommend configuring a grace period.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class="p" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; color: rgb(75, 75, 75); font-family: AdobeClean; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"&gt;After you deploy the&amp;nbsp;&lt;SPAN class="keyword" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"&gt;Marketing Cloud&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;ID service, new visitors no longer receive an Analytics visitor ID from your data collection server. If sections of your site have not yet implemented the&amp;nbsp;&lt;SPAN class="keyword" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"&gt;Marketing Cloud&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;ID service, when visitors browse to these sections, the Marketing Cloud ID is not recognized and visitors are assigned a legacy Analytics visitor ID. This can create duplicated visit counts and incorrect attribution.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class="p" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; color: rgb(75, 75, 75); font-family: AdobeClean; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"&gt;For example, if the support section of your site is managed in a separate CMS, you might have a different Analytics JavaScript file for this section. If you deploy the visitor ID on your main site before you deploy the visitor ID service to the support site, new visitors will receive a legacy Analytics ID when they visit the support section, and visits that span both site sections will be reported as different visits.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class="p" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; color: rgb(75, 75, 75); font-family: AdobeClean; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"&gt;Deploying the&amp;nbsp;&lt;SPAN class="keyword" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"&gt;Marketing Cloud&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;ID service on sites that are using multiple JavaScript files or other technologies (such as Flash) can cause coordination issues since you need to enable the ID service on all portions of your site at the same time. By configuring a grace period, new visitors to continue to receive an Analytics visitor ID from the&amp;nbsp;&lt;SPAN class="keyword" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"&gt;Marketing Cloud&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;ID service, so visitors can be consistently identified on sections of your site that have not been upgraded to use the ID service.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class="p" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; color: rgb(75, 75, 75); font-family: AdobeClean; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;DIV class="section" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(75, 75, 75); font-family: AdobeClean; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;H2 class="title sectiontitle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: AdobeCleanLight; font-size: 1.5rem; margin: 24px 0px 0px; padding: 15px 0px 5px;"&gt;Do I need a grace period?&lt;/H2&gt;&lt;P class="p" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); padding: 0px;"&gt;If you have a single Analytics JavaScript file and are not using any other AppMeasurement libraries, then you do not need a grace period. You can make the update in the single JavaScript file and new visitors will be consistently identified using the marketing cloud ID during the visit.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class="p" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); padding: 0px;"&gt;If you have multiple JavaScript files that are sending data to the&amp;nbsp;&lt;EM class="ph i" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"&gt;same report suite&lt;/EM&gt;, or if you are using other technologies on your site such as Flash video measurement, we recommend configuring a grace period.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class="p" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); padding: 0px;"&gt;The&amp;nbsp;&lt;A class="xref" href="https://marketing.adobe.com/resources/help/en_US/mcvid/mcvid_implement.html#concept_C8F6394509874DD0A8C0E86D82167272" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(100, 135, 195); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Follow these instructions to configure and deploy the Marketing Cloud ID service."&gt;Set Up the Marketing Cloud ID Service&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;process contains a step to test coverage before it is enabled so you can determine coverage before the ID service is activated in Analytics.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="section" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(75, 75, 75); font-family: AdobeClean; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;H2 class="title sectiontitle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: AdobeCleanLight; font-size: 1.5rem; margin: 24px 0px 0px; padding: 15px 0px 5px;"&gt;How can I enable a grace period?&lt;/H2&gt;&lt;P class="p" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); padding: 0px;"&gt;Contact&amp;nbsp;&lt;A class="xref" href="https://marketing.adobe.com/resources/help/en_US/mcvid/contact_and_legal.html#concept_34A1CA16F2244D42930BB77846A5ABBB" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(100, 135, 195); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Information to help you contact Adobe and to understand the legal issues concerning your use of this product and documentation."&gt;Customer Care&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2015 10:18:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://experienceleaguecommunities.adobe.com/t5/adobe-analytics-discussions/the-id-service-grace-period/m-p/172931#M72</guid>
      <dc:creator>TanmayMathur</dc:creator>
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