We wanted to create a new dimension in Adobe Analytics. Below is the use case,
We have two dimensions - Referrer and Referring domain. Referrer gives the complete URL (document.referrer) where as Referring domain gives the parent domain. For example if the referrer is https://www-1.ibm.com/portal/web-services, Referring domain gives ibm.com instead of www-1.ibm.com.
We wanted to have a dimension which gives the complete domain name. For example, if the referrer URL is
question was more into how we can create a custom dimension from the captured data. Your reply was more into how we can derive the host name from application and send it to analytics servers.