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Beacon order - guaranteed??

  • September 16, 2020
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Probably a bad question, but here goes.

 

Suppose I have a web page that fires two beacons in very close time proximity - within the same second, let's suppose.  Is the order of processing on the Adobe Analytics side guaranteed (in terms of hit number)?

 

We have a situation on a website where our Adobe Target developers are doing something that is causing two Adobe Analytics beacons to trigger on the entry of the visit.  At the same time this Adobe Target change was implemented, we're seeing a moderate spike in "Internal" marketing channel traffic, which I strongly suspect is due to this new behavior.   In my testing, though, the first beacon always seems to have the proper referrer setting.  However, if the second beacon (sent in very close time proximity) were to be processed first, then the referrer is the site's own domain, which would land the visit in the Internal channel.  Just wondering if hit order is guaranteed on Adobe's end.

 

Thanks, in advance, for any answers!   

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Best answer by yuhuisg

Hit order isn't guaranteed. It all depends on which hit is "received" by Adobe's server(s) first, which depends on a whole slew of factors that are out of your control, e.g. network speed, network route, etc.

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yuhuisg
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yuhuisgCommunity AdvisorAccepted solution
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September 17, 2020

Hit order isn't guaranteed. It all depends on which hit is "received" by Adobe's server(s) first, which depends on a whole slew of factors that are out of your control, e.g. network speed, network route, etc.

iamjasona
iamjasonaAuthor
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September 17, 2020
Thanks for your reply, yuhuisg. One clarification: given that the beacon represents a network transmission from the client to Adobe's servers, complete with a HTTP response code, isn't the order of these representative of which is received by Adobe servers first?
PratheepArunRaj
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PratheepArunRajCommunity Advisor and Adobe Champion
Community Advisor and Adobe Champion
September 17, 2020

Dear Jason,

As said by Yu, Adobe Analytics data collection is not based on the hit time on your browser but the hit time at the Adobe Analytics Server. If you think there are issues, you can use data Feed to validate the Processing Order. That might help you to debug the issue further!

Thank You, Arun.

Thank You, Pratheep Arun Raj B (Arun) | Xerago | Terryn Winter Analytics
iamjasona
iamjasonaAuthor
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September 17, 2020
Thanks for adding your reply, as well, Arun!
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