Custom Link Persistence

[skatofiabah]

Hi,

I'm trying to figure out whether downstream eVars are always persistent since I think downstream daily web traffic is on a hit level. If they persist, is there no possible way to distinguish between an instance and a "Behind the scenes" persistent value of the eVar? The reason I ask is I am trying to tie out instances for an eVar in Adobe workspace with our Downstream Data. I'm anxious if I just count POST_EVAR# that it will just give me all persistence + instances when I need to figure out just instances.

[skatofiabah]

Hi,

Do Custom Links Persist? Both in Workspace and Downstream? Or are they instance only? It seems like occurrences and instances of Custom Link in Workspace line up so maybe they don't persist?

[Jennifer_Dungan]

Custom Links are basically a special reserved prop, so they have Hit Level attribution only. There is no Click Attribution.

If you need click data to be retained, you can create a custom eVar that is set on some or all of your clicks... but not set on page views... but keep in mind that if you are looking for attribution to something like an Order, you might want to be selective about which clicks use such an attribution.

[Jennifer_Dungan]

Since you are asking a lot about persistence, and these seem very interconnected to something you are trying to do right now, I think this should also be merged into the other conversation.