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thomas_amsler
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May 24, 2018
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Event counter with a provided amount instead of 1

  • May 24, 2018
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We track video completion events using the built in HTML5 "% complete" condition. With this we have the following rules sending events:

  1. 0%: event10 and event15=0
  2. 25%: event11 and event15=25
  3. 50%: event12 and event15=25
  4. 75%: event13 and event15=25
  5. 100%: event14 and event15=25

I was expecting in Analytics that it would accumulate the values of event15 so if the video is watched until the end it would show 100(%). But as there are 5 events I get 5 as the value so it incremented it by 1 for each call. Is it even possible to achieve what I was trying, if yes, how would I need to configure the event or the value?

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    Best answer by thomas_amsler

    Ok, there was a missconecption from my side. I accidentally set what I thought to be the value for the event in the serialize from value field. So I was basically missing an option to add values to an event with the GUI. It seems I need to add it in a custom code section.

    So I know have the following (this is the video DOM element that triggered the rule):

    s.linkTrackVars = 'eVar10';

    s.linkTrackEvents = 'event16';

    s.eVar10 = datalayer.video.getName(this);

    s.events += ',event16=' + datalayer.video.getTimeDelta(this);

    8 replies

    Hyder_Ziaee
    Adobe Employee
    Hyder_ZiaeeAdobe Employee
    Adobe Employee
    May 27, 2018

    Check if your event configuration is set to numeric.

    I may be wrong about this, but even if the event is a counter, it would accept numeric values to increase the counter by that number.

    PratheepArunRaj
    Community Advisor and Adobe Champion
    PratheepArunRajCommunity Advisor and Adobe Champion
    Community Advisor and Adobe Champion
    May 28, 2018

    Dear Thomas,

    To understand the percentage of video viewed, why would you need another event to capture the numeric? One event with an eVar is more than enough.

    1. 0%: event1 and eVar1=0
    2. 25%: event1 and eVar1=25
    3. 50%: event1 and eVar1=50
    4. 75%: event1 and eVar1=75
    5. 100%: event1 and eVar1=100

    If you go to eVar1 report and put down the event1, you should able to get the numbers like below.

     

    eVar1event1
    010
    258
    506
    754
    1002

    This would be sufficient. Event if you capture the %completion in event, it wont solve your purpose.

    Thank You

    Arun

    Thank You, Pratheep Arun Raj B (Arun) | Xerago | Terryn Winter Analytics
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      thomas_amslerAuthor
      Level 6
      May 28, 2018

      Thanks for the tips, I need to check with our analytics expert what exactly he wants to achieve with this as I seem to have not grasped the whole picture of his video tracking concept.

      PratheepArunRaj
      Community Advisor and Adobe Champion
      PratheepArunRajCommunity Advisor and Adobe Champion
      Community Advisor and Adobe Champion
      May 29, 2018

      Thanks Thomas,

      Go through all the pages under the link : How Video Measurement Works

      Thank You

      Arun

      Thank You, Pratheep Arun Raj B (Arun) | Xerago | Terryn Winter Analytics
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      thomas_amslerAuthor
      Level 6
      May 30, 2018

      I clarified it and it seems we could use the eVar Instances as a counter as well. Though we keep the extra event and leave it as a normal counter.

      But still I don't see why it doesn't work with a value. I've seen in the documentation that you need H23 Code, that this works. Where can I see what we are using, maybe this is why it isn't working.

      I now also added another event to the milestones, counting the seconds played of the video. But here nothing at all gets tracked. I send it like this for the 25% milestone, whereas event16 should count the seconds and is defined as Numeric (Query String Parameter):

      events: event11,event15,event16:14.3

      It is defined in DTM in the Events section of the milestone like this:

      event11

      event15

      event16="%custom-videoTimeDelta%"

      suneeshkachroo
      suneeshkachroo
      Level 4
      May 30, 2018

      I would second that having that captured in the Evard would make more sense then in an event .

      thanks

      saneesh

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      thomas_amslerAuthorAccepted solution
      Level 6
      May 30, 2018

      Ok, there was a missconecption from my side. I accidentally set what I thought to be the value for the event in the serialize from value field. So I was basically missing an option to add values to an event with the GUI. It seems I need to add it in a custom code section.

      So I know have the following (this is the video DOM element that triggered the rule):

      s.linkTrackVars = 'eVar10';

      s.linkTrackEvents = 'event16';

      s.eVar10 = datalayer.video.getName(this);

      s.events += ',event16=' + datalayer.video.getTimeDelta(this);

      Gigazelle
      Adobe Employee
      GigazelleAdobe Employee
      Adobe Employee
      November 12, 2018

      Hi Thomas, did you end up getting this working?

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