Query on implementing previous page in adobe analytics

[souravc454]

Hi everyone, I have implemented previous page in adobe analytics using plug-ins. But the problem here is the previous page value is not getting captured for the 1st page of the visit which is resulting in unspecified value in analytics report. Is there any way to sort it out?

Thanks.

[Jennifer_Dungan · Accepted solution]

The first page of the visit doesn't have a "previous page"... 

The Previous Page plugin works by storing the value of the current page, and passing in in the next page's page view call, then replacing the stored value with the new "current" page.

Example:

• Page 1
  • Currently Set Previous Page value = empty value
  • Value stored as a session variable (Page 1) to use on the next page view
• Page 2
  • Currently Set Previous Page value = Page 1
  • After sending the previous stored value, the new value (overwriting the old value) ("Page 2") to use on the next page view
• Page 3
  • Currently Set Previous Page value = Page 2
  • After sending the previous stored value, the new value (overwriting the old value) ("Page 3") to use on the next page view
• etc

This is working exactly as expected... there is nothing to fix.

[souravc454]

Okay, Thank you.

[Jennifer_Dungan]

You're welcome

It can be a bit hard to wrap your head around the concept of "tracking a previous value", basically it's a deferral of sending data.