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Masaharu_Hachiy
Masaharu_Hachiy
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October 16, 2015
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What's the difference between "s_vi" and "s_vi_####(randomized_value?)" cookies?

  • October 16, 2015
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I noticed there're 2 types of "s_vi" cookies.

 

[1] regular one

Name: s_vi

Value: [CS]v1|HEX-HEX[CE]

Domain: COMPANIES_NAME.122(or121).2o7.net

 

[2] another one

Name: s_vi_RANDOMIZED VALUE

Value: [CS]v4|HEX-HEX|RANDOMIZED VALUE[CE]

Domain: 2o7.net

 

What's the difference between [1] and [2]?

And, what kind of situation [2] is created on?

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

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    Best answer by jhammons-1

    #2 happens when the s.namespace variable isn't set, so you get a different s_vi cookie for each report suite. When s.namespace isn't set it means that users are identified uniquely for each report suite instead of uniquely for the tracking server.

    You can set s.namespace and the cookie will be migrated automatically.

    4 replies

    Masaharu_Hachiy
    Masaharu_HachiyAuthor
    Level 2
    October 16, 2015

    Hi all,

    Thanks to your answers!

     

    I tested and confirmed the issue about "s.namespace" which Jacob mentioned.

     

    Thanks!

    WhoaShekhar
    WhoaShekhar
    Level 10
    October 16, 2015

    Hi There,

    Thanks for reaching out to Adobe Community.

    The s_vi cookie is used to store the Unique Visitor ID. You can go through the articles Analytics Cookies and Using the Visitor ID Service with Analytics to know more about them.

    Thanks! 

      J
      Adobe Employee
      jhammons-1Adobe EmployeeAccepted solution
      Adobe Employee
      October 16, 2015

      #2 happens when the s.namespace variable isn't set, so you get a different s_vi cookie for each report suite. When s.namespace isn't set it means that users are identified uniquely for each report suite instead of uniquely for the tracking server.

      You can set s.namespace and the cookie will be migrated automatically.

        A
        akand
        March 12, 2020
        Hi,
        Gigazelle
        Adobe Employee
        GigazelleAdobe Employee
        Adobe Employee
        October 16, 2015

        HI Hachiya,

        Does the implementation you're looking at happen to have any plugins installed? Based on my experience, that looks like it is a cookied used by the getValOnce plugin for eVar4.

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