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Regular Expressions in Audience Manager

  • August 28, 2017
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Hi,

I was trying to create a regular expression for a trait in c_products ^\;(.+)\;(.+)\;([1-9][0-9]{0,2}\.[0-9][0-9]|1000)\;(.+) that viewed any product under $1000.

When I test this in the Analytics Classification Rules builder it works but how come Audience Manager isn't picking anything up?

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    Best answer by costi_muraru

    Hey stenebro​,

    There is a easy way to validate the regular expressions and also the trait rule itself, without having to wait. In the Audience Manager UI, in the Trait Builder tab, you will see a "Test Event" section.

    You can enter a URL there, containing the desired signals (key/value pairs) and click "Test" to see if the trait matches. The "Test Event URL" would something like this for your sample:

    See screenshots below and let me know if it works.

    Cheers,

    Constantin

    Computer Scientist | Adobe Audience Manager | Adobe

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    costi_muraru
    Adobe Employee
    costi_muraruAdobe Employee
    Adobe Employee
    August 29, 2017

    Hi stenebro​,

    Could you please share some sample values that you are sending for this key (c_products), which should match the regex you presented?

    Cheers,

    Constantin

    Computer Scientist | Adobe Audience Manager | Adobe

    sikourskyt94995
    sikourskyt94995Author
    Level 2
    August 29, 2017

    Hi,

    Here's the sample:

    ;56781234;1;339.99;event1=0.00;evar15=test|evar21=regular|evar26=test|evar31=0%|evar51=test name : 56781234|evar52=lorem ipsum|evar58=0|evar64=internal search|evar119=false|evar78=test|evar80=test|evar96=339.99

    costi_muraru
    Adobe Employee
    costi_muraruAdobe Employee
    Adobe Employee
    September 4, 2017

    Thanks for the sample code stenebro​. I've investigated and the issue seems to be triggered by the trait rule itself. As you can see in the screenshot below, there is a trailing space in the regular expression. This means the regex processor expects the input value to end with a space (which might not happen in your case). You can go on the Audience Manager UI, go on the trait, edit its trait rule and remove the trailing space. Save the changes and give it a try.

    Let me know if it works.

    Cheers,

    Constantin

    Computer Scientist | Adobe Audience Manager | Adobe

      sikourskyt94995
      sikourskyt94995Author
      Level 2
      September 5, 2017

      Hi Constantin,

      Do you know of a way to validate regular expressions quickly?

      It's painful to wait for 24hrs just to see that it didn't work have to redo it again.

      I tried the Visitor Profile View tool but the trait that I created didn't even show up in the list so not sure if I want to go that route.

      costi_muraru
      Adobe Employee
      costi_muraruAdobe EmployeeAccepted solution
      Adobe Employee
      September 6, 2017

      Hey stenebro​,

      There is a easy way to validate the regular expressions and also the trait rule itself, without having to wait. In the Audience Manager UI, in the Trait Builder tab, you will see a "Test Event" section.

      You can enter a URL there, containing the desired signals (key/value pairs) and click "Test" to see if the trait matches. The "Test Event URL" would something like this for your sample:

      See screenshots below and let me know if it works.

      Cheers,

      Constantin

      Computer Scientist | Adobe Audience Manager | Adobe

        sikourskyt94995
        sikourskyt94995Author
        Level 2
        September 6, 2017

        Thank you so much!

        costi_muraru
        Adobe Employee
        costi_muraruAdobe Employee
        Adobe Employee
        September 7, 2017

        You're welcome!

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