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How can I disable Context Data?

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April 13, 2019
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Do I need to do this in Adobe Launch or if in AA settings, where can I get this done?

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Best answer by Asheesh_Pandey

There are folwing ways you can disable activity map contextData.

1. Disable clickmap in AA tool. (update AA version to v1.7.4 if you do not find an option within link tracking section).

2. set any of the following code in do-plugin section under custom code in AA tool.

s.ActivityMap.linkExclusions

// Exclude links tagged with a special linkExcluded CSS class
<span class="linkExcluded">exclude-link1</span> //DOM example
<span class="linkExcluded">exclude-link2</span> //DOM example
s.ActivityMap.linkExclusions = 'exclude-link1,exclude-link2'; //custom code to be used
Note: It is a string that receives a comma-separated list of strings to search for in link text. If found, then the link is excluded from being tracked by Activity Map.

s.ActivityMap.regionExclusions

// Exclude regions on the page from its links being trackable by ActivityMap

<div id="links-excluded"> //DOM example

s.ActivityMap.regionExclusions = 'links-excluded'; //custom code to be used

Note: It is a string that receives a comma-separated list of strings to search for in region text. If found, then the link is excluded from being tracked by Activity Map.

If you don't want activity map to fire at all, find a common global div id which exists on all pages and exclude that with the help of s.ActivityMap.regionExclusions. i.e. home etc.

Thanks,

Asheesh

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Asheesh_Pandey

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There are folwing ways you can disable activity map contextData.

1. Disable clickmap in AA tool. (update AA version to v1.7.4 if you do not find an option within link tracking section).

2. set any of the following code in do-plugin section under custom code in AA tool.

s.ActivityMap.linkExclusions

// Exclude links tagged with a special linkExcluded CSS class
<span class="linkExcluded">exclude-link1</span> //DOM example
<span class="linkExcluded">exclude-link2</span> //DOM example
s.ActivityMap.linkExclusions = 'exclude-link1,exclude-link2'; //custom code to be used
Note: It is a string that receives a comma-separated list of strings to search for in link text. If found, then the link is excluded from being tracked by Activity Map.

s.ActivityMap.regionExclusions

// Exclude regions on the page from its links being trackable by ActivityMap

<div id="links-excluded"> //DOM example

s.ActivityMap.regionExclusions = 'links-excluded'; //custom code to be used

Note: It is a string that receives a comma-separated list of strings to search for in region text. If found, then the link is excluded from being tracked by Activity Map.

If you don't want activity map to fire at all, find a common global div id which exists on all pages and exclude that with the help of s.ActivityMap.regionExclusions. i.e. home etc.

Thanks,

Asheesh

- Asheesh

T

thomas_amsler

Level 6

Thanks Asheesh for this other solution, which I didn't know of.

But still why include a large snippet of code if you don't wanna use it anyway. So I am looking forward to a future version of the Analytics Extension where this can be configured to not be inculuded at all. Maybe this solution also contains a UI for setting these exlusion classes...

EDIT: I think I found another solution to completely disable it. Just override the link function:

Link Tracking Methodology

"If the return value is false (null, undefined, empty string, 0), no link is tracked."

So I just add this in the custom code section of the Analytics Extension:

if (typeof s.ActivityMap === 'object') {

s.ActivityMap.link = function() {

return false;

};

}

adilkAuthor

Level 4

Thanks, Asheesh. I'm working with my devs to try out this option. I would honestly prefer this one as loading a custom AppMeasurement library is causing some unexpected changes in prop level variable info. on page load. If I can use the standard AppMeasurement JS [containing activitymap details] and combine it with your method of s.ActivityMap.regionExclusions, that would be great. I would need to place the exclusion in Adobe Launch > Extensions > Adobe Analytics > Configure > Configure Tracker Using Custom Code section, correct?

adilkAuthor

Level 4

Hi Thomas,

If I were to try this, would this go under Launch Extensions > AA > Configure > Configure Tracker Using Custom Code section?

Also, the AppMeasurement.js will contain contextData section but the above setting will block it from sending to AA?

Thanks.

T

thomas_amsler

Level 6

I haven't actually tested this out yet, I just came up with it because of the documentation. But yes, it would belong into the custom code section where you also would define plugins.

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thomas_amsler

Level 6

Now I did some test on an dev environment and my code snippet seems to work.

adilkAuthor

Level 4

Thanks, Thomas.

I had drafted a reply but debugging a few things with devs for now.

I placed your script as an exclusion and contextData is now not showing in debugger. On specific pages [form step pages], AA page hit is firing twice. I setup a console log action for it in my Launch rule [after sending beacon] and it seems to be the case. Will clear that out + check with your script and it should work. Will update this thread in a bit. Thanks again!

adilkAuthor

Level 4

Hi Thomas,

So, I found out in debugging that the extra page hit was due to a Direct Call happening with the same name [as page load rule] causing it. Thanks a lot, appreciate it!

jantzen_b

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