I've created data elements for things like my page title, URL path, campaign parameter, etc., but the appropriate values for these are not populating in my reports or debuggers. Instead, I'm getting the actual reference to the data element in my reports. Why is this happening? Am I doing something wrong? Is this a null value of some kind?
It seems as if things are set correctly in Launch as far as I can tell. Any thoughts?
OK! I learned something new today. This is not a bug after all (Thanks Ben Robison for setting me straight!)
In Launch, since any extension can expose data element types, the "Return Empty String for undefined data elements" must exist at a higher level. It exists at the Property level.
To enable it, go to the Properties page and select your property. Then click "Configure" as shown below.
This brings up the view shown below. Select the checkbox and click save. Then rebuild your library with these changes.
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