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Hi Jeff,

I'm one of the doc writers for Analytics. First off, thank you for your candid feedback. There's a lot to unpack here, but hopefully I can address all your concerns.

  • 404 links: During the time of this forum thread, I had recently published some major revisions to most dimensions and metrics in Adobe Analytics; what they are, how they're used, and how they collect data. This restructure required some URLs to change. I worked with the team that handles redirects so existing bookmarks and searches would not be interrupted, however the team ran into some issues that prevented those redirects from being put in place for several days. Everything is in now, but if you find any 404 errors I'd be happy to address them.
  • Search: There's no way I can sugar coat this one. The internal search leaves a lot to be desired, and that's an understatement. You're not the first to express concern about search, and the team here is well aware of their shortcomings. We are currently working on a migration to Experience League where we have more control over search quality; I anticipate the move will happen in the next couple months. In the meantime, the docs are well-indexed on external search engines, which typically produce more desirable search results.
  • Definition of report suite: One of the great things about our docs is that they are sourced on git. We welcome contributions from everyone. If there's a concept that you feel like you know how it could be worded better, we welcome those changes with open arms. Navigate to our documentation git repo, locate the doc page in question, click the Edit button, make the changes, then submit a pull request. That notifies me and my colleagues, where we can review and merge the changes. The README.md file there has more detailed instructions on that workflow. If you'd like, we could start by figuring out the ideal definition of report suite, and expand from there.