You can access custom variables inside the s object. For example:s.eVar1 = 'My custom value';You can access data elements using the _satellite.getVar() method. So to assign a data element to an eVar in custom code:s.eVar1 = _satellite.getVar('custom data element');More information on getVar can be found here:https://docs.adobelaunch.com/client-side-information/launch-object-reference#launch-object-reference

some of options ..1. With Bot rules you can also filter by User Agent string (in addition for IPs) .. so, if you're able to identify a consistency in the UA string of the bots (that differs from normal) you can block this way.2. Sounds like you already have a segment in place to identify spikes, if not create one and set up an alert, so you get notified if it goes beyond a certain threshold.3. You may also have this in place too, but create a virtual report suite which you use as your main suite...