Adobe Analytics extension release notes

Last update: Mon Nov 06 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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The following is a list of release notes for the Adobe Analytics tag extension.

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The Analytics tag extension if often updated in response to updates to the AppMeasurement JavaScript library. Refer to the AppMeasurement release notes for details on the specific versions mentioned below.

September 15, 2023

Adobe Analytics Extension 1.9.3

Features:

Upgraded to AppMeasurement to v2.25.0.

July 19, 2023

Adobe Analytics Extension 1.9.2

Features:

Upgraded to AppMeasurement v2.24.0.
Added an optional configuration (decodeLinkParameters default false) that decodes link URL’s that includes double byte encoded characters.

Bug fixes:

Added additional error handling for browsers with faulty high-entropy User-Agent client hints API’s.
Changed POST Content-Type header to use x-www-form-urlencoded by default.

September 23, 2022

Adobe Analytics Extension 1.9.1

Features:

Upgraded to AppMeasurement v2.23.0.
The extension can now collect high-entropy user-agent client hints as supported by the latest version of AppMeasurement.

February 28, 2022

Adobe Analytics Extension 1.9.0

Bug fixes:

Removed some debug statements in AppMeasurement.

November 29, 2021

Adobe Analytics Extension 1.8.8

Bug fixes:

Upgraded AppMeasurement to v2.22.3.

September 16, 2021

Adobe Analytics Extension 1.8.7

Bug fixes:

Upgraded AppMeasurement to v2.22.2.
Removed deprecated buildInfo.environment

August 24, 2021

Adobe Analytics Extension 1.8.6

Bug fixes:

Upgraded AppMeasurement to v2.22.1.
Updated fallback linkName to mirror Activity Map logic instead of using innerHTML.

August 6, 2020

Adobe Analytics Extension 1.8.5

Bug fixes:

The incorrect cookie name in the AAM module settings was being set when the this field was left blank. This has now been corrected.

Features:

Updated AppMeasurement to 2.22.0.
Small UI change so the additional setting now appear collapsed in an accordion instead of a checkbox.

June 2, 2020

Adobe Analytics Extension 1.8.4

Bug fixes:

Fixed a bug where the shopping cart events (prodView, scAdd, scView, etc) were not showing up on the events dropdown. All of these should now be selectable from the dropdown.

Features:

You can now turn off the activity map in the extension without having to use custom code. The activity map loads as a separate module (much like the AAM module) and you can turn it off if you want.
Cleaned up the UI by minimizing hierarchy variables and other options.
Added a field to set purchase IDs from the extension configuration UI.

March 10, 2020

Adobe Analytics Extension 1.8.3

Bug fixes:

Fixed a bug affecting the rule configuration that would throw an error when you tried to set variables if you were using a custom library and your report suites weren’t configured in Analytics.
When creating an eVar, there was a bug that would not show you the option to “duplicate from” a prop or vice versa. This has now been fixed to mirror the behavior in previous versions.

Features:

Updated AppMeasurement to 2.20.0

March 2, 2020

Adobe Analytics Extension 1.8.2

Bug fixes:

Fixed an issue where the incorrect syntax was being used for numeric events and serialized currency

Features:

Updated AppMeasurement to 2.18.0
Updated the DIL library in the Audience Manager module to 9.4
Increased the length of input fields in the extension
eVars and props in the extension and action configurations now show the friendly name from Analytics
Added a checkbox in the ‘Cookies’ section of the extension configuration that allows you to write secure cookies
Added three new configurations to the Audience Manager module. Added a setting for enabling logging, for enabling URL destinations, and for enabling cookie destinations

November 13, 2019

Adobe Analytics Extension 1.8.1

Bug fixes:

Fixed a bug where premium evars and props would not save.

November 1, 2019

Adobe Analytics Extension 1.8.0

Bug fixes:

Fixed a bug where a small number of customers could not see report suite options in drop down
Fixed a bug where some variables were not setting correctly when using ECID

Features:

Numerically sorts evars, props, and events in Extension view
Made backend schema changes to support Magento context data

September 6, 2019

Adobe Analytics Extension 1.7.8

Bug fixes:

Fixed a bug where some users were not seeing report suite options in the dropdown
Fixed a bug where events were not firing correctly

September 5, 2019

Adobe Analytics Extension 1.7.7

Features:

Updated AppMeasurement to 2.17
Updated Audience Management module to support DIL 9.3
Updated field widths to give you more space

Bug fixes:

Fixed a bug for setting opt-in/opt-out
Fixed a bug where variables were not being set correctly when using ECID

July 18, 2019

Adobe Analytics Extension 1.7.6

Features:

Updated the Adobe Analytics extension to support DIL 9.2 for Audience Manager
Updated extension to support AppMeasurement 2.15.0
Removed the following checkbox since it’s not supported anymore: “Do not attach the destination publishing IFRAME to the DOM or fire destinations”

June 4, 2019

Adobe Analytics Extension 1.7.5

Features:

Updated the Adobe Analytics Extension to AppMeasurement 2.14.0 which includes a fix to a known clearVars issue
Added an Exchange link to the extension. The Exchange listing can be reached by selecting the dropdown and choosing “extension info”

Bug fixes:

Fixed a bug in the UI that showed the incorrect evar being deleted from a list
Fixed a bug that was requiring an SSL tracking server when trying to add multiple report suites. When adding multiple report suites a tracking server is required but the SSL tracking server field is optional.

April 15, 2019

Adobe Analytics Extension 1.7.4

Bug fixes:

Rolled extension back after a bug was found in appMeasurement 2.13.0. appMeasurement 2.13.0 was causing an issue that wasn’t sending the ECID, so if you installed 1.7.3 we recommend upgrading to 1.7.4 to avoid this problem. Note that the clearVars will continue until an updated version of appMeasurement is released

April 12, 2019

Adobe Analytics Extension 1.7.3

Bug fixes:

Updated the Adobe Analytics Extension to appMeasurement 2.13.0 which includes a fix to a known clearVars issue.

March 21, 2019

Adobe Analytics Extension 1.7.2

Features:

Updated the Adobe Analytics extension to DIL 9.1.
Updated the Adobe Analytics extension to appMeasurement 2.12.
Upgraded the Adobe Analytics extension view to React-Spectrum.
When configuring your report suites in the configuration page you will now see a dropdown to all of the report suites in your company to make it easier for you to select the appropriate report suite.

March 7, 2019

Adobe Analytics Extension 1.7.1

Bug fixes:

Rolled back the extension to version 1.6 after a bug was found in 1.7.

February 11, 2019

Adobe Analytics Extension 1.6

Features:

Updated the Adobe Analytics extension to DIL 9.0, which will support opt-in.
Updated the Adobe Analytics extension to AppMeasurement 2.11 to support opt-in.

Bug fixes:

Fixed a conflict with Prototype JS. The Analytics extension will now support standard prototype.js libraries.

November 9, 2018

Adobe Analytics Extension 1.5.1

Bug fixes:

Downgraded the DIL module to 7.0 to fix an issue that was causing problems with analytics beacons not firing

November 5, 2018

Adobe Analytics Extension 1.5

Features:

Updated the Adobe Analytics extension to support DIL 8.0 in Audience Manager
Separated the “Serialize from value” field into two, “Event ID” and “Event Value”. This will fix the issue that was assigning a value instead of serializing an event
- Please note: if you are using the current field to add an ID by using a string (ex. Event7=3:abc123) you will need to update your input to reflect the ID in the “Event ID” field

Bug fixes:

Fixed a bug that wasn’t allowing the currency code to populate correctly

October 11, 2018

Adobe Analytics Extension 1.4

Features:

Migrated the tracking cookie name to the extension configuration.

Bug fixes:

Fixed a bug so set variables don’t crash when no trackerProperties object is available.

June 5, 2018

Adobe Analytics Extension 1.3

Features:

Updated Adobe Analytics extension to support AppMeasurement 2.9.
Added “Make tracker globally accessible” feature in the Adobe Analytics extension, which enables the tracker to be scoped globally under windows.s.

Bug fixes:

Fixed a bug that caused list view to reset when returning from detail view
Fixed a few bugs to improve loading of resources in the revision selector
Fixed a bug where multiple rules were overwriting s.events in the Adobe Analytics extension

March 20, 2018

Adobe Analytics Extension 1.2

Features:

Updates AppMeasurement.js to 2.8.0
Adds support for server-side forwarding

February 8, 2018

Adobe Analytics Extension 1.1

Features:

AppMeasurement has been updated to version 2.6
The initialized Analytics tracker is now exposed through a shared module in the Adobe Experience Platform tag extension so other extensions can include code to interact with it.

Bug fixes:

Fixed an error in the Adobe Analytics Extension that caused “Error, missing Report Suite ID in AppMeasurement initialization” to appear in the browser console.

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