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Streaming Media core dimensions

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This page describes the available dimensions when you enable Media Core for a report suite. See Streaming Media core metrics for available metrics.

Streaming Media core dimensions provide basic reporting functionality to data collected through streaming media collection libraries. Use of these dimensions require the Adobe Streaming Media Collection Add-on. Contact your Adobe Account Team for details.

When you enable Media Core under Media reporting, the following dimensions are available:

Dimension name
Description
Sent with
Context data variable
Content
Content ID of the content.
Media Start, Media Close
a.media.name
Content channel
The distribution station or channel where the content is played. Any string value is valid.
Media Start, Media Close
a.media.channel
Content length (variable)
The maximum length (or duration) of the content consumed, in seconds. This dimension is required for several metrics, including ‘Average minute audience’. If this dimension is not set, dependent metrics are not available.

A classification dimension named ‘Video length’ is also available, which provides a similar purpose. This dimension and the classification are treated as two distinct dimensions.
Media Start, Media Close
a.media.length
Content name (variable)
The friendly name of the content. A classification named ‘Video name’ is also available, which provides a similar purpose. This dimension and the classification are treated as two distinct dimensions.
Media Start, Media Close
a.media.friendlyName
Content player name
The name of the content player.
Media Start, Media Close
a.media.playerName
Content segment
The interval that describes the part of the content that has been viewed, in minutes. The segment is computed as min and max of the playhead values during a playback session.
Media Close
a.media.segment
Content type
The type of content. Valid values include song, podcast, audiobook, radio, VoD, Live, Linear, UGC, DVoD, or a custom value.
Media Start, Media Close
a.contentType
Media path
The path that the visitor took to reach the content.
Media Start
a.media.path
Stream type
The stream type. Valid values include audio and video.
Media Start, Media Close
a.media.streamType

In addition to the above dimensions, Adobe automatically creates the following classification dimensions. You must upload classification data to view reports that use these dimensions.

Classification name
Parent dimension
Description
Video length
Content
The maximum length (or duration) of the content consumed, in seconds. Metrics that depend on content length cannot use this classification; you must create a calculated metric to obtain metrics such as ‘Average minute audience’ using this classification.
Video name
Content
The friendly name of the content. It is the classification equivalent of Content name (variable).
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