Data collection query parameters
Last update: April 18, 2024
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The following table lists all query string parameters Adobe uses in image requests. This information can be used when debugging using Packet analyzers, when hardcoding image requests, or when using Dynamic Variables.
Parameter | Analytics implementation variable | Description |
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aamlh | None | Audience Manager location hint. Used in Experience Cloud Shared Profile integration. |
aamb | None | Audience Manager blob. Used in Experience Cloud Shared Profile integration. |
aid | None | Analytics visitor ID. |
AQB | None | Indicates the beginning of an image request query string. |
AQE | None | Indicates the end of an image request, meaning that the request was not truncated. |
bh | None | Browser height (in pixels). Used in the Browser height dimension. |
bw | None | Browser width (in pixels). Used in the Browser width dimension. |
c | None | Color quality (in bits). Used in the Color depth dimension. |
c. | contextData | Indicates the start of context data variables. Never contains a value. |
.c | contextData | Indicates the end of context data variables. Never contains a value. |
c1 - c75 | prop1 - prop75 | Props, or custom traffic variables. |
cc | currencyCode | The type of currency used in the hit. |
cdp | cookieDomainPeriods | The number of periods in a domain. Used to help store cookies correctly. |
ce | charSet | The character encoding of the image request. |
cl | cookieLifetime | The lifetime of the visitor cookie. |
ch | channel | Used in the Site sections dimension. |
cp | None | Used in the Hit Type dimension. |
ct | None | Used in the Connection Type dimension. |
D | dynamicVariablePrefix | Denotes what to use for dynamic variables. |
ev | events | Shorthand for the events query string. |
events | events | Comma-separated list of events on the page. Used by most metrics. |
g | pageURL | The current URL of the page, up to 255 bytes. Used in the Page URL dimension. |
-g | pageURL | URLs longer than 255 bytes are split. The first 255 bytes appear in the g parameter, and all remaining bytes appear in the -g parameter. |
gn | pageName | Shorthand for the pageName query string. |
gt | pageType | Shorthand for the pageType query string. |
h. | collectHighEntropyUserAgentHints | Prefix for several variables that represent Client hints. |
h1 - h5 | hier1 - hier5 | Hierarchy dimensions. |
hp | None | No longer used. In previous versions of Adobe Analytics, determined if the current URL was the browser’s homepage. |
j | None | The JavaScript version installed in the browser. |
k | None | Used in the Cookie support dimension. |
l1 - l3 | list1 - list3 | List variables. |
lrt | None | The “last request timing,” which is the roundtrip time for the last request, in milliseconds. It is sent only when more than one request is going out from a page or when the page is a single-page application (SPA). |
mid | None | Experience Cloud visitor ID. |
ndh | None | Flag indicating if the image request originated from AppMeasurement. |
ns | visitorNameSpace | Helps determine where cookies are set. |
oid | s_objectID | Object identifier for the last page. Used in Activity Map. |
ot | None | Object name for the last page. Used in previous versions of Activity Map. |
p | None | No longer used. List of plug-ins used in the browser. |
pageName | pageName | Used in the Page dimension. |
pageType | pageType | Used in the Pages not found dimension. |
pccr | None | Only set for new visitors and always set to true . Helps prevent infinite redirects if a visitor rejects cookies. |
pe | tl() | Determines the type of custom link. Required for Custom links, Download links, and Exit links. |
pev1 | linkURL | The URL the custom link occurred on. |
pev2 | tl() | Custom link friendly name. |
pev3 | None | No longer used. Tracked milestones in previous versions of video reporting. |
pf | None | Platform flag; for Adobe use only. Do not alter. |
pid | None | Page identifier for last page. Used in previous versions of Activity Map. |
pidt | None | Page identifier type for last page. Used in previous versions of Activity Map. |
pl | products | Shorthand for the products query string. |
products | products | Products variable. Used in the Product and Category dimensions. |
purchaseID | purchaseID | Used to deduplicate purchases. |
r | referrer | Referring URL of the hit. Used in traffic sources dimensions, such as Referrer and Referring domain |
s | None | Screen resolution, in width x height . Used in the Monitor resolutions dimension. |
server | server | Server dimension. |
sv | server | Shorthand for the server query string. |
state | state | State dimension. |
t | None | Generated date/time of the hit. Uses the format dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss w o .- dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss is date/time in JavaScript. Month 0 is January, while month 11 is December.- w is the day of the week. 0 is Sunday, while 6 is Saturday.- o is the negative GMT offset in minutes. For example, 420 is GMT-7. |
ts | timestamp | The custom timestamp set with the hit. Typically used for offline tracking. |
v | None | Used in the Java enabled dimension. |
v0 | campaign | Tracking Code dimension. |
v1 - v250 | evar1 - eVar250 | eVars, or custom conversion dimensions. |
vid | visitorID | Visitor ID variable. |
vidn | None | Set by AppMeasurement for new visitors. Contains the ID value stored in the visitor cookie. |
vmk | vmk | No longer used. Visitor migration key, which helped migrate implementations from third party to first-party cookies. |
vvp | variableProvider | Used in Data Connectors. |
xact | transactionID | Used with Data Sources to tie online and offline data together. |
zip | zip | Used in the Zip code dimension. |