Audience Manager uses multiple IDs to identify and manage the data you send to it. Refer to this article for the complete list of Audience Manager IDs, together with examples of the prefixes you should use them with.
While you can refer to most of these IDs by their standalone names, most of them are meant to be used with various prefixes, when passing in data through DCS calls. Some of these IDs are used by Audience Manager without being exposed to users, while others are also visible in the user interface (UI).
ID
Name and Description
Usage and Examples
User Interface Location
AAM UUID
Adobe Audience Manager Unique User ID, also known as Device ID. A numerical, 38-digit device ID that Audience Manager associates to each device it interacts with. Think of this ID whenever you see a mention of unique users in the Audience Manager UI. Audience Manager saves this ID as a cookie in the demdex.net
3rd party domain.
In DCS calls, uuid
is preceded by the d_
prefix.
Example: d_uuid = 07955261652886032950143702505894272138
ImsOrgId
Organization ID. This is the ID that a company is provided with upon signing up for an Experience Cloud account.
5DC5123F5245B1D20A490D46@AdobeOrg
Not visible in the Audience Manager user interface. To learn how you can find your company’s Organization ID, read
Find your Organization ID.
PID
Partner ID. The PID is a company’s ID in Audience Manager. Audience Manager associates an imsOrgId to a PID.
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Not visible in the Audience Manager user interface.
ECID, MID
Experience Cloud ID. The Experience Cloud ID (ECID, legacy abbreviations MID or MCID) is derived mathematically from your Organization ID and the Audience Manager Unique User ID. As long as these IDs remain constant, generating the right ECID for a specific user is simply a math problem. With the same Organization ID and Audience Manager UUID you get the same ECID value every time. You can read more about the ECID in the
Cookies and Experience Cloud ID documentation.
mid = 08382830887934830189014177072406221371
Not visible in the Audience Manager user interface.
SID
Trait ID. The Trait ID uniquely identifies traits in the Audience Manager environment.
In DCS calls, SID
is preceded by the d_
prefix.
Example d_sid=289983
.
A Trait ID is assigned to each trait, and visible in the user interface, in the
Traits page.
SID
Segment ID. The Segment ID uniquely identifies segments in the Audience Manager environment.
In DCS calls, SID
is preceded by the d_
prefix.
Example d_sid=4798574
.
A Segment ID is assigned to each segment, and visible in the user interface, in the
Segments page.
csegID
Legacy Segment ID. This ID uniquely identifies segments in the Audience Manager environment.
741232
A Legacy Segment ID is assigned to each segment, and visible in the user interface, in the
Segments page.
destID
Destination ID. The Destination ID uniquely identifies destinations in the Audience Manager environment. An ID is assigned to each destination in the user interface.
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A Destination ID is assigned to each destination, and visible in the user interface, in the
Destinations page.
DPID
Data Source ID (also referred to as Data Provider ID). The Data Source ID is a namespace for IDs or traits. An ID is assigned to each data source (data provider) in the user interface.
In DCS calls, dpid
is preceded by the d_
prefix.
Example: d_dpid=39217
.
A Data Provider ID is assigned to each data source, and visible in the user interface, in the
Data Sources page.
DPUUID
Data Provider Unique User ID, also referred to as CRM ID or Cross-Device ID. A third-party ID. This is the ID by which you identify end users in your own CRM system. You can sync DPUUIDs with Audience Manager UUIDs and you can sync DPUUIDs from your different Data Sources (DPIDs) in the ID synchronization process.
In DCS callls, dpuuid
is preceded by the d_
prefix.
Example d_dpuuid=2132-3423vn-343fds-3432r
.
CRM ID
See DPUUID
.
See DPUUID
.
See DPUUID
.
CID, CID_IC
Customer ID, Customer ID Integration Code. The CID and CID_IC key-value pairs replace DPID and DPUUID. They provide the same functions as the DPID and DPUUID, but are more efficient because they include the data provider ID and user ID (or integration code) in a single key-value pair.
In DCS calls, these IDs are preceded by the d_
prefix.
Example: d_cid_ic=39217_myIntegrationCode
.
See DPID
and DPUUID
.
DAID
Device Advertising ID. An ID unique to each hardware device, to be used for advertising purposes. Usually provided by the manufacturer of the device or device operating system.