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Environment data type

Last update: Fri Jan 31 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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Environment is a standard XDM data type that describes the surrounding environment of an observed event, specifically detailing transitory information such as network and software versions.

IMPORTANT
All values should be aligned with the DeviceAtlas database, licensed by Adobe.

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Property
Data type
Description
_dc
Object
An object that contains a single field, language, which indicates the language of the environment to represent the user’s linguistic, geographical, or cultural preferences for data presentation. Languages are specified in language code as defined in IETF RFC 3066.
browserDetails
Browser details
Describes the browser-specific details of the environment, such as browser name, version, JavaScript version, user agent string, and accept language.
ISP
String
The name of the user’s internet service provider.
carrier
String
The name of the mobile network carrier or MNO (also known as a wireless service provider, wireless carrier, cellular company, or mobile network carrier) that sells and delivers communication services to to the user.
colorDepth
Integer
The number of bits used for each color component of a single pixel.
connectionType
String

The internet connection type. Accepted values include:

  • dialup
  • isdn
  • bisdn
  • dsl
  • cable
  • wireless_wifi
  • mobile
  • mobile_edge
  • mobile_2g
  • mobile_3g
  • mobile_lte
  • t1
  • t3
  • oc3
  • lan
  • modem
domain
String
The domain of the user’s ISP.
ipV4
String
The numerical label assigned to a device participating in a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication (32-bit).
ipV6
String
The numerical label assigned to a device participating in a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication (128-bit).
operatingSystem
String
The name of the operating system used when the observation was made. The attribute should not contain any version information such as 10.5.3, but instead contain “edition” designations such as Ultimate or Professional.
operatingSystemVendor
String
The name of the operating system vendor used when the observation was made.
operatingSystemVersion
String
The full version identifier for the operating system used when the observation was made. Versions are generally numerically composed but may be in a vendor-defined format.
type
String
The type of the application environment. See the appendix for accepted values.
viewportHeight
Integer
The vertical size in pixels of the window the experience was displayed inside. For a web-view event, this is the browser viewport height.
viewPortWidth
Integer
The horizontal size in pixels of the window the experience was displayed inside. For a web-view event, this is the browser viewport width.

For more details on the data type, refer to the public XDM repository:

Appendix

The following section contains additional information about the Device data type.

Accepted values for type type

The following table outlines the accepted values for type and their associated meanings:

Value
Description
browser
Browser
application
Application
iot
Internet of things
external
External system
widget
Application extension
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