Session Details Reporting data type

Session Details Reporting is a standard Experience Data Model (XDM) data type that tracks data related to media playback sessions.
Media reporting fields are used by Adobe services to analyze the media collection fields sent by users. This data, alongside other specific user metrics, are computed and reported upon. The schema encompasses a wide range of properties that provide insights into user behavior and content consumption patterns. Use the Session Details Reporting data type to capture user engagement by logging playback events, ad interactions, progress markers, pauses, and other metrics.

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Each display name contains a link to further information on its audio and video parameters. The linked pages contain details on the video ad data collected by Adobe, implementation values, network parameters, reporting, and important considerations.
Display name
Property
Data type
Description
10% Progress Marker
hasProgress10
Boolean
Indicates that the playhead passed the 10% marker of media based on stream length. The marker is only counted once, even if seeking backward. If seeking forward, markers that are skipped are not counted.
25% Progress Marker
hasProgress25
Boolean
Indicates that the playhead passed the 25% marker of media based on stream length. Marker only counted once, even if seeking backward. If seeking forward, markers that are skipped are not counted.
50% Progress Marker
hasProgress50
Boolean
Indicates that the playhead passed the 50% marker of media based on stream length. Marker only counted once, even if seeking backward. If seeking forward, markers that are skipped are not counted.
75% Progress Marker
hasProgress75
Boolean
Indicates that the playhead passed the 75% marker of media based on stream length. Marker only counted once, even if seeking backward. If seeking forward, markers that are skipped are not counted.
95% Progress Marker
hasProgress95
Boolean
Indicates that the playhead passed the 95% marker of media based on stream length. Marker only counted once, even if seeking backward. If seeking forward, markers that are skipped are not counted.
Ad Count
adCount
Integer
The number of ads started during the playback.
Ad Load Type
adLoad
String
The type of ad loaded as defined by each customer’s internal representation.
Album
album
String
The name of the album that the music recording or video belongs to.
Artist
artist
String
The name of the album artist or group performing the music recording or video.
Asset ID
assetID
String
The Asset ID is the unique identifier for the content of the media asset, such as the TV series episode identifier, movie asset identifier, or live event identifier. Typically these IDs are derived from metadata authorities such as EIDR, TMS/Gracenote, or Rovi. These identifiers can also be from other proprietary or in-house systems.
Author
author
String
The name of the media author.
Average Minute Audience
averageMinuteAudience
Number Describes the average content time spent for a specific media item - that is, the total content time spent divided by the length of all of the playback sessions.
Broadcast Content Type
contentType
String
The Broadcast Content Type of the stream delivery. Available values per Stream Type include:
Audio: “song”, “podcast”, “audiobook”, and “radio”;
Video: “VoD”, “Live”, “Linear”, “UGC”, and “DVoD”.
Customers can provide custom values for this parameter.
Broadcast Network
network
String
The network/channel name.
Chapter Count
chapterCount
Integer
The number of chapters started during the playback.
Content Channel
channel
String
The Content Channel is the distribution channel from where the content was played.
Content Completes
isCompleted
Boolean
Content Completes indicates if a timed media asset was watched to completion. This event does not necessarily mean that the viewer watched the whole video; the viewer could have skipped ahead.
Content Delivery Network
cdn
String
The Content Delivery Network of the content played.
Content ID
name
String
The Content ID is a unique identifier of the content. It can be used to link back to other industry or CMS IDs.
Content Name
friendlyName
String
The Content Name is the “friendly” (human-readable) name of the content.
Content Player Name
playerName
String
The name of the content player.
Content Starts
isPlayed
Boolean
Content Starts becomes true when the first frame of media is consumed. If the user drops during an ad, buffering, and so on, then there would be no Content Starts event.
Content Time Spent
timePlayed
Integer
Content Time Spent sums the event duration (in seconds) for all events of type PLAY on the main content.
Creator Name
originator
String
The name of the content creator.
Day Part
dayPart
String
A property that defines the time of the day when the content was broadcast or played. This could have any value set as necessary by customers
Episode Number
episode
String
The number of the episode.
Estimated Streams
estimatedStreams
Number
The estimated number of video or audio streams for each individual piece of content.
Federated Data
isFederated
Boolean
Federated Data is set to true when the hit is federated (that is, received by the customer as part of a federated data share, rather than their own implementation).
Feed Type
feed
String
The type of feed, which can either represent actual feed-related data such as EAST HD or SD, or the source of the feed like a URL.
First Air Date
firstAirDate
String
The date when the content first aired on television. Any date format is acceptable, but Adobe recommends: YYYY-MM-DD.
First Digital Date
firstDigitalDate
String
The date when the content first aired on any digital channel or platform. Any date format is acceptable but Adobe recommends: YYYY-MM-DD.
Genre
genre
String
The type or grouping of content as defined by the content producer. Values should be comma-delimited in variable implementation.
Media Authorized
authorized
String
Confirms whether the user has been authorized via Adobe authentication.
Media Content Length
length
Integer
YES
Media Downloaded Flag
isDownloaded
Boolean
The stream was played locally on the device after being downloaded.
Media Segment Views
hasSegmentView
Boolean
Media Segment Views indicates when at least one frame, not necessarily the first, has been viewed.
Media Session ID
ID
String
The Media Session ID identifies an instance of a content stream unique to an individual playback.
Note:sessionId is sent on all events, except for sessionStart and for all downloaded events.__
Media Session Server Timeout
secondsSinceLastCall
Number The Media Session Server Timeout indicates the amount of time, in seconds, that passed between the user’s last known interaction and the moment the session was closed.
Media Starts
isViewed
Boolean
The load event for the media. This occurs when the viewer selects the play button. This counts even if there are pre-roll ads, buffering, errors, and so on.
Media Time Spent
totalTimePlayed
Integer
Describes the total amount of time spent by a user on a specific timed media asset, which includes time spent watching ads.
MVPD Identifier
mvpd
String
The MVPD Identifier that was provided via Adobe authentication.
Pause Events
pauseCount
Integer
Pause Events counts the number of pause periods that occurred during playback.
Pause Impacted Streams
hasPauseImpactedStreams
Boolean Indicates if one or more pauses occurred during the playback of a single media item.
Pccr
pccr
Boolean
Pccr indicates that a redirect occurred.
Pev3
pev3
String
Pev3 is the type of media stream used for reporting.
Publisher
publisher
String
The name of the audio content publisher.
Radio Station
station
String
The radio station name on which the audio is played.
Rating Value
rating
String
The rating as defined by TV Parental Guidelines.
Record Label
label
String
The name of the record label.
Resume
hasResume
Boolean
Marks each playback that was resumed after more than 30 minutes of buffer, pause, or stall period.
Season Number
season
String
The Season Number that the show belongs to. Season Series is required only if the show is part of a series.
Series Name
show
String
The Program/Series Name. The Program Name is required only if the show is part of a series.
Show Type
showType
String
The type of content, for example, trailer or full episode.
Stream Format
streamFormat
String
The format of the stream (HD, SD).
Stream Type
streamType
String
The type of the media stream.
Total Pause Duration
pauseTime
Integer
Total Pause Duration describes the duration in seconds in which playback was paused by the user.
Unique Time Played
uniqueTimePlayed
Integer
Describes the sum of the unique intervals seen by a user on a timed media asset - that is, the length playback intervals viewed multiple times are only counted once.
Version
appVersion
String
The SDK version used by the player. This could have any custom value that makes sense for your player.
Video Segment
segment
String
The interval that describes the part of the content that has been viewed in minutes.
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