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Content name

Last update: May 28, 2026

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This page covers data collection for the Content name variable. See Content name for the corresponding reporting dimension.

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The content name variable is the human-readable title of the content (for example, "Blinding Light"). It is optional but strongly recommended. In the XDM schema it maps to friendlyName (not name; name holds the Content ID).

Property
Value
Context data variable
a.media.friendlyName
XDM collection field
xdm.mediaCollection.sessionDetails.friendlyName
Audience Manager trait
c_contextdata.a.media.friendlyName
Required
No
Sent with
Session start, session close
Web SDK

Set friendlyName inside xdm.mediaCollection.sessionDetails when calling sendEvent:

code language-javascript 
alloy("sendEvent", {
  xdm: {
    eventType: "media.sessionStart",
    mediaCollection: {
      sessionDetails: {
        name: "video-123",
        friendlyName: "Blinding Light",
        length: 128,
        contentType: "vod",
        playerName: "HTML5 Player",
        channel: "Sports",
        streamType: "video"
      },
      playhead: 0
    }
  }
});
iOS

Pass the human-readable name as the first (name) argument to createMediaObject. The second argument is the Content ID.

code language-swift 
let mediaObject = Media.createMediaObjectWith(name: "Blinding Light",
                                                id: "video-123",
                                            length: 128,
                                        streamType: MediaConstants.StreamType.VOD,
                                         mediaType: MediaType.Video)

tracker.trackSessionStart(info: mediaObject, metadata: nil)
Android

Pass the human-readable name as the first (name) argument to createMediaObject. The second argument is the Content ID.

code language-kotlin 
var mediaInfo = Media.createMediaObject("Blinding Light",
                                        "video-123",
                                        128,
                                        MediaConstants.StreamType.VOD,
                                        Media.MediaType.Video)

tracker.trackSessionStart(mediaInfo, null)
Roku

Set friendlyName inside xdm.mediaCollection.sessionDetails when calling createMediaSession:

code language-brightscript 
m.aepSdk.createMediaSession({
    "xdm": {
        "eventType": "media.sessionStart",
        "mediaCollection": {
            "sessionDetails": {
                "name": "video-123",
                "friendlyName": "Blinding Light",
                "length": 128,
                "contentType": "vod",
                "playerName": "Roku Player",
                "channel": "Sports",
                "streamType": "video"
            },
            "playhead": 0
        }
    }
})
Media Edge API

Call the sessionStart endpoint with friendlyName inside xdm.mediaCollection.sessionDetails:

code language-json 
{
  "events": [{
    "xdm": {
      "eventType": "media.sessionStart",
      "mediaCollection": {
        "sessionDetails": {
          "name": "video-123",
          "friendlyName": "Blinding Light",
          "length": 128,
          "contentType": "vod",
          "playerName": "HTML5 Player",
          "channel": "Sports"
        },
        "playhead": 0
      }
    }
  }]
}

Legacy implementation types (Analytics-only)

Media SDK JS 3.x

Pass the human-readable name as the first argument to ADB.Media.createMediaObject:

code language-javascript 
var mediaInfo = ADB.Media.createMediaObject(
  "Blinding Light",    // name (friendly name)
  "video-123",              // media ID
  128,
  ADB.Media.StreamType.VOD,
  ADB.Media.MediaType.Video
);

tracker.trackSessionStart(mediaInfo, contextData);
Chromecast

Pass the human-readable name as the first argument to ADBMobile.media.createMediaObject:

code language-javascript 
var mediaInfo = ADBMobile.media.createMediaObject(
  "Blinding Light",
  "video-123",
  128,
  ADBMobile.media.StreamType.VOD,
  ADBMobile.media.MediaType.Video
);
ADBMobile.media.trackSessionStart(mediaInfo, null);
Media Collection API

Include media.name in the params object of your sessionStart POST request:

code language-json 
{
  "playerTime": { "playhead": 0, "ts": 1699523820000 },
  "eventType": "sessionStart",
  "params": {
    "media.name": "Blinding Light"
  }
}

See the Media Collection API sessions reference for the full request structure.

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