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Ad in pod position

Last update: May 15, 2026

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This page covers the Ad in pod position reporting dimension. See Ad in pod position for how to collect this variable.

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The Ad in pod position dimension reports the zero-indexed position of each ad inside its parent ad break. The first ad in a pod is 0, the second is 1, and so on. Use the dimension to compare engagement and completion by position within an ad break.

How this dimension is populated

Ad in pod position is set by the player on every ad start event.

Reporting system
Source
Adobe Analytics
Automatically collected from context data a.media.ad.podPosition when Media Ads is enabled.
Customer Journey Analytics
mediaReporting.advertisingDetails.podPosition
Data feeds
videoadinpod, post_videoadinpod
Audience Manager
c_contextdata.a.media.ad.podPosition

Dimension items

Each item is the integer position value (0, 1, 2, …) reported on ad start.

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