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Commerce data type

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Commerce is a standard Experience Data Model (XDM) data type that describes the records related to buying and selling.

A diagram of the Commerce data type.

Display name
Property
Data type
Description
Order
order
Order
Describes the placed order for one or more products.
Promotion ID
promotionID
string
A promotion identifier for the placed order, if one exists.
Cart Abandons
cartAbandons
Measure
Describes when a product list has been identified as no longer accessible or purchasable by the user.
Checkouts
checkouts
Measure
An action during the checkout process of a product list. There can be more than one checkout event if there are multiple steps in a checkout process. If there are multiple steps, the event time information and referenced page or experience is used to identify the step and individual events represented in order.
Product List (Cart) Adds
productListAdds
Measure
The addition of a product to the product list, such as a product being added to a shopping cart.
Product List (Cart) Opens
productListOpens
Measure
The initializations of a new product list, such as a shopping cart being created.
Product List (Cart) Removals
productListRemovals
Measure
The removal or removals of a product entry from a product list, such as a product being removed from a shopping cart.
Product List (Cart) Reopens
productListReopens
Measure
A product list that was previously abandoned that has been re-activated by the user.
Product List (Cart) Views
productListViews
Measure
Describes when a view or views of a product list has occurred.View or views of a product-list has occurred.
Product Views
productViews
Measure
Describes when a view or views of an individual product has occurred.
Purchases
purchases
Measure
Used to track when an order has been accepted. The purchase event is the only required action in a commerce conversion. The purchase event must have a product list referenced.
Save For Laters
saveForLaters
Measure
Describes when a product list is saved for future use, such as a wish list.
In Store Purchase
inStorePurchase
Measure
Indicates an ‘inStore’ purchase. This information is saved for analytics use.
Cart
cart
cart
The properties of the cart that contains one or more products.
Shipping
shipping
shipping
The shipping details for one or more products.
Billing
billing
billing
The billing details for one or more payments.
Instant Purchase
instantPurchase
Measure
Describes when a product has been purchased instantly, potentially skipping the cart or checkout.
Requisition List Opens
requisitionListOpens
Measure
Indicates the initialization of a new requisition list.
Requisition List Deletes
requisitionListDeletes
Measure
Indicates the removal of requisition list.
Requisition List Adds
requisitionListAdds
Measure
Indicates the addition of a product(s) to a requisition list.
Requisition List Removals
requisitionListRemovals
Measure
Indicates the removal of a product(s) from a requisition product list.
Requisition List
requisitionList
requisitionlist
The properties of requisition list created by the customer.
Scope
commerceScope
commercescope
The commerce scope identifiers of where an event occurred (store view, store, website, etc.).

billing data type billing

billing is a standard Experience Data Model (XDM) data type that contains information about billing details. Specifically, it focuses on the billing address.

A diagram of the billing data type.

Display name
Property
Data type
Description
Billing Address
address
Postal Address
The billing address.

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

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