Configure data collection

Last update: October 2, 2023

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Follow the steps in the Data Collection diagram to ensure that all necessary tasks needed for data collection are executed in the correct sequence.

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The data layer is ready during page load or the data layer change after page load.

If you have already mapped data during the initialize SDK phase, you must execute the steps in this diagram if:

Your data layer is augmented in any way on the same page and you want to send that additional data to Target
You want to send product-catalog data to Target Recommendations

Collect data diagram

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Data Collection diagram

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This step helps ensure that all the data that must be sent to Adobe Target is set.

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Configure data mapping diagram

Prerequisites

Readings

targetPageParams function

Actions

Use the targetPageParams() function to set all the required data that must be sent to Target.

Link to entity attributes to update the product catalog for Target Recommendations.

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Readings

Considerations

An alternate way to pass entity attributes is to update the product catalog in the Target UI to use Recommendations product feeds.
Passing entity attributes is applicable only on pages where product-catalog data is available in the data layer.
Passing the entity.event.detailsOnly=true parameter in any call takes priority.