Analytics for Target (A4T) reporting

Last update: July 17, 2023

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  • Developer

Adobe Target supports A4T reporting for both on-device decisioning and server-side Target activities. There are two configuration options for enabling A4T reporting:

  • Adobe Target automatically forwards the analytics payload to Adobe Analytics, or
  • The user requests the analytics payload from Adobe Target. (Adobe Target returns the Adobe Analytics payload back to the caller.)
NOTE
On-device decisioning only supports A4T reporting of which Adobe Target automatically forwards the analytics payload to Adobe Analytics. Retrieving the analytics payload from Adobe Target is not supported.

Pre-requisites

  1. Configure the activity in the Adobe Target UI with Adobe Analytics as the reporting source, and ensure the accounts are enabled for A4T.
  2. The API user generates the Adobe Marketing Cloud Visitor ID and ensures this ID is available when the Target request is executed.

Adobe Target automatically forwards the Analytics payload

Adobe Target can automatically forward the analytics payload to Adobe Analytics if the following identifiers are provided:

  1. supplementalDataId: The ID that is utilized to stitch between Adobe Analytics and Adobe Target. In order for Adobe Target and Adobe Analytics to correctly stitch data together, the same supplementalDataId needs to be passed to both Adobe Target and Adobe Analytics.
  2. trackingServer: The Adobe Analytics Server.
const TargetClient = require("@adobe/target-nodejs-sdk");

const CONFIG = {
  client: "acmeclient",
  organizationId: "1234567890@AdobeOrg"
};

const targetClient = TargetClient.create(CONFIG);

targetClient.getOffers({
  request: {
    id: {
      marketingCloudVisitorId : "2304820394812039",
      tntId: "d359234570e044f14e1faeeba02d6ab23439914e.35_0",
      thirdPartyId:"23423432"
    },
    experienceCloud: {
      analytics: {
        logging: "server_side",
        supplementalDataId: "7D3AA246CC99FD7F-1B3DD2E75595498E",
        trackingServer: "jimsbrims.sc.omtrds.net"
      }
    },
    execute: {
      mboxes: [{
        name: "some-mbox"
      }]
    }
  }
})
.then(console.log)
.catch(console.error);

ClientConfig config = ClientConfig.builder()
  .client("acmeclient")
  .organizationId("1234567890@AdobeOrg")
  .build();
TargetClient targetClient = TargetClient.create(config);

VisitorId id = new VisitorId()
  .tntId("d359234570e044f14e1faeeba02d6ab23439914e.35_0")
  .thirdPartyId("B234A029348")
  .marketingCloudVisitorId("10527837386392355901041112038610706884");
Context context = new Context().channel(ChannelType.WEB);
MboxRequest mbox = new MboxRequest()
  .name("some-mbox")
  .index(0);
ExecuteRequest executeRequest = new ExecuteRequest()
  .mboxes(Arrays.asList(mbox));

AnalyticsRequest analyticsRequest =
    new AnalyticsRequest()
        .trackingServer("jimsbrims.sc.omtrds.net")
        .logging(LoggingType.SERVER_SIDE)
        .supplementalDataId("7D3AA246CC99FD7F-1B3DD2E75595498E");
ExperienceCloud expCloud =
    new ExperienceCloud()
        .setAnalytics(analyticsRequest);

TargetDeliveryRequest request = TargetDeliveryRequest.builder()
  .context(context)
  .execute(executeRequest)
  .experienceCloud(expCloud)
  .build();

TargetDeliveryResponse offers = targetClient.getOffers(request);

User retrieves analytics payload from Adobe Target

A user can retrieve the Adobe Analytics payload for a given mbox, then send it to Adobe Analytics via the Data Insertion API. When an Adobe Target request is fired, pass client_side to the logging field in the request. This will return a payload if the specified mbox is present in an activity that is using Analytics as the reporting source.

const TargetClient = require("@adobe/target-nodejs-sdk");
const CONFIG = {
  client: "acmeclient",
  organizationId: "1234567890@AdobeOrg"
};
const targetClient = TargetClient.create(CONFIG);
targetClient.getOffers({
  request: {
    id: {
      marketingCloudVisitorId : "2304820394812039",
      tntId: "d359234570e044f14e1faeeba02d6ab23439914e.35_0",
      thirdPartyId:"23423432"
    },
    experienceCloud: {
      analytics: {
        logging: "client_side"
      }
    },
    execute: {
      mboxes: [{
        name: "some-mbox"
      }]
    }
  }
})
.then(console.log)
.catch(console.error);

ClientConfig config = ClientConfig.builder()
  .client("acmeclient")
  .organizationId("1234567890@AdobeOrg")
  .build();
TargetClient targetClient = TargetClient.create(config);

VisitorId id = new VisitorId()
  .tntId("d359234570e044f14e1faeeba02d6ab23439914e.35_0")
  .thirdPartyId("B234A029348")
  .marketingCloudVisitorId("10527837386392355901041112038610706884");
Context context = new Context().channel(ChannelType.WEB);
MboxRequest mbox = new MboxRequest()
  .name("some-mbox")
  .index(0);
ExecuteRequest executeRequest = new ExecuteRequest()
  .mboxes(Arrays.asList(mbox));

AnalyticsRequest analyticsRequest =
    new AnalyticsRequest()
        .logging(LoggingType.CLIENT_SIDE);
ExperienceCloud expCloud =
    new ExperienceCloud()
        .setAnalytics(analyticsRequest);

TargetDeliveryRequest request = TargetDeliveryRequest.builder()
  .context(context)
  .execute(executeRequest)
  .experienceCloud(expCloud)
  .build();

TargetDeliveryResponse offers = targetClient.getOffers(request);

Once you have specified logging = client_side, you will receive the payload in the mbox field.

If the response from Target contains anything in the analytics -> payload property, forward it as it is to Adobe Analytics. Adobe Analytics knows how to process this payload. This can be done in a GET request using the following format:

https://{datacollectionhost.sc.omtrdc.net}/b/ss/{rsid}/0/CODEVERSION?pe=tnt&tnta={payload}&mid={mid}&vid={vid}&aid={aid}

Query String Parameters and Variables

Field NameRequiredDescription
rsidYesThe report suite ID
peYesPage event. Always set to tnt
tntaYesAnalytics payload returned by Target server in analytics -> payload -> tnta
midYesMarketing Cloud Visitor ID

Required Header Values

Header NameHeader Value
HostAnalytics data collection server (eg: adobeags421.sc.omtrdc.net)

Sample A4T Data Insertion HTTP Get Call

https://demo.sc.omtrdc.net/b/ss/myCustomRsid/0/MOBILE-1.0?pe=tnt&tnta=285408:0:0|2&mid=2304820394812039
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