Introduction: The requirement is to use a value in both a prop (for pathing reports) and an eVar (for persistence) while minimizing the size of the server call.

Explanation of Methods:

A. A VISTA rule to copy the prop value to the eVar:

VISTA (Visitor Identification, Segmentation & Transformation Architecture) rules are server-side rules that can copy values between variables. However, they are complex, incur additional costs, and do not reduce server call size.

To capture and analyze the contribution of news sections to conversions, the following steps should be taken:

Assign a custom eVar to capture the news section value: This allows for tracking which news sections users engage with.

Enable linear attribution to the eVar: Linear attribution ensures that all news sections engaged with during a session are credited proportionally for any conversions, providing a more balanced view of their contribution.

Expire the eVar after the visit: This ensures that the attribution is relevant to the current session and does not carry over to future sessions, maintaining accuracy in conversion analysis.

This approach provides a clear and comprehensive understanding of how different news sections contribute to conversions.

Processing Rules in Adobe Analytics are versatile and can be used for various purposes:

Clean up misspelled site sections: Corrects misspelled values in data collection to ensure accurate reporting.

Populate campaign with a query string parameter: Extracts query string parameters and uses them to populate campaign variables.

Copy an eVar into a prop to see pathing: Allows copying values from an eVar to a prop to enable pathing analysis on that variable.

These rules help maintain data quality and flexibility in reporting.

Custom success events in Adobe Analytics are specific to the business goals and can vary widely depending on the site’s purpose. Examples of such events typically include actions that are significant indicators of user engagement or progress through a conversion funnel:

Cart Adds: Tracking how often users add items to their cart.

Form Completions: Monitoring the number of users who complete and submit forms on the site.

These are distinct from more generic metrics like purchases or checkouts which are often predefined standard events in many analytics implementations.

 Business Requirement: The company wants to track shares of blog posts to social networks and report on the total number of shares and the specific networks used.

 Variables and Metrics Needed:

eVar for "Blog Post Title": Captures the title of the blog post being shared.

eVar for "Blog Share Social Network": Captures the social network to which the post is shared.

Event for "Blog Shares": Captures the number of times a post is shared.

 Explanation:

eVar for "Blog Post Title": This variable allows reporting on the specific blog posts being shared.

eVar for "Blog Share Social Network": This variable tracks which social networks the posts are shared to, enabling detailed reporting.

Event for "Blog Shares": This metric captures the total number of shares, providing a quantifiable measure of sharing activity.

 Verification: According to Adobe Analytics best practices for tracking social sharing, using specific eVars for post titles and social networks along with an event for total shares ensures comprehensive reporting (Adobe Analytics Implementation Guide).

The issue in the original code lies in the incorrect placement of the event syntax. In Adobe Analytics, when defining events in the product string, the correct format must be followed to ensure the event is captured properly. Specifically, there needs to be a double semicolon (;;) before the event definition.

The corrected codes.products = ";car stereo;1 ;820;;event100=23"ensures that the event is recognized correctly by Adobe Analytics.