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Adobe Analytics walkthrough

Prerequisites

An Adobe Analytics connection.

Pulling data from Adobe Analytics using Data Integration

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the Data Integration console.

  2. Select Create New River from top right-hand corner.

  3. Choose Data Source to Target as your river type.

  4. In the General Info tab, name your river, describe it, and choose a group.

  5. Click the Source tab.

  6. Find and select Adobe Analytics in the list of data sources.

  7. Under Source Connection, select a connection, or create a new one.

  8. Select a report type:

    • Analytics: Adobe Analytics' API is the main feature. Use it to build a report on your data.
    • Users: Retrieves your Company's users' data.

    Analytics Report:

    1. Choose a Report Suite.

    2. Choose the metrics.

    3. Choose dimensions. Leave this field empty to run the report without dimensions and get totals on the metrics for the selected time range.

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Selecting more dimensions (or dimensions with more elements) causes the report to run longer. Choosing too many dimensions may also result in an error message stating that the report takes too long to execute.

  1. Select the time period of the report. The reports support two kinds of time period:

  • Date range

    • Pulls data in the date range between the start and end date provided, including the end date. You must select a start date.
    • Leaving the end date empty pulls data according to the current river run time.
    • Select a timezone offset to send dates based on the offset.
    • Use the Last Days Back For Each Run to expand the start date and pull data from a specified number of days before the chosen start date.

  • Predefined date: A date range defined by Data Integration

    • Day: Yesterday.
    • Week (From Monday to Sunday): Week to date, Previous week, Previous week to date.
    • Month: Month to date, Previous month, Previous month to date.
    • Year: Year to date.
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