
This makes the first element in an array appear like a standalone data field. See also, Cookies and the Adobe Experience Platform Identity Serviceįor field descriptions, see Customer Data Feed Contents Defined.ĬDF file data appears in the order shown below.Īrrays in a CDF file start and end with the Ctrl + a field separator. N may appear in place of any of these fields, indicating a null value. This means the technical design of your file parsing system should not assume a fixed number of columns (though it may assume a fixed order for existing columns).ĭata in your CDF file appears in the order shown below. Important: Audience Manager reserves the right to add new fields to the end of the CDF file in future releases.

These non-printing characters define the elements and structure of your CDF file: Understanding the field identifiers and order will help you parse the file properly. Also, the CDF file lists each field and array in a specific order. Instead, a CDF file defines fields and arrays with non-printing ASCII characters. Data Field Identifiers and SequenceĬDF files do not contain labeled columns or field headers. This includes data sequence, field delimiters and separators, a data file map, and sample file. Lists and defines the data structure of a CDF file. See also, Cookies and theAdobe Experience Platform Identity Service.Īn array of segment IDs that contains previously realized segments and new segments the visitor is qualified for.Īn array of first and third-party trait IDs that contains previously realized traits and new traits the visitor has qualified for since the last generated data feed. The Experience Cloud ID (MID) assigned to the site visitor. The IP address for the visitor captured in the event call. The unencoded URL of the referring page (if any). Note that the array can contain traits for which the visitor had qualified before and for which they re-qualify through this event call.Īn array of segment IDs that contains all the segments a visitor realized (qualified for) in the event call.Ī string that captures all the parameters (variables, IDs, key-value pairs, device advertising IDs, etc.) passed in on the event call.ĭ_rtbd:json,c_contextData.a.CarrierName:mobile,c_contextData.a.adid:92D56353-49C5-431E-B474-FC528D585810,c_contextData.a,RunMode:Application,c_contextData.a.DaysSinceLastUpgrade:61,d_cid_ic:xid%01EACB6E40-AC65-4012-9FE9-ABD59965E9C4%011,c_contextData.a.PrevSessionLength:583 The ID of the container that fires ID syncs.Īn array of trait IDs that contains all the traits a visitor realized (qualified for) in the event call. See also, Index of IDs in Audience Manager. This is the Unique User ID (UUID), which is a 38-digit device ID for your site visitor. See also, Customer Data Feed File Name Times and File Content Times. Related to the DCS hour in the file name.The time of the page event or the event call itself, although it may be close to those times.The timestamp uses the yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss format and is set in the UTC time zone. The time a CDF file was processed by the Data Collection Servers (DCS). For information about internal file organization, see Customer Data Feed File Structure. DefinitionsĪ CDF file includes some or all of the fields defined below. Definitions include data types, but this information is not part of a CDF file.


Lists and defines the data elements and arrays in a CDF file, by order of appearance. The sections below and the Customer Data Feed FAQ can help you become more familiar with this service. See Customer Data Feed File Processing Notifications. You’re responsible for monitoring and downloading files from your assigned S3 directory. You will not be able to see or access directories and files that belong to other customers.įile notifications and CDF files will appear in your S3 bucket when they’re ready for download. Provide read-only S3 authentication credentials to your file storage bucket.During implementation, your Audience Manager representative will: Contact your Audience Manager consultant or Customer Care to get started. There is no self-service process to start CDF file delivery. You should not use CDF files as a proxy to monitor page traffic, reconcile report discrepancies, or for billing, etc.Audience Manager currently does not support functionality in the user interface to request CDF file delivery export permission from Third-Party Data Providers, so please reach out to them independently. Prior to setting up CDF file delivery, please ensure you have the appropriate permissions from third-party data providers for the export of third-party traits.Note the following restrictions when working with CDF files:
