User Detected

[davisbradleyj]

Summary of Questions for Data Layer Review

user_data.user_country - This can be an optional field

[dirkkelly]

Hi @davisbradleyj and a happy new year.

I have begun implementation and have a question about page_data being reset with the user_detected call

If we implement in this manner we get the following stack trace.

The detect user method clears out the page data before the history change triggered by page_view of the page load completed. If we don't include the page_data reset in user detected, eg:

Then the following stack trace occurs, which means the page_load_completed event contains the relevant page data.

Am I misunderstanding the process here, do we only need the page_data for the original page_load_started call?

Additionally I noticed that page_load_staretd sets the user_type where as user_detected sets the type, are both meant to be present or just one?

Cheers,
Dirk

[davisbradleyj]

Hi @dirkkelly,

We should probably not be clearing the page_data object with User Detected, as that information should be appended within the user_data object. I can have that line removed from the data layer today.

In the event that there is no User Detected event firing, you would still want some categorization of the user type, which is why we recommend a user_data type parameter be present in Page Load Started. If you expect User Detected to fire at all times, then yes, this may be redundant.

Best,
Brad

[dirkkelly]

Great thanks for clarifying @davisbradleyj 👍