Collecting Data

The Lytics JavaScript tag makes collecting behavioral data about your website visitors easy. By installing our tag, you will automatically begin to collect page-level information such as URL, referrals, and browser data. This is what ultimately unlocks the power of a user's content affinity. In addition to page-level data, custom data can be collected to further expand user profiles and support use cases.

NOTE: Please ensure that you have access to an experienced JavaScript developer. Though most installations are straight forward, Lytics Support may not be able to make recommendations or provide troubleshooting assistance as we do not have domain knowledge or access to your web property's unique source code.

• What data is collected?
• Page Views
• Events
  • Example User Data
  • Example Conversion Data
  • Example Event Data
• Advanced Options

The following raw fields are included along with any collect event managed by the Lytics JavaScript tag.

By default, an initial page view will be captured each time the browser fully loads a new URL. This ensures that you are collecting the base behavior out-of-the-box. Alternatively, you can capture a page view manually at any point during a session by calling the pageView method.

jstag.pageView();

In addition to page views, the Lytics tag makes collecting arbitrary custom events easy. This is useful when it comes to user actions such as clicks, form submissions, purchases, etc. Regardless of the reason for collecting, the send method can be leveraged to pass any valid JavaScript object to Lytics.

jstag.send({name:"Jon"});

In the above example we are simply passing the key of name to Lytics with a value of Jon to the default data stream. Of course, this is a basic example and something more realistic might be represented by the following examples.

jstag.send({
  userid: "1234",
  facebook_id: "abc123",
  twitter_id: "def123",
  linkedin_id: "hij123",
  email: "[email protected]",
  name: "Jon Snow",
  first_name: "Jon",
  last_name: "Snow",
  title: "King in the North",
  company: "House Stark",
  phone: "555-555-5555",
  cell: "555-555-5555",
  age: 21,
  gender: "m",
  city: "Winterfell",
  state: "Westeros",
  country: "IE",
  zip: "55555",
  origin: "organic",
  status: "known"
});

jstag.send({
  event: "conversion",                
  campaign_id: "someconversionid",    
  variation_id: "somevariationid",    
  currency: "USD",                    
  value: 25.99                        
});

jstag.send({
  event: "rescued sansa"
});

In addition to a JavaScript object payload, all Lytics JavaScript tag collection methods accept three optional parameters. These should only be implemented by advanced users who fully understand the implications of using custom streams within Lytics or require feedback on asynchronous actions.

jstag.send(STREAM, PAYLOAD, CALLBACK);
jstag.pageView(STREAM, PAYLOAD, CALLBACK);