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andreis65119307
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How can I overwrite the referrer with an empty string

  • May 10, 2021
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Hi,

When a visitor types the URL of page A in the browser a redirect occurs to the page B.
On the B page the URL is b/?ref= and document.referrer=A

I set s.referrer = s.Util.getQueryParam("ref"); however since it's an empty string the value from document.referrer shows up.

Any advice?

Thank You!

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Best answer by PratheepArunRaj

Dear Andre,

That's the expected behavior if it is a server redirection. This is because AA referrer will not be set automatically on Page A but only on Page B where the document.referrer is Page A.

For page-level redirections, if the Adobe Analytics call was triggered before the redirection, the AA referrer value will be empty and thus you will see an empty value at the landing page (Here, Page B).

Thank You, Pratheep Arun Raj B | Xerago | Terryn Winter Analytics

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jantzen_b
jantzen_b
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May 24, 2021
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andreis65119307Author
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May 24, 2021

What if I use the adobe_mc_ref parameter
https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/target/using/integrate/a4t/a4t-faq/a4t-faq-redirect-offers.html?lang=en#section_D2A8B182B7254D61A8BB2BCBA0C0F64A

In test it looks like it works, any experience with it for this scenario?

Charles_Thirupathi
Charles_Thirupathi
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May 10, 2021

@andreis65119307 If u set s.referrer = s.Util.getQueryParam("ref"); for the url b/?ref= final value of s.referrer will be empty (s.referrer = ' ');, Appmeasurement library will considered this as s.referrer is not defined and it will assign document.referrer as s.referrer value. For avoiding this you can assign the value of as s.referrer="Empty" or s.referrer="none"(string value to be assigned) if s.Util.getQueryParam("ref"); value is null/empty or ' '.

    PratheepArunRaj
    PratheepArunRajAccepted solution
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    May 10, 2021

    Dear Andre,

    That's the expected behavior if it is a server redirection. This is because AA referrer will not be set automatically on Page A but only on Page B where the document.referrer is Page A.

    For page-level redirections, if the Adobe Analytics call was triggered before the redirection, the AA referrer value will be empty and thus you will see an empty value at the landing page (Here, Page B).

    Thank You, Pratheep Arun Raj B | Xerago | Terryn Winter Analytics

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      andreis65119307Author
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      Hi Pratheep,
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