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Masaharu_Hachiy
Masaharu_Hachiy
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October 16, 2015
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What's the difference between "s_vi" and "s_vi_####(randomized_value?)" cookies?

  • October 16, 2015
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I noticed there're 2 types of "s_vi" cookies.

 

[1] regular one

Name: s_vi

Value: [CS]v1|HEX-HEX[CE]

Domain: COMPANIES_NAME.122(or121).2o7.net

 

[2] another one

Name: s_vi_RANDOMIZED VALUE

Value: [CS]v4|HEX-HEX|RANDOMIZED VALUE[CE]

Domain: 2o7.net

 

What's the difference between [1] and [2]?

And, what kind of situation [2] is created on?

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

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    Best answer by jhammons-1

    #2 happens when the s.namespace variable isn't set, so you get a different s_vi cookie for each report suite. When s.namespace isn't set it means that users are identified uniquely for each report suite instead of uniquely for the tracking server.

    You can set s.namespace and the cookie will be migrated automatically.

    4 replies

    Gigazelle
    Gigazelle
    Employee
    October 16, 2015

    HI Hachiya,

    Does the implementation you're looking at happen to have any plugins installed? Based on my experience, that looks like it is a cookied used by the getValOnce plugin for eVar4.

      J
      jhammons-1Accepted solution
      Employee
      October 16, 2015

      #2 happens when the s.namespace variable isn't set, so you get a different s_vi cookie for each report suite. When s.namespace isn't set it means that users are identified uniquely for each report suite instead of uniquely for the tracking server.

      You can set s.namespace and the cookie will be migrated automatically.

        A
        akand
        New Participant
        March 12, 2020
        Hi,
        WhoaShekhar
        WhoaShekhar
        New Participant
        October 16, 2015

        Hi There,

        Thanks for reaching out to Adobe Community.

        The s_vi cookie is used to store the Unique Visitor ID. You can go through the articles Analytics Cookies and Using the Visitor ID Service with Analytics to know more about them.

        Thanks! 

          Masaharu_Hachiy
          Masaharu_HachiyAuthor
          New Participant
          October 16, 2015

          Hi all,

          Thanks to your answers!

           

          I tested and confirmed the issue about "s.namespace" which Jacob mentioned.

           

          Thanks!

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