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MktgCloudUser
MktgCloudUser
Level 4
Oct 10, 2018 2:19 AM UTC
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Reterive Value from Custom Code

Hello,

I'm using the Adobe Analytics "Set Variables" action and I have a variable in the Custom Code section.   How do I get the variable from the Custom Code and assign it to any of the evars, props, etc. in the UI? So if I have this:

var loc = 'florida';

what is the code I use to assign the value in the UI (not via code)?  %this.loc% doesn't work.

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    Gigazelle
    GigazelleAccepted solution
    Employee
    Oct 19, 2018 12:00 AM UTC

    As Andrey Osadchuk​ mentioned, custom code is run after the UI.

    A way around this would be to have multiple "Analytics - Set Variables" in a rule. have the first one execute the custom code, then the second rule use the UI to set the variables.

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    Gigazelle
    GigazelleAccepted solution
    Employee
    Oct 19, 2018 12:00 AM UTC

    As Andrey Osadchuk​ mentioned, custom code is run after the UI.

    A way around this would be to have multiple "Analytics - Set Variables" in a rule. have the first one execute the custom code, then the second rule use the UI to set the variables.

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    Andrey_Osadchuk
    Andrey_Osadchuk
    Level 10
    Oct 11, 2018 9:42 AM UTC

    MktgCloudUser, I have not checked this but it may not work just because the custom code is executed after the UI. If it's possible in your scenario, move your code from the "Custom code" to "Conditions" that have precedence. Let me know if that helped.

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      MktgCloudUser
      MktgCloudUserAuthor
      Level 4
      Oct 11, 2018 12:27 AM UTC

      Doesn't seem to work - the string literal %user_location% is passed.  Also tried %this.user_location%.

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        christopher2151
        Level 2
        Oct 10, 2018 11:56 PM UTC

        You could set the element inside your custom code like this:

        _satellite.setVar("user_location","florida");

        to retrieve it to set the analytics call you can reference it like this %user_location%

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