If you have been following this blog for a while (thank you!), it shouldn’t surprise you if I claim: Adobe Analytics is the best web analytics solution available today. But if we’re honest, it has been around for a long time, which has been leading to a situation very familiar to anyone working in the tech industry: The things that we build today might limit us in the future when new technology becomes available. This is also true for Adobe Analytics. When Adobe Analytics was created, it was necessary to build features like the Visitor Profile or Props in a certain way with what was available at that time. Back then, it was necessary to store Visitor Profile information in a database and add it to the data as it was processed (something I also used in a previous series of posts). The database engine on top of that data […]
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How I build my Adobe Analytics Implementations
Getting the most out of enterprise analytics systems is not easy. A lot can go wrong on the way from gathering business requirements to getting actionable insights. While most of my posts are focused on the analysis or reporting capabilities of Adobe Analytics, this post is focused on how I plan and build my implementations. With an analytics system like Adobe Analytics, even small implementation choices can have large consequences later down the value chain. Errors and misjudgments can lead to skewed data that is affected in a non-obvious way. The implications range from more effort during analysis or higher maintenance to wrong conclusions and business decisions. This post will walk you trough the number of steps I take when planing a new Adobe Analytics implementation. While I’ve been successful in delivering value by following those, there might be situations where a different approach is better suited to the task […]
Why I still love Props – Confessions of an Analyst
Experts are supposed to know everything about a certain topic. And not only are they suppose to know things, they also are expected to behave in the best way possible. Their past decisions are the benchmark for how to assess future situations and judge what to do. But all experts have their little secrets, where they deviate from the gold standard and do something that is outdated, unpopular, or straight-out embarrassing. This post is about one of the things that I still do today and only talk about seldom because it became unpopular a while ago. So here it is: I still use Props in all my Adobe Analytics implementations. But not only do I use them, I secretly love them! Both Adobe themselves and veterans like Jan “Props must die” Exner advise on not using them any more in the future. So this is my confession to the world […]