Events Guide

 

Welcome to the Guide to Event and Behavior Tracking. This document describes the Event service and behavior tracking. It shows the following: General information about events, the Event service, and behavior tracking. How to create custom events. How to register custom events. How to turn on behavior tracking. How to persist events to databases.

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Overview of Events and Behavior Tracking

What Are Events?

Behavior Tracking

Event Details

Session Events

SessionBeginEvent

SessionEndEvent

SessionLoginEvent

Registration Event

UserRegistrationEvent

Product Events

ClickProductEvent

DisplayProductEvent

Content Events

ClickContentEvent

DisplayContentEvent

Cart Events

AddToCartEvent

RemoveFromCartEvent

PurchaseCartEvent

Buy Event

BuyEvent

Rules Event

RuleEvent

Campaign Events

CampaignUserActivityEvent

DisplayCampaignEvent

ClickCampaignEvent

Event Triggers

Event Mechanism

Event Sequence

 

Creating Custom Events

Overview of Creating a Custom Event

Writing a Custom Event Class

Writing a Custom Event Listener

Installing a Listener Class in the Event Service

Writing a Behavior Tracking Event Class

Facilitating OffLine Processing

TrackingEvent Base Class Constructor

XML Creation of Behavior Tracking Events

Custom Behavior Tracking Event Listeners

Writing Custom Event Triggers

Debugging the Event Service

 

Registering Custom Events

Overview of Creating a Custom Event

Why Register an Event?

Registering a Custom Event

Instructions for Registering a Custom Event

Entering Property Values and Setting the Default Value

Entering Properties with Boolean or a Single Value and Single Default

Entering Properties with Multiple Values and Single, Multiple, or All Defaults

Entering Properties with Date and Time Values

Updating a Registered Custom Event

 

Persisting Behavioral Tracking Data

Activating Behavior Tracking

Event Properties in the weblogiccommerce.properties File

Data Storage

Relational Databases

Database Directory Paths

Behavior Tracking Database Schema

The EVENT Database Table

The EVENT_ACTION Database Table

The EVENT_TYPE Database Table

Constraints and Indexes

Scripts

Development Environment Scenario

Production Environment Scenario

Description of Each Script

 

JSP Tag Library Reference for Events and Behavior Tracking

<tr:clickContentEvent>

Example

<tr:displayContentEvent>

Example

<trp:clickProductEvent>

Example

<trp:displayProductEvent>

Example

<trc:clickCampaignEvent>

Example