Device data type

Last update: 2025-01-31
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Device is a standard XDM data type that describes an identified device. A device is an application or browser instance that is trackable across sessions, normally by cookies.

Property Data type Description
colorDepth Integer The number of colors the display is able to represent.
manufacturer String The name of the organization who owns the design and creation of the device.
model String The name of the model for the device. This is the common, human-readable, or marketing name for the device. For example, the “iPhone 6S” is a particular model of mobile phone.
modelNumber String The unique model number designation assigned by the manufacturer for this device. Model numbers are not versions, but unique identifiers that identify a particular model configuration.
screenHeight Integer The number of vertical pixels of the device’s active display in the default orientation.
screenOrientation String The current screen orientation. Accepted values include portrait and landscape.
screenWidth String The number of horizontal pixels of the device’s active display in the default orientation.
type String The type of device being tracked. Accepted values include:
  • mobile
  • tablet
  • desktop
  • ereader
  • gaming
  • television
  • settop
  • mediaplayer
  • computers
  • tv screens
typeID String An identifier for the device. This may be an identifier from DeviceAtlas or another service that identifies the hardware that is being used.
typeIDService String The namespace of the service that is used to identify the device type. See the appendix for details on accepted values.

For more details on the field group, refer to the public XDM repository:

Appendix

The following section contains additional information about the Device data type.

Accepted values for typeIDService

The following table outlines the accepted values for typeIDService and their associated meanings:

Value Description
https://ns.adobe.com/xdm/external/deviceatlas The device has been identified using DeviceAtlas.
https://ns.adobe.com/xdm/external/adobecampaign The device has been identified using Adobe Campaign.

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