Session Details Collection is a standard Experience Data Model (XDM) data type that tracks data related to media playback sessions. Media collection fields are used to capture data that is sent onto other Adobe services for further processing. This schema encompasses a wide range of properties that can be used to provide insights into user behavior and content consumption patterns. Use the Session Details Collection data type to capture user engagement by logging playback events, ad interactions, progress markers, pauses, and other metrics.
Each display name contains a link to further information on its audio and video parameters. The linked pages contain details on the video ad data collected by Adobe, implementation values, network parameters, reporting, and important considerations.
Display name | Property | Data type | Required | Description |
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Ad Load Type | adLoad |
String | No | The type of ad loaded as defined by each customer’s internal representation. |
Album | album |
String | No | The name of the album that the music recording or video belongs to. |
Artist | artist |
String | No | The name of the album artist or group performing the music recording or video. |
Asset ID | assetID |
String | No | The Asset ID is the unique identifier for the content of the media asset, such as the TV series episode identifier, movie asset identifier, or live event identifier. Typically these IDs are derived from metadata authorities such as EIDR, TMS/Gracenote, or Rovi. These identifiers can also be from other proprietary or in-house systems. |
Author | author |
String | No | The name of the media author. |
Broadcast Content Type | contentType |
String | Yes | The Broadcast Content Type of the stream delivery. Available values per Stream Type include: Audio: “song”, “podcast”, “audiobook”, and “radio”; Video: “VoD”, “Live”, “Linear”, “UGC”, and “DVoD”. Customers can provide custom values for this parameter. |
Broadcast Network | network |
String | No | The network/channel name. |
Content Channel | channel |
String | Yes | The Content Channel is the distribution channel from where the content was played. |
Content Delivery Network | cdn |
String | No | The Content Delivery Network of the content played. |
Content ID | name |
string | Yes | The Content ID is a unique identifier of the content. It can be used to link back to other industry or CMS IDs. |
Content Name | friendlyName |
String | No | The Content Name is the “friendly” (human-readable) name of the content. |
Content Player Name | playerName |
String | Yes | The name of the content player. |
Creator Name | originator |
String | No | The name of the content creator. |
Day Part | dayPart |
String | No | A property that defines the time of the day when the content was broadcast or played. This could have any value set as necessary by customers |
Episode Number | episode |
String | No | The number of the episode. |
Feed Type | feed |
String | No | The type of feed, which can either represent actual feed-related data such as EAST HD or SD, or the source of the feed like a URL. |
First Air Date | firstAirDate |
String | No | The date when the content first aired on television. Any date format is acceptable, but Adobe recommends: YYYY-MM-DD. |
First Digital Date | firstDigitalDate |
String | No | The date when the content first aired on any digital channel or platform. Any date format is acceptable but Adobe recommends: YYYY-MM-DD. |
Genre | genre |
String | No | The type or grouping of content as defined by the content producer. Values should be comma-delimited in variable implementation. |
Media Authorized | authorized |
String | No | Confirms whether the user has been authorized via Adobe authentication. |
Media Content Length | length |
Integer | Yes | The Media Content Length contains the clip length/runtime - This is the maximum length (or duration) of the content being consumed (in seconds). |
MVPD Identifier | mvpd |
String | No | The Multi-channel Video Programming Distributor (MVPD) identifier that was provided via Adobe authentication. |
Publisher | publisher |
String | No | The name of the audio content publisher. |
Radio Station | station |
String | No | The radio station name on which the audio is played. |
Rating Value | rating |
String | No | The rating as defined by TV Parental Guidelines. |
Record Label | label |
String | No | The name of the record label. |
Resume | hasResume |
Boolean | No | Marks each playback that was resumed after more than 30 minutes of buffer, pause, or stall period. |
Season Number | season |
String | No | The Season Number that the show belongs to. Season Series is required only if the show is part of a series. |
Series Name | show |
String | No | The Program/Series Name. The Program Name is required only if the show is part of a series. |
Show Type | showType |
String | No | The type of content. For example, a trailer or a full episode. The type of content is expressed as an integer between 0 and 3. For example, “0” = Full episode; “1” = Preview/trailer; “2” = Clip; “3” = Other. |
Stream Format | streamFormat |
String | No | The format of the stream (HD, SD). |
Stream Type | streamType |
String | No | The type of the media stream. |
Version | appVersion |
String | No | The SDK version used by the player. This could have any custom value that makes sense for your player. |