Session Details Collection data type

Last update: 2024-08-21
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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.

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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
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.

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