These are my notes for using campaigns with WebTrends 8.0a.
Overview
When sending out emails, announcements about your content and you want to track the success and use of a link, your best bet is to use campaigns.
Stuff to Know
Some stuff to know when tracking links:
- the campaign name should be safe to use within a browser (eg. replace spaces with %20)
- http://yourdomain.com/page&wt.mc_id=[alpha-numeric or campaign name]
- If you want to edit the campaigns manuall: C:\Program Files\WebTrends\storage\config\wtm_wtx\datfiles\datasources
The campaigns file always should have:
- hard character returns (msdos)
- 1 blank line at the end
- always the same number of columns for every line
List of columns in the campaigns file
- CampaignID, identifcation number
- Description, what the entry is for
- Creative, name of method
- Creative Type, print/email/banner
- Demand Channel,
- Marketing Activity,
- Marketing Program,
- Offer,
- Partner,
- Placement
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