Access the link_obj values sent to the data layer with the link tracking extension

[audrey_poulin]

Is there a way to access the link_obj passed with the link tracking extension? I noticed it is not one of the available ouputs in Tealium, and yet and utag.link event sent link_obj when a link is clicked.

[adrian_browning]

@audrey_poulin

You can indeed. All you need to do is add the variables into the the Data Sources tab. Here is a CSV list you can use to add them. I will raise a request to allow these to be added via a bundle.

"link_obj", "UDO Variable" 
"link_text", "UDO Variable" 
"link_url", "UDO Variable" 
"link_type", "UDO Variable" 
"event_name", "UDO Variable" 

At this point, you can access them via the use of the "b" object in extensions.

Adrian

[adrian_browning · Accepted solution]

Just to add to my previous comment. Once these data points have been defined you will be able to use them. 

b.link_text
b.link_url
etc.

However as the link_obj is an HTML element, if you want to get anything from that you will need to reference it like:

b.link_obj.host

Adrian

[audrey_poulin]

Sorry I took so long to answer! Thanks for this second post, that solves the question I had!