How to merge data from two utag.view calls?

[samrat_dsouza]

I'd like to merge data from another call made by a targeting tool and send it to Adobe in the main call than through a second call, on the page.

As of now, I cancel only the adobe call(extension scoped to Adobe and return false;) and let the tool call utag.view(with just it's own extra variables).

As, the utag.view from the targeting tool, doesn't have all variables in utag_data - just it's own variables. So, Adobe call is incomplete.

How can I merge utag_data from both and do a single Adobe call?

[craig_rouse · Accepted solution]

Hi Samrat,

The following code will do this for you. Be aware that this code will merge the utag_data on ALL page views, so you may wish to wrap it inside an "if" statement to ensure that you only merge data for specific view events.

if (a === "view") {
    for (prop in utag_data) {
        if (utag_data.hasOwnProperty(prop) && !b[prop]) {
            b[prop] = utag_data[prop];
        }
    }
}

[samrat_dsouza]

Thanks, that worked.

[jmillan]

Hello Craig,
Is the same method for utag.link? Just changing (a === "view") for (a === "link")?

[meng_lim]

@jmillan,

That is correct.  If you want to merge data from a utag.link then you can use a === "link"