Web Companion

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Web Companion is a browser tool that allows you to check your iQ Tag Management installation, inspect data on your site, and create and test new configurations quickly and easily.

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Install Web Companion

Web Companion can be installed from your iQ Tag Management account or directly from the Tealium Tools browser plugin.

From Tealium Tools

How to install the Tealium Tools browser plugin.

Using iQ Tag Management

Use the following steps to install Web Companion:

1. Click your name in the top-right corner of TiQ console, scroll down to the Account Admin settings and select Web Companion from the drop-down list.
   A pop-up window containing instructions to install Web Companion displays.
2. Drag the "Tealium Web Companion" link from the message box on to your browser's bookmark bar.
   

Launch Web Companion

To launch Web Companion, first navigate to your site where the Universal Tag (utag.js) is installed, then either click the Web Companion link in your browser's bookmark bar or open it from the Tealium Tools browser plugin.

Using Web Companion

Web Companion is organized into three screens (or tabs): Overview, Data, and Tools. The following sections describe what is available on each tab.

Overview Tab

• Account Information
  The current account, profile, version, and environment that the page is running is displayed under this tab.
• Target Environment (Disabled by Default)
  The environment detected in the page code is outlined in orange. The currently viewed environment is highlighted in blue. To change the environment, click the target environment you wish to load, then click Refresh Page. Learn about other methods of switching environments.
  

  To enable this feature, turn on the Web Companion setting in your publish settings.

• Tags & Extensions Tabs
  This tab will show which Tags loaded and whether they successfully sent requests. The Extensions that are successfully completed will also be displayed.
• Timers
  The load and send times of the tag are displayed.
  • Loaded: the time to load the utag.js file into the page.
  • Sent: the time to trigger all the vendor tags on the page.
• Queue (unsaved changes)
  Changes applied to the profile using Web Companion are queued and will not be committed until you click the "Save..." button. If you do not wish to commit a change, you may also remove that change from the queue by clicking on the X next to the appropriate change.
  

Data Tab

The Data tab makes it easy to explore the available data variables on the page. These can be added to your account data layer using the Add buttons.

The following types of data can be viewed:

• HTML Metadata
  Information about the web page, author, title and other meta elements of the HTML document.
• Querystring Parameters
  The name and value of a parameter located within the query string of the URL.
• Cookies
  Small files that store visitor and session information.
• JavaScript Variables
  JavaScript page variables other than utag_data.
• Universal Data Object

Add a Variable to your Data Layer

Use the following steps to add a variable to your data layer:

1. Click Data tab and select a data type.
   A list of variables is displayed.
2. Locate the desired variable and click the +Add.
   

Universal Data Object

The Universal Data object (UDO), or utag_data, view shows the detected data object on the page. For more information, see the guide to the data layer for websites..

Tools Tab

The Tools tab offers convenience features to make it easier to add configuration to your account.

The following tools are available:

• On-Page Element Selector
  Use this simple point and click tool to select an element on the page to be used in event tracking or content modification.
• Load Rule Helper
  Create a load rule condition directly from the page that you wish to target. Built-in page variable values will be pre-filled based on the current page.
• Custom Target Environments
  Use this tool to switch to environments other than the default Dev, QA, and Prod.
• Adobe Test and Target
  Use this tool to assist in the configuration of the Adobe Target tag in your account.

An extension or load rule added to your account via Web Companion is not active until you return to iQ Tag Management to enable and publish them.

On-Page Element Selector

Select an element on the web page to preconfigure the Content Modification Extension or the jQuery Live Handler Extension for it. After you choose our target element, select the extension type to create and click "Queue" and save the extension to your profile.

The related DOM node information will also be displayed.

Load Rule Helper

Create a new load rule to determine the location and instant a Tag should load. Click "Add to Queue" and save the load rule to your profile.

Custom Target Environment

Publish to a custom environment instead of the 3 default environments (Dev, QA, and Prod). Enter the name of the target environment in the text-box and click "Set Environment".

Adobe Test and Target

Add this extension to modify your desired content on the page. Configure the extension and click "Add to Queue" to save it to your profile. For more details, please visit Tealium's guide on Adobe Test and Target Extension.