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Hi Sriram, User permissions can be changed so that users don't have access to "Save Existing Versions". This will force users to "Save As New Versions" only. Please contact your Account Manger with the list of users that need this change and they can enable this for you. ... View more

Sriram,   Tealium has a strict vetting process for our templates that we use to generate the code our customers embed on their site. Here are some of our processes to ensure the integrity and safety of our JavaScript tags:   Template tags are created by our solutions engineering developers. All Solutions Engineer developers are given a background check and are specifically chosen as a trustable employee. Tag template code is regularly peer reviewed for functionality and security. Our template deployment process is dual approval and version controlled. There is no anonymity in code base and all code is requested to be merged into testing and production branches by operations engineering. Major changes are certified by our QA department. Once approved, code is deployed automatically using configuration management software that pulls from our version control system. Operations reviews all merges to the production branch. Code is viewed by operations prior to being merged into production. Our publish engine that turns templates in to customer tags and copies them to the CDNs breaks if the JavaScript is rendered improperly.   The publish engine is managed by our most trustworthy developers. The files generated at each publish can be downloaded as a compressed archive. We have worked with our customers to automate downloading the files in order to check them into their own version control system or parse them with their own tools. We can help you meet your company's security requirements. If you have any further questions please feel free to contact our Information Security Department at infosec@tealium.com.   Very Respectfully, Jason Bain Platform Security Lead ... View more

Hi Sriram, 1. This is very easy to do using a load rule. Simply create a load rule that says "domain(dom) -> contains -> oursite.ca" OR "domain(dom) -> contains -> oursite.jp" Assign this rule to the SiteCatalyst tag, and it will only fire on these 2 domains. 2. There is no way to know how many times a tag has fired, because the Tealium utag.js is client-side and does not have access to any data, except the data that forms your data layer (cookies, query string, data object, meta tags etc.). You could, however, use the Tealium split segmentation extension (https://community.tealiumiq.com/posts/554741) to only fire the tag for X% of your visitors. Have a read of that post and let me know if you have any questions. Craig. ... View more

The tag template does a few things, it does the extensions, mappings and any specifically required tag set up before firing the actual tag. Extensions run before mappings, but the rest of the sequence can change depending on which tag it is. Basically it does everything necessary to translate the Tealium UI/UDO information into what each tag vendor needs. That's why each tag has its own template, because each can be quite different. The JavaScript extension supports a tag by doing some kind of data manipulation usually that other extensions can't do. If you can do it in another extension, we recommend that as it makes it easier to maintain for non-technical users. You wouldn't normally use it to actually fire a tag. If you were to make your own custom tag, you should still use a custom tag container or other similar "tag" from the Tealium marketplace. Not yet but we are constantly looking for ways to improve things. Note that when there are new versions, your version remains unchanged. We don't update anything for you automatically as we don't make changes to your profiles without your knowledge and permission. We always recommend getting assistance from your account manager when needing to customize a tag template. Some example use cases of needing custom or modified work is you need a feature for a tag that just came out that Tealium doesn't support just yet. This happens sometimes with Google Universal Analytics which is constantly rolling out new features. Anytime a template is customized, whether it is by you or Tealium, these changes are not preserved if you decide to update your tag template. This is why it's important to make sure you note in your tag's "notes" area the template is in fact custom, and to keep backups of your templates any time you do a change. Once you update, and if the customization is still necessary, it will need to be added to the updated template. ... View more

Hi Sriram, as an FYI we only share the roadmap at our Digital Velocity conferences so twice a year -- once in San Diego and once in London. You can reach out to your account manager if you would like to propose/discuss feature enhancements for the product. ... View more