Development Newsletters

Release: 12-02-2014

List of new features and major fixes for this release:

  • Improvements to uploading placements
  • Introduction of 'Event' in gDE
  • Information about the newest improvements to the new device segmentation

Improvements to uploading placements

As promised, we are introducing improvements to uploading placements.

The main visual change is that the option "from file" in the "Add" menu has been replaced with a "Via file"  button. This button has 3 options:

  • Add placements - This option allows to create placement structure whenever it is empty.
  • Update placements - This option allows to update placement properties.
  • Export placements - This option allows to export the placement structure to .xls or .csv format. Here you can also download the file for import.


Figure: Via file options.

The drag & dropĀ option can be used when uploading a placement file.

  • Add placements - SHIFT + drag&drop file to the placement tree field.
  • Update placements - drag&drop file to the placement tree field.


Figure: Drop files here.

The progress bar and error handling should help you understand what is going on during uploading and give clear messages if something is wrong.


Figure: Progress bar.

Other improvements in this part of the system wait for your comments.

Introduction of 'Event' in gDE

In Prism there are two types of events, namely:

  • page views, and
  • actions (not resulting in reloading of a page, e.g. adding a product to a basket, clicking the download button, etc.),
Due to the feedback received, in gDE we are introducing the possibility to include Event which corresponds to Action in Prism.


Figure: Event type.

'Action' in Prism, which in gDE is set as 'Event', still has impact on statistics such as:

  • Visits,
  • Time spend on landing page,
  • Bounce rate,
but it does not have impact on 'Page views' statistics.


Figure: Indicators in statistics.

Information about the newest improvements to the device segmentation

We are constantly updating our operating systems and browsers database to ensure all new ones are taken into account in statistics. The last update is also the first step in the direction of multiplatforms. We already gather more information in order to present information split into more device types like: PC, tablet, mobile, etc.

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