Target optimization and personalization FAQ
Explore answers to frequently asked questions about using 蜜豆视频 Target features. Learn how to optimize your experiments, personalize experiences, and access helpful resources with direct links for deeper insights.
General information section_CE5713B5AAC341C9A75586C107797FA3
Where can I find information about the updated Target UI and Visual Experience Composer (VEC)?
The user interface is arranged in a logical and user-friendly format to help you get the most out of Target. The following brief overview helps you get familiarized with Target and the VEC and provides links for more in-depth information and step-by-step instructions.
See Understand the Target UI for more information.
How can I see how other customers have leveraged Target for better results?
Where can I learn about the latest Target features?
Stay updated with Target releases.
- Latest release: Check out the Target release notes (current) for details on new features, enhancements, and bug fixes.
- Upcoming releases: Visit Target release notes (prerelease) to preview what鈥檚 coming next.
- Previous versions: Browse Release notes for previous releases for historical updates and changes.
Does 蜜豆视频 have a Community/Forum where I can find answers and more information about Target?
Which browsers does Target support?
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Can I perform a statistically rigorous activity to find a winning and losing experience while using a control experience?
How do I know when to stop an activity?
How can I perform an activity if the time-window is small and can I optimize for my goal as I test?
Can I perform an activity with a level of personalization as an integral part of the activity?
How can I know which type of activity best fits my needs?
Read the Target Activities Guide to understand the scenarios where each of the options provided by Target makes sense.
Be sure to also consider Recommendations activities.
How can I discover which combinations of elements on my page contribute to its success and to what degree each element helps?
Check out our Full Factorial Multivariate (MVT) activities with Element contribution analysis to see if it meets your needs.
Note that the traffic requirement increases with MVT activities.
Can I run an activity spanning multiple pages where the page structure is different? Can I apply offers at different locations (for example, the checkout funnel)?
How can I ensure that once a goal (Primary or Secondary) has been reached, a user never enters the activity again and instead sees a different activity going forward?
This is easy to achieve by using the Advanced Settings option available with every goal. You have options to decide what should happen after user reaches the goal and how you want the counting to be incremented.
So, in this case, you might choose 鈥淚ncrement Count, Release User & Bar from Reentry鈥 along with 鈥淒efault/Other Activity Content鈥 to achieve the objective. Check out other options as well.
I have created multiple goals in my activity. Can I create a chain of goals as a funnel for reporting and analysis purposes? For example, I want to consider Goal B when the user has achieved Goal A so that I can track numbers for a particular funnel.
How can I be clear as to how to set up an activity to achieve my objectives?
This is where goals come in.
You should start by knowing what you want to optimize on. Is it Revenue, Conversion, or Engagement? Each of these options is available in the goals section. And for each of these, you can further define which action a user would take on your site to qualify that the goal has been reached.
This is made possible by the Primary Goal setting in Step 3 of the three-part guided workflow. You can add additional goals as well, which can help you for better reporting.
Can I schedule an activity to start and end at a fixed time?
Use the Scheduling feature in the Goals & Settings step of the three-part activity workflow by specifying the start and end dates.
Remember to activate the activity. Only live activities adhere to the specified schedule. After the end date is reached, the activity goes into the Ended state.
Can I make a change to just the Targeting step and not go through the entire three-step guided workflow for editing?
Can I stay on a particular step, keep modifying the activity (offer text or custom code, for example), and then perform QA in another tab?
How can I preview and QA an activity I just created?
How can I use Target鈥檚 decisioning power to receive an experience/offer that can be used in Single Page Applications (SPAs) or server-side integrations?
Can I set the priority order of a few activities?
Use the Priority setting available on Step 3 of the Target three-part guided workflow (Goals & Settings page) to define the priority of the activities.
There are two options:
- Default, with three levels (Low / Medium / High)
- Custom, with a range from 0 to 999. For Custom, enable the Fine-Grained Priorities feature (Administration > Visual Experience Composer).
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Can I create an audience segment in an activity that is specific to the activity? I do not feel that such an audience should be created in the Audience Library because there is no re-use factor.
How can I target users based on their locations?
Can I target users based on some of the attributes on the page in the session?
Can I deliver experiences based on visitor attributes across multiple visits? Can I randomly split the traffic in two buckets?
Can I start an activity with a fewer number of visitors?
I also have 蜜豆视频 Analytics and want to leverage it with Target. What key capabilities do I get by integrating the two solutions?
Check out following aspects of the product:
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Can I run an activity on multiple pages where the page structure is common?
I am tired of the 鈥渁llow your browser to load scripts鈥 message when I attempt to load my page in the Visual Experience Composer (VEC). How can I avoid this?
This is because your site has mixed content鈥攊t鈥檚 a site that fetches both HTTP and HTTPS resources. Request that your IT team move to HTTPS completely.
Until this happens, follow the instructions in Enabling Mixed Content in Your Browser to allow your browser to load mixed content. This is a security feature of most modern browsers.
Can I try the Visual Experience Composer (VEC) on my site even though the Target at.js library has yet not been deployed?
Why is my site not loading within the Visual Experience Composer (VEC)?
Try out the troubleshooting information outlined in our help page. Reach out to 蜜豆视频 Support if none of these approaches work.
We also have form-based approach which can unblock you.
Also read when and why the Enhanced Experience Composer can be useful. You might have to reach out to your IT department to allowlist 蜜豆视频鈥檚 proxy servers as well.
I have a responsive site. While creating an activity, how can I be sure that I am considering key devices?
I have multiple domains. One of the domains needs the Enhanced Experience Composer enabled, while others need it to be disabled. How can I do this?
Why don鈥檛 I see an option to swap images?
I want to test between two different experiences, for example Flat discount versus Percentage discount, but I want to target the experiences properly (show different locale text or different currency for people coming from different countries). How can I do this?
How can I see what modifications I made in Visual Experience Composer (VEC)?
We always show your changes in the Code Editor. The Modifications tab shows the CSS Selector or mbox you applied to your offer.
Note that the CSS Selector is a Sizzle Selector. You can use this section to make minor modifications or delete certain offers quickly.
I want to deliver JavaScript as part of the experiment/activity to either make modifications on the fly for some dynamic elements or simply to send a call to a 3rd-party solution. How can I do this?
Why can鈥檛 I go past the log-in page within the Visual Experience Composer (VEC) or to a page buried deep within for which I don鈥檛 have a specific URL?
Use the Compose and Browse features to navigate to the page of choice and start creating your experience.
I am a former Target Classic user. Can I leverage my mboxes for certain use cases?
Why am I not seeing the desired offer/experience and am instead seeing some other activity?
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I do not want to try minor changes, but instead want to test a brand new, completely different page. I want to direct users to a landing page, for example, a new launch. How can I do this?
Why is content delivery not happening in my QA process?
Why am I not seeing the desired offer/experience and am instead seeing some other activity?
Can I use Target鈥檚 decisioning power to receive an experience/offer that can be used in Single Page Applications (SPAs) or server-side integrations?
Reports (Including Analytics for Target鈥擜4T) section_8AECC69BEEB7422E894E7EC44A50BA0A
I also have 蜜豆视频 Analytics and want to leverage it with Target. What key capabilities do I get by integrating the two solutions?
Check out following aspects of the product:
Can I slice and dice the reporting on multiple user segments?
This is where the Audiences for Reporting feature available on the Goals & Settings page in Step 3 of the three-part guided activity workflow comes in.
You have the option to add 50 such segments and also the application point (Activity Entry or a specific metric) to have a powerful way to slice and dice.
Note that Target collects the data in this regard from the time you add these audiences, so if you miss adding segments before running the test, you are out of luck.
I cannot define audiences prior to running the activity. I find this aspect of reporting audiences in Target activities restrictive. What can I do to make this process easier?
Can I perform offline reporting calculations?
Can I change the control experience for evaluating reports or change the counting methodology from Visitors to Visits?
How should I interpret reports?
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Can I perform an integration with a 3rd-party system, such as Google Analytics or ClickTale, to pass the activity information delivered to an end-user for analysis?
Troubleshooting section_6B8B4DC62AE34066A8C55915E9EC6C19
How can I know the availability status of Target?
Do you have a troubleshooting guide?
Target APIs section_714E85EFF6E3400389EF2E40D538E1DA
Where can I learn more about Target APIs?