Lifecycle for Edge Network data

When used with the Edge Network extension, the following data is collected and sent to Platform on every application launch. An additional rule in the mobile property is required to send Lifecycle data to the Edge Network extension.

When the Analytics service is enabled in the datastream configuration, the XDM Lifecycle data is automatically mapped to Analytics. See the XDM object variable mapping to Adobe Analytics documentation for more information.

Lifecycle Application Foreground data

The following data is collected on each Lifecycle Application Foreground event. The structure of this data is defined in the Experience Data Model (XDM) field group AEP Mobile Lifecycle Details.

Application

PropertyTypeDescription
xdm:id
String
Identifier of the application.
xdm:name
String
Name of the application.
xdm:version
String
Version of the application.
xdm:isLaunch
boolean
Indicates the application has launched. Every application foreground event sets isLaunch to true.
xdm:isInstall
boolean
Indicates the application was installed. If true, signifies the first launch of the application. The Experience Event's timestamp property can be used as the application's install date.
xdm:isUpgrade
boolean
Indicates the application was upgraded. If true, signifies the first launch of the application after an upgrade.
dc:language
String
The language of the application to represent the user's linguistic, geographical, or cultural preferences for data presentation.

Device

PropertyTypeDescription
xdm:type
String
The type of device being tracked.
xdm:manufacturer
String
The name of the organization who owns the design and creation of the device.
xdm:model
String
The name of the model for the device.
xdm:modelNumber
String
The unique model number designation assigned by the manufacturer for this device.
xdm:screenHeight
integer
The number of vertical pixels of the device's active display in the default orientation.
xdm:screenWidth
integer
The number of horizontal pixels of the device's active display in the default orientation.

Environment

PropertyTypeDescription
xdm:type
String
The type of the application environment.
xdm:carrier
String
A mobile network carrier or MNO, also known as a wireless service provider, wireless carrier, cellular company, or mobile network carrier.
xdm:operatingSystem
String
The name of the operating system used when the observation was made.
xdm:operatingSystemVersion
String
The full version identifier for the operating system used when the observation was made.
dc:language
String
The language of the environment to represent the user's linguistic, geographical, or cultural preferences for data presentation.

Lifecycle Application Background data

The following data is collected on each Lifecycle Application Background event. The structure of this data is defined in the Experience Data Model (XDM) field group AEP Mobile Lifecycle Details.

Application

PropertyTypeDescription
xdm:isClose
boolean
Indicates the application was closed. Every application background event sets isClose to true.
xdm:closeType
String
Type of application close, sent on application isClose. Type is close on graceful termination of an application, or unknown when application termination source is unknown.
xdm:sessionLength
integer
Length of the application session in seconds. Usually referred as the time the application was in foreground. Will not be less than zero.