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Optional Settings for Cookie Destinations
In Destination Builder, the Configuration section contains the Cookie Domain and Publish Data To fields. These let you create rules to determine if a destination sets a cookie or returns a cookie. Cookie Domain and Publish Data To work independently of each other and are optional. You can create a cookie destination without using either of them.
Cookie Domain: Syntax and Examples
Cookie Domain | Description |
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Syntax
| The
Cookie Domain
field accepts a simple text string that lets you set cookies on a specified domain or all domains. When using this feature:
Leave the
Cookie Domain
field blank to set a cookie on all domains. This is the default setting.
To set cookies on a specific domain and sub-domains:
|
Example
| As a simple example, let's say we have a fictitious site called sports.com. Sports.com has domains for golf, baseball, and football. To set a cookie in all the sports domains, you would type that in the
Cookie Domain
box as shown below:
![]() This tells
Audience Manager
to set a cookie in any domain that contains the pattern
something
.sports.com. See below for a more complex set of examples.
|
Complex Cookie Domain Examples
These examples show you if Audience Manager will set a cookie based on how the Cookie Domain option is configured.
Website | Cookie Domain: .sports.com
Cookie Set
| Cookie Domain: .golf.sports.com
Cookie Set
| Cookie Domain: Blank
Cookie Set
|
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sports.com
| Yes | No | Yes |
golf.sports.com
| Yes | Yes | Yes |
baseball.sports.com
| Yes | No | Yes |
sports.golf.com
| No | No | Yes |
Publish Data To
The Publish Data To settings return a cookie if the domain meets the criteria set by the options you select. Options include:
- All of our domains : (Default) Returns a cookie for any domain.
- Only the selected domains : Returns a cookie only for the domains selected in the domains list.
- All of our domains except the selected domains : Prevents selected domains from receiving a cookie. All other domains can receive a cookie.