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Device data type

Last update: Fri Dec 15 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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Device is a standard XDM data type that describes an identified device. A device is an application or browser instance that is trackable across sessions, normally by cookies.

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Property
Data type
Description
colorDepth
Integer
The number of colors the display is able to represent.
manufacturer
String
The name of the organization who owns the design and creation of the device.
model
String
The name of the model for the device. This is the common, human-readable, or marketing name for the device. For example, the “iPhone 6S” is a particular model of mobile phone.
modelNumber
String
The unique model number designation assigned by the manufacturer for this device. Model numbers are not versions, but unique identifiers that identify a particular model configuration.
screenHeight
Integer
The number of vertical pixels of the device’s active display in the default orientation.
screenOrientation
String
The current screen orientation. Accepted values include portrait and landscape.
screenWidth
String
The number of horizontal pixels of the device’s active display in the default orientation.
type
String

The type of device being tracked. Accepted values include:

  • mobile
  • tablet
  • desktop
  • ereader
  • gaming
  • television
  • settop
  • mediaplayer
  • computers
  • tv screens
typeID
String
An identifier for the device. This may be an identifier from DeviceAtlas or another service that identifies the hardware that is being used.
typeIDService
String
The namespace of the service that is used to identify the device type. See the appendix for details on accepted values.

For more details on the field group, refer to the public XDM repository:

Appendix

The following section contains additional information about the Device data type.

Accepted values for typeIDService typeIDService

The following table outlines the accepted values for typeIDService and their associated meanings:

Value
Description
https://ns.adobe.com/xdm/external/deviceatlas
The device has been identified using DeviceAtlas.
https://ns.adobe.com/xdm/external/adobecampaign
The device has been identified using Adobe Campaign.
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