Adobe DTM for improved Target QA

In a previous post I described the options available for Adobe Target QA. Now with DTM there's a much easier/nicer/quicker way of doing this! (This post will take ~2 minutes to read.)

Step 1) Make sure you have the DTM browser plugin installed - it's available for Chrome and Firefox. The plugin allows you to see debug messages but also easily switch between DTM's production and staging environments which is what we want for the purpose of this post. It's worth knowing that you can recreate this functionality with some JavaScript bookmarks, so this can be used for IE or maybe you prefer using bookmarks opposed to the plugin.

Switch staging on bookmarklet:

javascript:localStorage.setItem('sdsat_stagingLibrary',true);

Switch staging off bookmarklet:

javascript:localStorage.setItem('sdsat_stagingLibrary',false);

Another approach is to go to your browser's console and add the above commands without "javascript:" ....like this:


Step 2) Create an *unapproved* page load rule in DTM for adding the Mbox. If you're not sure how to do this you can read this post (it's easy).


Step 3) Switch staging to "On" using your browser plugin or bookmarklet and go to the page with the Mbox - unapproved DTM rules are rendered when you have Staging switched on - this is the *magic*. Now hit refresh a couple of times so Adobe Target gets to see the Mbox.

Step 4) Login to Adobe Target and create a campaign using the Mbox that was just created and publish (make live).

Step 5) Go back to the page with the Mbox and start your QA. Once you're sure everything works - publish the Mbox page load rule in DTM.

Easy. Any questions or comments feel free to add below.