While working with the W3 dataLayer there have been many instances where a DTM user wants to create a data-element that is based on a array. Example- you have the following dataLayer and want to create a data element to store product name of first product in the listing
var digitalData = {
"listing":
[
{
"productInfo":
{
"productName": "laptop",
"productId": "19381652"
}
},
{
"productInfo":
{
"productName": "tv",
"productId": "19381654"
}
}
]
}
Hence there is a particular way in which we can represent path as an array in a JS object type for Data Elements. To be able to extract value from an array in JavaScript you would use arrayName[x] where x is the index of the value in the array. In DTM when you use a data element based on JS path then you will need to use the following if you want to extract a value from a JavaScript array : arrayName.x where x is the index of the value in the array.
Considering the above data layer, if you want to create a data element to extract productName value from a complex Json object using Array you have to use a path like this - digitalData.listing.0.productInfo.productName
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