Custom metadata reference

This reference article provides metadata names for different types of events. These metadata are logged but not available in Coveo Analytics reports unless you create a dimension for them.

Action cause (click)

This section lists the custom metadata logged for each standard actionCause value associated with click events.

documentQuickview

Logs the following:

  • The item title opened in Quick view.

    API name: documenttitle

  • The item URL opened in Quick view.

    API name: documenturl

documentOpen

Logs the following:

  • The clicked item title.

    API name: documenttitle

  • The clicked item URL.

    API name: documenturl

This section lists the custom metadata logged for each standard actionCause value associated with search events.

interfaceChange

Logs the search interface (tab) name.

API name: interfacechangeto

contextRemove

Logs the removed search context name.

API name: contextname

resultsSort

Logs the name of the selected sorting function.

API name: resultssortby

Logs the following:

  • The breadcrumb ID removed from the facet history.

    API name: facetid

  • The breadcrumb value removed from the facet history.

    API name: facetvalue

documentField

Logs the following:

  • The clicked field ID from an item field to add a filter.

    API name: facetid

  • The clicked field value from an item field to add a filter.

    API name: facetvalue

pagerNumber

Logs the page number value used to change page.

API name: pagernumber

pagerNext

Logs the resulting page number after using the Next button.

API name: pagernumber

pagerPrevious

Logs the resulting page number after using the Previous button.

API name: pagernumber

omniboxFacet

Logs the following:

  • The ID of the selected facet filter from the omnibox.

    API name: facetid

  • The value of the selected facet filter from the omnibox.

    API name: facetvalue

facetClearAll

Logs the facet ID for which all values have been removed.

API name: facetid

facetRangeInputChange

Logs the user input in a range facet.

facetSearch

Logs the ID of the facet within which the search was performed.

API name: facetid

facetToggle

Logs the following:

  • The selected operator (AND versus OR) icon before the toggle.

    API name: facetoperatorbefore

  • The selected operator (AND versus OR) icon after the toggle.

    API name: facetoperatorafter

facetRangeSlider

Logs the following:

  • The ID of the changed slider facet.

    API name: facetid

  • The start value of the slider facet.

    API name: facetrangestart

  • The end value of the slider facet.

    API name: facetrangeend

facetRangeGraph

Logs the following:

  • The ID of the changed graph facet.

    API name: facetid

  • The start value of the selected range.

    API name: facetrangestart

  • The end value of the selected range.

    API name: facetrangeend

facetSelect

Logs the following:

  • The selected facet ID used to filter on results.

    API name: facetid

  • The selected facet value used to filter on results.

    API name: facetvalue

facetDeselect

Logs the following:

  • The deselected facet ID to no longer filter on results with one of its values.

    API name: facetid

  • The deselected facet value to no longer filter on results with it.

    API name: facetvalue

facetExclude

Logs the following:

  • The excluded facet ID used to filter out results containing one of its values.

    API name: facetid

  • The excluded facet value used to filter out results containing this value.

    API name: facetvalue

facetUnexclude

Logs the following:

  • The facet ID for which a previously excluded value is now re-included in the results.

    API name: facetid

  • The facet value that was previously excluded but is now reinstated to allow results containing this value.

    API name: facetvalue

facetSortValues

Logs the following:

  • The ID of the facet for which the sorting function has changed.

    API name: facetid

  • The name of the sorting function.

    API name: facetsortby

facetSelectAll

Logs the following:

  • The ID of the facet for which all values have been selected.

    API name: facetid

  • The values of the facet for which all values have been selected.

    API name: facetvalues

createItem

Logs the type of created item.

API name: entityName

Note

A caseAttach event is logged when a user clicks the Link to Case or the Mark as Relevant button, whereas a caseDetach event is only logged when a user clicks the Unlink from Case button, which cancels the Link to Case action.

searchboxSubmit

Logs the query from a non-standalone search box.

Logs the query from a standalone search box.

Action cause (Salesforce)

This section lists the custom metadata logged for each standard actionCause value associated with Salesforce events.

casecontextAdd

Logs the added contextual case ID.

API name: caseid

casecontextRemove

Logs the removed contextual case ID.

API name: caseid

preferencesChange

Logs the following:

  • The search preference setting name.

    API name: preferencesname

  • The search preference setting type.

    API name: preferencestype

caseAttach (Salesforce)

Logs the following:

  • The attached knowledge base article title.

    API name: documenttitle

  • The attached knowledge base article URL.

    API name: resulturihash

  • The attached knowledge base article ID.

    API name: articleid

  • The case ID on which the knowledge base article was attached.

    API name: caseid

caseDetach (Salesforce)

Logs the following:

  • The detached knowledge base article title.

    API name: documenttitle

  • The detached knowledge base article URL.

    API name: resulturihash

  • The detached knowledge base article ID.

    API name: articleid

  • The case ID on which the knowledge base article was detached.

    API name: caseid

customfiltersChange

Logs the following:

  • The custom search filter name.

    API name: customfiltername

  • The custom search filter type.

    API name: customfiltertype

  • The custom search filter expression.

    API name: customfilterexpression