Recommended workflow for creating dimension populated by logged values

About this task

If you are creating a whitelist, blacklist, or group list dimension that is populated by source values from logs, the following workflow is recommended for creating the dimension.

Procedure

  1. Create the dimension. See Creating or editing a dimension.
    1. For the Values to Record, select the type of data you want to record. See Dimension values to record.
    2. Turn on logging.
    3. Do not specify your list yet.
    4. Specify other properties as you see fit.
  2. Click Save Draft.
  3. Before dimension values can be logged, you must add the dimension to a report group. See Creating or editing a report group.
  4. Click Save Changes.
  5. Allow sufficient time for the database log to be populated by a representative sample of values that are detected in the capture stream. Typically, 24 hours is a sufficient waiting period.
  6. Review the dimension logs to verify that all values you want to detect were captured. See Adding values from logs.
  7. Create the list or lists from the logged values.
  8. After you specified the list for the dimension, you may want to export the list to a file for recordkeeping.
  9. Click Save Draft.
  10. Click Save Changes.