Sitecore: 9.1 + JSS 11 - Integrated mode
Module: Path analyzer
Issue: We are using wild-card functionality to render certain pages in our application. In the path-analyzer report, we are seeing '*' (aestrik) under 'Name', not the name of the item to which the request had been resolved.
Are we missing something?
Out-of-the-box, Sitecore does not provide a solution for Wildcard pages and the related tools (Analytics Tracking, Path Analyzer, and so on).
You need to implement a custom solution for correctly instructing Sitecore what your Wildcard matches.
I am not sure if this code can run on Sitecore 9.1 (it is for 8.x), but it should give you a place to start.
using Sitecore;
using Sitecore.Analytics.Tracking;
using Sitecore.Data.Items;
using Sitecore.Diagnostics;
using Sitecore.Web;
using System;
using System.Web;
using Sitecore.Analytics.Pipelines.InitializeTracker;
namespace Someproject.Pipelines.InitializeTracker
{
public class CustomCreatePage : InitializeTrackerProcessor
{
private void CreateAndInitializePage(HttpContextBase httpContext, CurrentInteraction visit)
{
IPageContext empty = visit.CreatePage();
empty.SetUrl(WebUtil.GetRawUrl());
DeviceItem device = Context.Device;
if (device == null)
{
empty.SitecoreDevice.Id = Guid.Empty;
empty.SitecoreDevice.Name = string.Empty;
}
else
{
empty.SitecoreDevice.Id = device.ID.Guid;
empty.SitecoreDevice.Name = device.Name;
}
// Default Sitecore implementation
Item item = Context.Item;
// Our logic starts here: if the current item is a wildcard
if (item != null && item.Name == "*")
{
// Perform a call to the logic which resolves the correct item
var resolvedItem = this.ResolveWildcardItem(item);
if (resolvedItem != null)
{
item = resolvedItem;
}
}
// Resume the default behaviour
if (item == null)
{
return;
}
empty.SetItemProperties(item.ID.Guid, item.Language.Name, item.Version.Number);
}
public override void Process(InitializeTrackerArgs args)
{
Assert.ArgumentNotNull(args, "args");
if (args.IsSessionEnd)
{
return;
}
HttpContextBase httpContext = args.HttpContext;
if (httpContext == null)
{
args.AbortPipeline();
return;
}
this.CreateAndInitializePage(httpContext, args.Session.Interaction);
}
private Item ResolveWildcardItem(Item item)
{
return Someproject.BusinessLogic.AbstactedData.GetDataSource(item, Someproject.BusinessLogic.SlugFactory.GetSlugPreSelected(item));
}
}
}
The code would need to be patched in:
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<configuration xmlns :patch="http://www.sitecore.net/xmlconfig /" xmlns:set="http://www.sitecore.net/xmlconfig/set/">
<sitecore>
<pipelines>
<initializeTracker>
<processor type="Someproject.Pipelines.InitializeTracker.CustomCreatePage,Someproject" patch:instead="*[@type='Sitecore.Analytics.Pipelines.InitializeTracker.CreatePage, Sitecore.Analytics']" />
</initializeTracker>
</pipelines>
</sitecore>
</configuration>
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