contentSelection Tag

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The contentSelection tag denotes the definition of a set of Content Selection Applications.

The contentSelection tag contains one tag: add.

add Tag

This tag denotes a new Content Selection Application.

The following table lists the attributes of the add tag.

Attribute Data Type Description
name String The name of the Content Selection Application. This attribute is used as the reference to the application in the runtime.

This attribute is required.
cacheName String The name of the data cache used by the application.

This attribute is required.
selectionPipeline String The name of the pipeline used for selecting the appropriate content. This name should correspond to a pipeline defined in the <pipelines> section of the web.config file.

This attribute is required.
eventPipeline String The name of the pipeline used for recording events. This name should correspond to a pipeline defined in the <pipelines> section of the web.config file.
preloadCache Boolean Determines whether or not that cache will be preloaded on application startup. It is recommended to preload the cache for discount type caches if the OrderDiscount pipeline component is used within a transactional Business Processing pipeline.

The default value is False.

This attribute is required.
redirectURL String URL used for handling the click request for an advertisement or other piece of clickable content retrieved by the CSF. This attribute is optional. The default value is empty.

This attribute is required.

Example

<contentSelection>
    <add name="application-name"
        cacheName="dependent cache name"
        selectionPipeline="dependent csf pipeline name"
        eventPipeline="dependent event pipeline name"
        preloadCache="true|false"
        redirectUrl="relative url"
    />
</contentSelection >

See Also

Configuration Services

CommerceContentSelectionModule Class

ContentSelectionContext Class

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