Set the Campaign Source by using a custom querystr

Question

Lets say I have a partner that provides traffic to our website and that partner is identified by passing a partner querystring parameter with their name as the value of that parameter.

I'm trying to use an advanced view filter to set the Campaign Source.

My configuration currently is:

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Field A -> Extract A : Request URI = partner=([^&]*)

Field B -> Extract B : -

Output To -> Constructor : Campaign Source = $A1

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Field A Required = Yes

Field B Required = No

Override Output Field = Yes

Case Sensitive = No

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An example url would be:

http://www.mydomain.com/?partner=someone

This configuration isn't setting the Campaign Source at all. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Answer 1

I think you have to override source,medium and campaign name with three subsequent filters (the reason I think that is a) that with utm parameters these are the three mandatory ones and I assumed with filters it would work the same way and b) I just tested this and it worked).