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Sale / lead / action tracking parameters

in your sale tracking code you can use various parameters that wil pass additional data about the transaction.

All possible tracking parameters 

<script id="pap_x2s6df8d" src="http://www.yoursite.com/affiliate/scripts/salejs.php" type="text/javascript">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var sale = PostAffTracker.createSale();
sale.setTotalCost('120.50');
sale.setOrderID('ORD_12345XYZ');
sale.setProductID('test product');
sale.setAffiliateID('testaff');
sale.setCampaignID('11111111');
sale.setCustomCommission('10.23');
sale.setStatus('A');
sale.setData1('something');
sale.setData2('something');
sale.setData3('something');
sale.setData4('something');
sale.setData5('something');

PostAffTracker.setChannel('testchannel');
PostAffTracker.setCookieValue('testchannel');

PostAffTracker.writeCookieToCustomField('id_field');
PostAffTracker.writeAffiliateToCustomField('id_field');

PostAffTracker.register();
</script>

Sale / lead / action parameters
setTotalCost()  total cost of the order. It is required for percentage commissions campaigns, otherwise optional
setOrderID()  ID of the order. Can be used for recognizing duplicate transactions
setProductID()  ID of the product
setAffiliateID()  ID or referral ID of the affiliate. With this parameter you can force to register commission to this affiliate
setCampaignID()  ID of the campaign. With this parameter you can force to register commission using this campaign
setCustomCommission()  value of custom commissions. You can force to use this commissions value instead of commissions set in campaign. If you put % in front of the number, the commission will be computed as percentage
setStatus()  force to set this status for this commission. You can use these states:
  • 'A' - approved
  • 'P' - pending
  • 'D' - declined
setData1()  set custom data for this transaction. You have up to five fields.
setData2()  set additional custom data for this transaction
setData3()  set additional custom data for this transaction
setData4()  set additional custom data for this transaction
setData5()  set additional custom data for this transaction
 
Global tracker parameters
PostAffTracker.setChannel()  ID or code of the channel. With this parameter you can force to register commission with this channel
PostAffTracker.setCookieValue()  custom cookie value. With this parameter you can force to register commission with this cookie value.
The cookie value saves affiliate ID and campaign ID. It is in format {"c":"CAMPAIGNID","a":"AFFILIATEID","ch":"CHANNELID"}, for example {"c":"d3425s9f","a":"e2r48sv3","ch":null}.
 
Helper tracker functions
PostAffTracker.writeCookieToCustomField  this function writes the value of the cookie into input field with the specified ID
PostAffTracker.writeAffiliateToCustomField()  this function writes the affiliate ID value from the cookie into input field with the specified ID
PostAffTracker.register()  this function will call the affiliate system and saves the commission. This function MUST BE CALLED if you want to save the commissions.

Examples of use


Saving commission with no additional parameters passed It will save commission with no other parameters. Makes sense only for fixed (not percentage) commissions. 
<script id="pap_x2s6df8d" src="http://www.yoursite.com/affiliate/scripts/salejs.php" type="text/javascript">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var sale = PostAffTracker.createSale();
PostAffTracker.register();
</script>

Saving per action commission It will save per action commission with code 'signup'. 
<script id="pap_x2s6df8d" src="http://www.yoursite.com/affiliate/scripts/salejs.php" type="text/javascript">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var signup = PostAffTracker.createAction('signup');
signup.setOrderID('ORD_12345XYZ');
signup.setProductID('Product1');
PostAffTracker.register();
</script>

Saving multiple commissions with one call You can use this code if you want to save commissions separately for different items in your shopping cart. 
<script id="pap_x2s6df8d" src="http://www.yoursite.com/affiliate/scripts/salejs.php" type="text/javascript">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var sale = PostAffTracker.createSale();
sale.setTotalCost('50.50');
sale.setOrderID('ORD_12345XYZ');
sale.setProductID('Product1');

var sale2 = PostAffTracker.createSale();
sale2.setTotalCost('35.40');
sale2.setOrderID('ORD_12345XYZ');
sale2.setProductID('Product2');

var sale3 = PostAffTracker.createSale();
sale3.setTotalCost('67.30');
sale3.setOrderID('ORD_12345XYZ');
sale3.setProductID('Product3');

PostAffTracker.register();
</script>

Saving commission to a specific affiliate It will this save commission to affiliate with ID or Referrer ID = testaff, doesn't matter who really referred the sale / lead. 
<script id="pap_x2s6df8d" src="http://www.yoursite.com/affiliate/scripts/salejs.php" type="text/javascript">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var sale = PostAffTracker.createSale();
sale.setTotalCost('120.50');
sale.setOrderID('ORD_12345XYZ');
sale.setProductID('test product');
sale.setAffiliateID('testaff');

PostAffTracker.register();
</script>

Displaying value of the cookie and affiliate You can use this functionality to get the ID of affiliate who referred your customer, and then use it in your own script.
Note that this is callback function, and getting the value is delayed 1 second. It is because the JavaScript code has to get the cookie also from the Flash object. 
<script id="pap_x2s6df8d" src="http://www.yoursite.com/affiliate/scripts/salejs.php" type="text/javascript">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
PostAffTracker.writeCookieToCustomField('id_field');
PostAffTracker.writeAffiliateToCustomField('id_field');
</script>
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