In Google Tag Manager a pre-defined variable type of "Data Layer Variable" exists with an input for the variable name. In a standard single level of key/value pairs this is easy.
var dataLayer = [{"mykey":"myvalue"}];
Given that data layer you'd just use mykey
as your variable to input into GTM. However, if you use the CEDDL spec (http://www.w3.org/2013/12/ceddl-201312.pdf) structure you end up with a deeply nested array:
dataLayer = [
{
"product": [
{
"category": {
"primaryCategory": "Auto Loans"
},
"productInfo": {
"productID": "1",
"productName": "PurchaseLoan",
"description": "Auto finance loan"
},
"security": [
"Analytics",
"Personalization",
"Recommendations"
]
}
]
}
]
So the real question is: how do I access the value of "productName" in the above example?
In standard Javascript you might access it like so:
dataLayer[1].product[0].productInfo.productName
or
dataLayer.1.product.1.productInfo.productName
... but neither of these options work (with or without dataLayer.1
as the first node).