Reference data

Locations

Version:

Format in Sitecore 8.x

In Sitecore 8.x, Location data is stored in the MongoDB collection Locations.

The following is an example of a Location record:

{
    "_id" : NUUID("6ec70000-2768-c105-9fce-38a94acbb725"),
    "_t" : "LocationData",
    "BusinessName" : "The Garrison",
    "Country" : "GB",
    "Classification" : 0
}

Format in Sitecore 9

In Sitecore 9, Location data is stored as reference data.

Mapping details

This section describes how Location data is mapped from Sitecore 8.x to 9.


Source object	Document from the GeoIps collection
Reference data object type	`Sitecore.Analytics.Model.LocationData,Sitecore.Analytics.Model`
Field mapping definition	xDB Reference Data Mappings > MongoDB Locations Document to xDB Location Data

Value to write to reference data object	Property on reference data object
`BusinessName` from source object	`BusinessName`
`Classification` from source object	`Classification`
`Country` from source object	`Country`
`_id` from source object	`LocationId`

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