SUG Bangalore webinar on 'Explore working with MongoDB in Sitecore' presented by Ankit Joshi from Verndale on 16 April 2017.

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AGENDA
2. Identifying contacts in MongoDB(Identifiers)
4. Querying MongoDB Data
5. Creating custom MongoDB and collection
THEME: Explore Sitecore MongoDB
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6. Adding documents
3. Understanding facets
1. Introduction to contacts

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Introduction to Contacts
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 In xDB a contact is an individual visitor.
 This visitor may be anonymous or he may have been authenticated.
 A contact is a combination of facets.
 Contact Includes:
 Identifiers
 Personal Information
 Email
 Phone Number
 Addresses
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Contacts:

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Contacts:

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Identifying Contacts in
MongoDB(Identifiers)
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 Contact identification is the process of connecting the current session,
device and contact session to an identifier. This is implemented using
the Identify() method which is part of the Sitecore Analytics tracker
namespace.
 Sitecore.Analytics.Tracker.Current.Session.Identify(identifier)
 A contact is always identified by an identifier, identifier is an string
value which uniquely identifies a contact in relation to website and this
value is always provided by contact itself.
 Identifiers can be one of the following:
 User login
 User id from third party system and/or
 Email address.
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Identifying Contact:

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Identifying Contact:
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Understanding Facets
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 Contact facet is the property of the contact
 Facets are used to read and write information to contact.
 Out of the box contact facets that comes by default:
 Personal
 Addresses
 Emails
 Phone Numbers
 Picture
 Communication Profile
 Preferences
 Custom Facets
Facets:

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Facets:
 Custom facets information can be found here:
 Path: App_ConfigIncludeSitecore.Analytics.Model.Config

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Querying MongoDB
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Mongo Query:
db.getCollection('Contacts').find({"Personal.FirstName":"Ankit Joshi"})
db.getCollection('Identifiers').find({"_id":"ANKIT"})

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Creating Custom MongoDB
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Custom MongoDB:
 Mongo Shell
 use myDB name
 If “myDB” exists it will switch the context to “myDB”, if not it creates the
DB
 Use db command to check your context DB
 Check if the DB is created or not using show dbs command

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Adding Documents
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MongoDB documents:

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Thank You
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