Configuring start parameter processing

You can read about what the start parameter is in the previous section

You can configure processing rules for each bot. To do this, go to My Bots and select the bot you need. On the bot information page, find the "UTM Tags" item (start processing rules) and go to its settings.

The processing rules settings page consists of two parts:

1. The settings form (more on this below)

2. A preview of the result. When you change the settings, you'll see how various links will be processed. You can add your own example links.

Simplified mode

This mode is selected by default for all new bots

Simplified mode doesn't process the start parameter and uses it as-is. This mode works well if you don't need additional parameters. For example, the string start=docs will be processed as follows:

Parameter	Value
none	docs

Processing type

The string processing type lets you exclude certain parameters. This field offers 3 options:

1. All parameters — will take all parameters into account

2. Only specified parameters — will only take into account the parameters you specify

3. All except specified parameters — will take into account all parameters except the ones you specify

Parameter list

If "processing type" is set to "only specified parameters" or "all except specified parameters", you can specify the list of these parameters in this field.

Parameter separator and value separator

These are the characters that split the string to determine the parameters and their values. In the image below, the parameter separator is "_", and the value separator is "—"

The algorithm for processing the string source—google_campaign—cpc is as follows:

1. Split the string by the parameter separator "_", getting:

   1. source—google

   2. campaign—cpc

2. Split the resulting parts by the value separator "—", getting:

Parameter	Value
source	google
campaign	cpc