Adobe Experience Platform serves as the foundational real-time customer data platform (CDP) for the Adobe Experience Cloud ecosystem. It enables enterprises to ingest, unify, and activate customer data from disparate online and offline sources into a single, persistent Real-time Customer Profile. This platform facilitates a browser-first workflow for data architects, marketers, and developers to define data schemas, manage data governance, build granular segments, and orchestrate personalized experiences across web properties, mobile applications, and other digital touchpoints, directly impacting web discoverability and conversion funnels through precise audience targeting and content delivery.
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Foundation for Experience Cloud applications.
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Introduction
Key Features
Core Capabilities
Real-time Customer Profile UI: Consolidated view of individual customer data across all ingested sources, updated in millisecond
Schema Registry: Centralized management and definition of Experience Data Model (XDM) schemas for data standardization
Query Service console: SQL-based interface for ad-hoc data exploration and analysis on the unified data lake
Data Governance policies: Tools for defining and enforcing data usage labels and consent preferences across dataset
Identity Graph viewer: Visualization and management of identity stitching across various customer identifier
Additional Details
Segmentation Builder: Drag-and-drop interface for creating dynamic, real-time audience segments based on profile attributes and behavioral event
Destination Catalog: Browser-based directory for configuring and activating segments to various downstream applications and advertising platform
Sources Catalog: Interface for connecting and ingesting data from a wide array of first-party and third-party data sources, including web SDK
Sandboxes management: Provisioning and administration of isolated development and testing environments within the platform
Observability dashboards: Monitoring data ingestion pipelines, segment evaluation, and destination activation health
Use Cases
For Developers
Custom Application Development on Unified Data
Developers leverage the AEP SDKs and APIs to build custom web applications or integrations that consume and contribute to the Real-time Customer Profile. This includes developing custom data connectors, extending XDM schemas, or creating bespoke personalization engines that operate directly on the unified customer data, ensuring consistent experiences across owned web propertie
How to Use Adobe Experience Platform
Onboard Web Data Source and Define Schema
Navigate to the "Sources" section in the AEP browser UI. Select the appropriate web SDK or API connector. Follow the guided steps to configure data ingestion from your website, mapping event data and profile attributes to a new or existing Experience Data Model (XDM) schema within the "Schema Registry."
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About Adobe Experience Platform
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Adobe Experience Platform Status
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Service is operational