ETL: ExtractUABrowserName

Return the browser name from a user agent string. Use EXTRACTUABROWSERNAME for web analytics and browser usage reporting in ETL data pipelines.

Description

Returns a browser name for a given user agent string.

Syntax

ExtractUABrowserName(user_agent_string)

Examples

ExtractUABrowserName('chrome/25') returns ‘Chrome’

Notes

The following table lists the BrowserName returned for each User Agent value.

User Agent	BrowserName
opera	Opera
msie/trident	Internet Explorer
seamonkey	Seamonkey
firefox	Firefox
chromium	Chromium
chrome	Chrome
safari	Safari

Return value datatype

String

Impact of null value

If input is null, returns ‘unknown’.