The general event module can query and maintain the details of currently supported general events (except virtual events and circled events), and supports operations such as adding events, editing events, setting event status, and accepting event tracking. This article provides you with a hands-on guide to the basic concepts and functions of general events.

After logging into the DataFinder product console, you can go to the General Events page by clicking Data Management > Metadata Management > General Events at the top.

The operation points of the above two scenarios are similar. This article takes the unpurchased event tracking governance module as an example to introduce the activity details of the general event page.

• You can view a list of all general events under the current app on the current page, and click on the corresponding event name to view the event details. The filter criteria at the top help you quickly filter queries.
• Users with general event management privileges can also perform management operations such as modification, creation, and state modification of general events.

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  If you need to manage general events, please contact your app administrator to open the "Data Management-General Events-Manageable" function permission for you. Users without permission can only view and cannot operate.

• The general event list only shows the accepted events, and the unaccepted events can be viewed and completed by clicking "Acceptance Events".
• Real-time event tracking detection is a function that can detect and quickly verify whether the event tracking is correct and the data upload situation in real time.

Check the basic information #

On the General Events page, you can view a list of all events, which also displays the event's display name, description, and other information. Click on the event name to see more details in the side page that pops up on the right.

• You can check whether the corresponding event is a preset event, what are the properties of the event, and so on.
• The current system has provided you with a large number of preset events and preset properties. It is recommended that you follow up the business requirements before data analytics. After planning the event tracking that needs to be reported for analysis, check whether the preset events have met the business requirements. If not, you can manually create custom events.

View change history #

DataFinder provides you with event tracking change history function (value-added function). After clicking on a specific event, you can click the "Change History" tab on the side page that pops up on the right, where you can view the change log information of the current event.

Check blood relations #

DataFinder provides you with event tracking blood management function (value-added function). After clicking on a specific event, you can click the "Blood Relationship" tab on the side page that pops up on the right, where you can view the chart/dashboard and user group associated with the current event.

• You can view a list of charts and kanban boards using the current event in "Chart Blood", and see if the usage is "direct reference" or "indirect reference". Click the link of the corresponding chart/kanban board to jump to the corresponding chart/kanban board.
• You can view the user groups that have used the current event in "Group Blood", and view the current latest number of users in the group, the number of queries in the past 30 days, etc. Click the corresponding group name to jump to the edit configuration page of the corresponding group.

View/upload event tracking screenshots #

DataFinder provides you with event tracking screenshots (additional purchase is required). If you have contacted BytePlus technical support to turn on this function switch, you can upload/view event tracking screenshots of the current event on the event details page.

New event #

Support single new event, also support batch new, the operation guide is as follows.

Single new event #

Open the metadata management > general event page, click the "New Event > Single New Event" button in the upper right corner of the page, you can register the event information in the pop-up window, and you can only submit one event at a time.

Batch new event #

If you need to register multiple events at once, you can use the Bulk New Event feature to increase operational efficiency, allowing you to submit up to 200 events at a time.
Open the metadata management > general event page, click the "New Event > Batch New Event" button in the upper right corner of the page, download the "event tracking design template" according to the interface prompts, fill in the event tracking information according to the format instructions and upload it.

Build on demand #

If you have purchased the activation request management feature (supported since the 5.1.0 version, value-added features need to be purchased separately), you can create events directly based on the created requirements.

1. Open the Metadata management > General event page and click the "New Event > New on Demand" button in the upper right corner of the page.
2. The page will jump to the request management page, you can refer to Request Management to create event tracking requirements and submit them online to complete the event creation.

Modify the event properties of an event #

If you need to append event properties to an event that has been reported, you can click the event name in the list, click "Add Event Properties" on the event details page to append properties to the current event; you can also delete custom properties that have been added to the event.

Edit event display name, description, category #

It is recommended that you maintain the event display name and event description information in time, which will help application members better understand the business meaning of event tracking. Support for individual modifications or batch modifications.

Enable/disable/hide events #

You can adjust the state of events in the list.

The event processing logic in different states is as follows:

Acceptance event #

If you turn on the event tracking warehousing verification of the data, only the accepted events can be warehoused normally and the data can be queried. That is, the general event list only shows the accepted events, and the unaccepted events can be viewed and accepted by clicking "Acceptance Events".

• The upper limit of the acceptance pending event list displays 1000 events, and the excess part cannot be checked.
• You can also manage the event blacklist on the "Data Acceptance" page, and add or remove the required events from the blacklist. There is no limit to the number of blacklist events.
  
  

Validation event tracking #

Real-time event tracking detection is a function that can detect and quickly verify whether the event tracking is correct and the data upload situation in real time; support mobile end App (Android, iOS), WeChat Mini Program, please refer to the relevant operation instructions .

Q1: How do I delete an event? #

The current Finder does not support deleting existing events. You can set the status of unwanted events to "inactive".

Q2: Why can't the event be found in the analysis module? #

It is recommended to check the event status first, as inactive events cannot be used. It can be re-active if required.

Q3: How to add event properties? #

If you need to add event properties to an existing event, you can click "Register event tracking" to add event properties to an existing event.