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diff --git a/doc/development/product_analytics/snowplow.md b/doc/development/product_analytics/snowplow.md index c5f48994d5c..a943bf273c7 100644 --- a/doc/development/product_analytics/snowplow.md +++ b/doc/development/product_analytics/snowplow.md @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ sequenceDiagram ## Structured event taxonomy -When adding new click events, we should add them in a way that's internally consistent. If we don't, it'll be very painful to perform analysis across features since each feature will be capturing events differently. +When adding new click events, we should add them in a way that's internally consistent. If we don't, it is very painful to perform analysis across features since each feature captures events differently. The current method provides several attributes that are sent on each click event. Please try to follow these guidelines when specifying events to capture: @@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ The current method provides several attributes that are sent on each click event | property | text | false | Any additional property of the element, or object being acted on. | | value | decimal | false | Describes a numeric value or something directly related to the event. This could be the value of an input (e.g. `10` when clicking `internal` visibility). | +### Web-specific parameters + +Snowplow JS adds many [web-specific parameters](https://docs.snowplowanalytics.com/docs/collecting-data/collecting-from-own-applications/snowplow-tracker-protocol/#21_Web-specific_parameters) to all web events by default. + ## Implementing Snowplow JS (Frontend) tracking GitLab provides `Tracking`, an interface that wraps the [Snowplow JavaScript Tracker](https://github.com/snowplow/snowplow/wiki/javascript-tracker) for tracking custom events. There are a few ways to use tracking, but each generally requires at minimum, a `category` and an `action`. Additional data can be provided that adheres to our [Structured event taxonomy](#structured-event-taxonomy). |