Events

Overview

This topic explains how to use the Product analytics Events tab, and what information that tab contains. The Events tab shows you information for different events. You can also use this tab to create custom events.

The Events tab

At the top of the Events tab, a live line of text shows the period for which event data is displayed. Events that display in this tab are not the same as LaunchDarkly metric events, and should be analyzed separately.

You can search by typing in the box to find a specific event type. The Events tab is displayed with multiple columns. They are:

• Event name: Shows the name and description of an event type.
• Event type: Shows the number of times product analytics has registered an event, as well as that event’s frequency as a percentage of total events.

To hide an event, click the three-dot overflow menu and choose to Hide event.

Click an event to display its “Properties” panel. This shows event type and user data contributing to the event.

Custom events

Product analytics lets you create a single event by combining multiple events you choose. This combined events are called “custom events.” For example, you could create a custom event to track purchase-related behavior by defining that event as any of “Add to checkout,” or “Add to wishlist,” or “Share product link.”

Product analytics custom events are not the same as LaunchDarkly’s other custom events.

You can create custom events from the Events tab. Here’s how:

1. From the Events tab, click Create custom event. The “Create custom event” page opens.
2. Give your custom event a human-readable Name.
3. Optionally, add a description.
4. Choose an event from the “Events” menu.
5. Optionally, click to expand the “Filter” options to further refine the event.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 until you have added all the events you want to include in the custom event.
7. Click Save. The new custom event appears in the Events tab.