Event

Amplitude provides product analytics that helps companies leverage cross-platform behavioral data to drive user growth.

Supported Features

• Analytics
• Data Export
• Real-Time Dashboards
• Retroactive Funnels

Prerequisites

In order to activate mParticle’s integration with Amplitude, you will need the Amplitude API Key for each app that you’d like to setup. Your API key can be found on the Settings page of the Amplitude dashboard.

Data Processing Notes

mParticle will forward User Identities and Attributes to Amplitude, even if there are no events in the batch.

Device/User ID Mapping

Every event in Amplitude has a main Device ID field. mParticle populates this field as follows:

• For Android, the Android ID (falling back to the Android Advertising ID if unavailable)
• For iOS, the IDFA (falling back to the IDFV if unavailable)
• For Roku, the Roku Advertising ID (falling back to the Roku Publisher ID if not available)
• For FireTV, the Fire Advertising ID.

Amplitude also has dedicated fields for particular Device IDs, such as IDFA and Android ID. These will be populated if the ID is available. See Field Mappings, for more information.

Amplitude requires either a Device ID or a User ID. User ID can be mapped as Email, Customer ID or mParticle ID. If no accepted identifiers are present, data will not be forwarded.

Forwarding Web Data

By default, mParticle forwards web data to Amplitude client-side, by directly invoking Amplitude’s Javascript methods. Optionally, you can choose to forward web data server-to-server in the Connection Settings. Note that if you choose this option, your incoming data must have your selected User ID to be forwarded.

Event Data Mapping

Screen Views

mParticle will forward all screen views to Amplitude with the Amplitude Event Type set to “Viewed ScreenName”, where ScreenName is the screen name passed to the logScreen SDK method (or the name of the screen’s Activity class if you’re using automatic screen tracking on Android).

Session Forwarding

mParticle will forward all session start and session end events to Amplitude with the Amplitude Event Type set to session_start and session_end.

eCommerce Event Forwarding

mParticle will translate eCommerce events into Amplitude events by expanding the eCommerce event into multiple events per product by appending the event name with ” - Item” , i.e. eCommerce - AddToCart - Item. This expansion applies to all eCommerce transactions; Add To Cart, Add To WishList, Checkout Purchase, etc.

eCommerce Field Mappings

Parameter	Amplitude field	mParticle details
Quantity	quantity	Item Quantity
Revenue	revenue	Item Revenue
Product ID	productId	Product ID or SKU
Price	price	Item Price

The TotalAmount attribute is not forwarded to Amplitude on a CommerceEvent.

Custom Event Forwarding

Custom events logged via mParticle’s logEvent SDK method and their attributes will be forwarded to Amplitude, with the event name passed to logEvent as the Amplitude Event Type. An event name must be specified or an error will be returned.

Attribution Custom Event Forwarding

Attribution Custom events will be forwarded to Amplitude prefixed with the attribution provider in the event name. For example, [Tune] attribution. Event Attributes that are included with the event are forwarded to Amplitude in user_properties, also prefixed with the attribution provider.

Field Mappings

Parameter	Amplitude Field	mParticle Details
Android ID	android_id	Passed if OS is Android
Android Advertising ID	adid	Passed if OS is Android
Application Version	app_version	Application Version
Brand	device_brand	The device brand the user is on. This is not passed for Apple devices.
Carrier	device_carrier	Device Carrier
City	city	City the user is in; this is also included in User Properties
Country	Country the user is in; this is also included in User Properties	country
Designated Market Area	DMA	If you wish to forward this property to Amplitude, you must set it as a custom user attribute, labeled dma.
Device ID	device_id	Set based on Operating System; see Device ID Mapping
Email	If the Include Email in User Properties setting is enabled, email is included in user_properties	email
Event Properties	event_properties	All event attributes included with eCommerce, Custom and Screen View events. See above for Attribution Custom Events.
Event Type	event_type	Described above for each supported event
IDFA	idfa	Passed if OS is iOS or tvOS
Insert ID	insert_id	A unique id for the event derived from the event name and the event and session_start timestamps
IP Address	ip	IP address of the user
Language	language	Language the user has set
Latitude	location_lat	Latitude of the user
Library	library	A label for the source of data which is visible in the Amplitude dashboard. This will always be set to ‘mParticle’
Longitude	location_lng	Longitude of the user
Manufacturer	device_manufacturer	Device Manufacturer
Model	device_model	Device Model
OS Name	os_name	iOS, tvOS, Android, Roku
OS Version	os_version	The version of the mobile OS or browser the user is on
Platform	platform	iOS, Android, Apple TV, Web, Roku
Region	region	Region (or State) the user is in; this is also included in User Properties
Session Start Time	session_id	Session Start Timestamp
Time	time	Event Timestamp, in milliseconds
User ID	user_id	Set based on the value of the User Identification setting
User Properties	user_properties	All user attributes included with the event. See above for Attribution Custom Events.

Configuration Settings

Setting Name	Data Type	Default Value	Description
API Key	string		Your app’s Amplitude API Key. You can find this on the “My Account” page of Amplitude’s dashboard.

Connection Settings

Setting Name	Data Type	Default Value	Platform	Description
Instance Name	string	default	Web	The name of the client-side Amplitude instance to use. This should be unique for each Amplitude connection.
User Identification	string	customerId	All	To identify users, choose “Customer ID” to send Customer ID if provided, “Email” to send Email addresses if provided, or “MPID” to send mParticle ID. You can map other IDs by using the Other, Other2, Other3, and Other4 fields by selecting these from the User Identification drop-down. These fields can be used to map Other IDs as Customer IDs.
Include Email in User Properties	bool	False	All	If enabled, the email user identity will be forwarded in the Amplitude user_properties.
Allow unset user attributes	bool	True	All	Allow user attributes to be removed in Amplitude using the $unset operation.
Prefix Attribution with Source	bool	True	All	If enabled, the attribution source name will be prefixed for attribution events.
Forward Web Requests Server Side	bool	false	Web	If enabled, mParticle will not initialize the full Amplitude integration on the web client. Instead, web data will be forwarded to Amplitude via server-to-server API.