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analytics_event

A product analytics action — a single user interaction tracked by PostHog. NOT a life event — see event.yaml for births, marriages, etc.

MetadataValue
Pluralanalytics_events
FieldType
distinctIdstring
propertiesjson
currentUrlurl
RelationTarget
personperson

External standards this shape draws from or aligns with. See Shape design principles for how prior art informs shape design.

  • PostHog Events API — Direct source: our distinctId/properties/currentUrl are PostHog’s distinct_id/properties/$current_url.
  • Segment Track Spec — Generic product-analytics event model: event(name) + properties blob + user id. Our fields are compatible with Segment payloads.
  • Google Analytics 4 Event Schema — GA4 is the other de-facto analytics event standard; our properties parallels GA4’s event_params array.