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Step-by-step guide to send your event data from RudderStack to Lytics. |
Lytics is a popular customer data platform, built for marketers. It allows you to efficiently leverage your first-party customer data to deliver tailored customer journeys. With Lytics, you can better engage with your customers through personalized messages and automated, AI-driven marketing campaigns.
RudderStack supports Lytics as a destination to which you can send your event data in real-time.
To enable sending data to Lytics, you will first need to add it as a destination to the source from which you are sending your event data. Once the destination is enabled, events from our SDK will start flowing to Lytics.
Before configuring your source and destination on the RudderStack, verify if the source platform is supported by Lytics, by referring to the table below:
| Connection Mode | Web | Mobile | Server |
|---|---|---|---|
| Device mode | - | - | - |
| Cloud mode | Supported | Supported | Supported |
{% hint style="info" %} To know more about the difference between Cloud mode and Device mode in RudderStack, read the RudderStack connection modes guide. {% endhint %}
Once you have confirmed that the platform supports sending events to Lytics, perform the steps below:
- From your RudderStack dashboard, add the source. Then, from the list of destinations, select Lytics**.**
{% hint style="info" %} Follow our Adding a Source and Destination guide to add a source and destination in RudderStack. {% endhint %}
- Give a name to the destination and click on Next. You should then see the following screen:
The connection settings are explained in more detail as follows:
- Account ID: The Lytics account ID you can get from their dashboard should be entered here.
- API Key: Create an API key from Lytics dashboard and enter the details here.
{% hint style="info" %} To get the API Key, go to your Lytics dashboard, and navigate to Account - Manage Accounts - Account Settings - API Token. You can create an API token here and use this information to configure Lytics as a destination. {% endhint %}
- Stream: Assign a name for the stream you want to send your data to.
- Block Load: This is used to get your most updated audience membership and profile data, before sending it to Lytics.
- Load ID: This information is used to identify users across domains.
With the page method, RudderStack makes a call to Lytics to record a page view.
{% hint style="info" %}
For more information on the page method, refer to our guide on RudderStack API Specification.
{% endhint %}
A sample page call is as shown:
rudderanalytics.page("new category", "page name", {
url: "url",
path: "/path",
});Similarly, we can also make screen calls. However, this is supported only in the cloud-mode.
{% hint style="info" %}
To know more about how the screen call works, refer to our guide on RudderStack API Specification.
{% endhint %}
{% hint style="info" %} To know more about the difference between Cloud mode and Device mode in RudderStack, read the RudderStack connection modes guide. {% endhint %}
A sample screen call is as shown:
[[RSClient sharedInstance] screen:@"Main"];With the track API, RudderStack makes a call to Lytics to track user actions and their associated properties.
{% hint style="info" %}
For more information on the track method, refer to our guide on RudderStack API Specification.
{% endhint %}
A sample track call is as shown:
rudderanalytics.track("Order Completed", {
order_id: "1a2b3c4d",
category: "category",
revenue: 99.9,
shipping: 13.99,
tax: 20.99,
promotion_id: "PROMO_1234",
});The identify call captures the relevant details about the visiting user.
{% hint style="info" %}
For more information on the identify method, refer to our guide on RudderStack API Specification.
{% endhint %}
A sample identify payload is as shown in the snippet below:
rudderanalytics.identify("abc123", {
name: "FirstName LastName",
email: "[email protected]",
});Go to your Lytics dashboard, and navigate to Account - Manage Accounts - Account Settings - API Token. You can create an API token here, which can be used to configure the destination on the RudderStack dashboard.
To know more about the Lytics integration and how to use it, feel free to contact us. You can also start a conversation on our Slack channel, and we will be happy to help you.