Hi there!
For Amplitude experiments, it is recommended to emit an exposure event.
We are using segment.io and are wondering how we can track those events properly.
Whenever we call `track` it ends up being an event with name `$exposure`.
Segment doesn’t seem to wanna pass `event_type` to the destination.
The alternative is to use the `identify` call, but I wonder if there are side effects compared to using the $exposure call.
Best answer by eddie.gaona
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Hello
May I know what the current concerns are with the $Exposure event that is being tracked? What do you mean by “how we can track those events properly”? What is currently not working?
If helpful to get you started with Segment and Amplitude Experiment there is a section in the documentation that walks over how to implement with Segment: https://www.docs.developers.amplitude.com/experiment/sdks/javascript-sdk/#integrations.
Hi
This actually works, as long as we provided the payload with flag_key and variant.
Should we only use exposure or can we use `identify(“[Experiment] my_flag”, “variant”)` as well?
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Hello
According to the documentation only $Exposure event is needed and Amplitude will fill in the user properties from the Experiment. If you have access to an Experiment playground I would recommend testing this out for yourself.
SegmentExposureTrackingProvider:
class SegmentExposureTrackingProvider implements ExposureTrackingProvider {
private analytics: Analytics;
constructor(analytics: Analytics) {
this.analytics = analytics;
}
track(exposure: Exposure) {
this.analytics.track('$exposure', exposure);
}
}The Assignment event sets the user properties of the Experiment and then when the Exposure event is triggered the user properties from the Assignment event will carry over.
Yes, I’ve tried it and it appears to be working properly. But you can also fill user properties by calling identify. I wonder if the `$exposure` was triggering different mechanisms or if calling
```identify(userId, { [“[Experiment] my_flag”]: “control” })```
is equivalent
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Hello
The $identify call is only for setting user properties. The variant the user gets assigned is already handled by the Assignment event which sets a user property.
Got it! Thanks for the answer!
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