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metamask-extension/docs/creating-metrics-events.md
Jenny Pollack e00982aa58
add version dimension to metrics event (#8419)
* add version dimension to metrics event

* mock global.platform.getVersion

Co-authored-by: Erik Marks <rekmarks@protonmail.com>
2020-05-05 15:40:36 +02:00

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## Creating Metrics Events
The `metricsEvent` method is made available to all components via context. This is done in `metamask-extension/ui/app/helpers/higher-order-components/metametrics/metametrics.provider.js`. As such, it can be called in all components by first adding it to the context proptypes:
```
static contextTypes = {
t: PropTypes.func,
metricsEvent: PropTypes.func,
}
```
and then accessing it on `this.context`.
Below is an example of a metrics event call:
```
this.context.metricsEvent({
eventOpts: {
category: 'Navigation',
action: 'Main Menu',
name: 'Switched Account',
},
})
```
### Base Schema
Every `metricsEvent` call is passed an object that must have an `eventOpts` property. This property is an object that itself must have three properties:
- category: categorizes events according to the schema we have set up in our matomo.org instance
- action: usually describes the page on which the event takes place, or sometimes a significant subsections of a page
- name: a very specific descriptor of the event
### Implicit properties
All metrics events send the following data when called:
- network
- environmentType
- activeCurrency
- accountType
- numberOfTokens
- numberOfAccounts
- version
These are added to the metrics event via the metametrics provider.
### Custom Variables
Metrics events can include custom variables. These are included within the `customVariables` property that is a first-level property within first param passed to `metricsEvent`.
For example:
```
this.context.metricsEvent({
eventOpts: {
category: 'Settings',
action: 'Custom RPC',
name: 'Error',
},
customVariables: {
networkId: newRpc,
chainId,
},
})
```
Custom variables can have custom property names and values can be strings or numbers.
**To include a custom variable, there are a set of necessary steps you must take.**
1. First you must declare a constant equal to the desired name of the custom variable property in `metamask-extension/ui/app/helpers/utils/metametrics.util.js` under `//Custom Variable Declarations`
1. Then you must add that name to the `customVariableNameIdMap` declaration
1. The id must be between 1 and 5
1. There can be no more than 5 custom variables assigned ids on a given url