Mixpanel

Prerequisites

• The API secret is available to provide Hevo access to your Mixpanel account.

• You are logged in as an Account Owner to obtain the API secret. Else, you can obtain it from your account administrator.

• You are assigned the Team Administrator, Team Collaborator, or Pipeline Administrator role in Hevo to create the Pipeline.

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Obtaining the API Secret

You require an API secret to authenticate Hevo on your Mixpanel account.

Note: You must log in as an Account Owner to perform these steps.

To obtain your Mixpanel API Secret:

1. Log in to your Mixpanel account.

2. Click the drop-down in the top right corner of the page, and click the project from which you want to synchronize data.

   

3. Click the Settings () icon, and then click Project Settings.

   

4. In the Project Settings page, Overview tab, scroll down to the Access Keys section and copy the API Secret. Use this API Secret while configuring your Hevo Pipeline.

   

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Configuring Mixpanel as a Source

Perform the following steps to configure Mixpanel as the Source in your Pipeline:

1. Click PIPELINES in the Navigation Bar.

2. Click + CREATE PIPELINE in the Pipelines List View.

3. In the Select Source Type page, select Mixpanel.

4. In the Configure your Mixpanel Source page, specify the following:

   

   • Pipeline Name: A unique name for your Pipeline, not exceeding 255 characters.

   • API Secret: The API secret that you obtained from your Mixpanel account.

   • Region: The region in which the data of your Mixpanel project is stored.

   • Events: A comma-separated list of the Mixpanel events that you want to ingest. For example, specifying Sign Up, Tutorial Complete in the Events field fetches data from the Mixpanel events named Sign Up and Tutorial Complete, respectively. Leave this field blank to ingest the data of all the Mixpanel events.

   • Historical Sync Duration: The duration for which you want to ingest the existing data from the Source. Default duration: 30 Days.

5. Click TEST & CONTINUE.

6. Proceed to configuring the data ingestion and setting up the Destination.

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