Event

Any tracked action a person takes in a customer journey — a page view, product view, add-to-cart, form submit, or purchase — collected for measurement and optimization.

conceptindustry Also known as: events

An event is any tracked action a person takes on a customer journey — a page view, a product view, an add-to-cart, a form submit, a booking, or a purchase. It is the raw signal measurement is built on: an event can carry attributes (who, what, how much) and, when it matters to the business, be designated as a conversion.

How an event differs from similar terms

• Conversion — a conversion is an event (or a combination of events) singled out as a desired outcome; an event is any action, conversion or not.
• Standard Conversions — the predefined, platform-recognized subset of events; “event” is the broader category that also includes engagement actions like PageView and ViewContent.
• Session: a session is the visit, and events are the actions inside it. One session can contain many events.

How AnyTrack collects events

AnyTrack collects events two ways: client-side through the Tracking Tag (PageView, ViewContent, AddToCart, OutboundClick, form interactions) and server-side through a webhook or API (Lead, Purchase, Upsell). Every event can carry event attributes — customer, product, and campaign data — that raise Event Match Quality when the event is sent to ad platforms.

Related terms

Event Snippet The client-side code that fires a custom event Event Attributes The data an event carries Events Log The Events Log lists the events a source sent in