How to Guides Index

Segment’s How-to Guides provide an in-depth walk through and examples of the many things you can do to implement, automate, engage with, and begin analyzing your data. We’ve also got a series of Quickstart Guides for each of our Source libraries.

Implementation

• What are best practices for identifying users?
• Should I collect data on the client or server?
• How do I collect page views on the server side?
• How do I import historical data?
• How do I join user profiles?
• How do I migrate code from other analytics tools?

Engagement and Automation

• What role does Segment play in Attribution?
• How do I automate multi-channel re-engagement campaigns?
• How do I create a push notification?
• How do we track customers across channels and devices?
• How do I set up a dynamic coupon program to reward loyal customers?
• How do we set up event-triggered notifications or alerts?

Analytics

• How do I forecast Long Term Value with SQL and Excel for e-commerce?
• How do I measure my advertising funnel?
• How do I measure the ROI of my Marketing Campaigns?

Quickstart Guides

• Analytics.js (Javascript) Quickstart Guide
• .NET Quickstart Guide
• Go Library Quickstart Guide
• Python Library Quickstart Guide
• Java Library Quickstart Guide
• PHP Library Quickstart Guide
• Node.js Library Quickstart Guide
• Ruby Library Quickstart Guide
• iOS Quickstart Guide
• Android Quickstart Guide