Event Specifications: Add a Spec

In addition, unknown events (those that do not match a marketplace spec) can be created as custom specifications directly from the event details view. When doing this, the event attributes from the event are automatically included in the Add Event Specification form.

How it works

Any event specification, whether custom or from the marketplace, can be created from the event details view on the Live Events screen. In this example, you’ll pick up where we left off with the search event.

Here’s how it works:

1. With an event detail in view, the following options could be available (depending on the event):
   • Preview Spec
     This option appears when the event is a recognized marketplace spec. Click this button to show the attributes expected by the spec and validates them against the current event data.
   • Create Event Specification
     This option appears when the event is not recognized. Click this button to open a dialog to create a custom event specification based on the attributes detected in the current event.
2. For the search event, click Preview Spec. Notice that the test event would be invalid due to the missing required attributes: search_keyword and search_results. But that’s OK. We’ll adjust the event tracking later.
3. Click Create Event Specification to open the dialog to add this spec. The full spec appears, and you can enter notes or add additional attributes (although you cannot edit existing attributes).
   

   

4. Click Finish.

Now that you have an event specification created, you can observe data quality on the Live Events screen.

The next tutorial demonstrates how data validation works.