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Metrics sent immediately or queued

Discussion in 'Unity Analytics' started by michael_voltage, Mar 20, 2015.

  1. michael_voltage

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    Are the metrics sent immediately at time of call or are they queued and sent in a batch? If the latter, what are the rules that govern when they're sent.
     
    michael_voltage, Mar 20, 2015
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  2. angeloferro

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    Hey @michael_voltage,

    Events from the SDK are queued and then sent in batches to our servers. We send the queued events at specific times to minimize the SDK's effect on app performance:
    1. When the app is first loaded
    2. When the app is paused or goes into the background
    3. When a scene transition occurs
    4. When a transaction event occurs

    Hope this helps!
     
    angeloferro, Mar 20, 2015
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  3. michael_voltage

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    Fantastic Thanks! ;)
     
    michael_voltage, Mar 20, 2015
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  4. QFSW

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    Does exiting the game trigger an event?
     
    QFSW, Apr 12, 2015
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  5. kentunity

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    We try to cache and send events during the OnApplicationQuit().
    We treat OnApplicationQuit the same way we treat OnApplicationPause.
     
    kentunity, Apr 13, 2015
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  6. QFSW

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    Thank you :)
     
    QFSW, Apr 16, 2015
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  7. anticyclope

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    What if there's no internet connection at the time the batch is intended to be sent? Will it retry to send all the batches once the connection will become available?
     
    anticyclope, Apr 23, 2015
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  8. anticyclope

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    Ok, I've checked FAQ section ))
     
    anticyclope, Apr 23, 2015
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  9. sschan

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    Hi @anticyclope - Glad that you found the answer in our FAQs. :)

    To reiterate - Our SDK caches events that are sent if the request fails for any reason(e.g. no internet connection) after it reaches the retry threshold. Once there's an internet connection, we resend the cached events.
     
    sschan, Apr 23, 2015
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  10. CarpetHead

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    I'm trying to gather statistics about things players do in a given app session. I tried to set it up so that an event was sent inside the OnApplicationPause Method - allowing me to send 1 event per "session". However these events never seem to make it to the console on a mobile device. Is there any way to work around this? Currently I do my own caching and send the event on the next app start
     
    CarpetHead, Apr 28, 2015
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