Send usage events from Segment

Set up and ingest events into Metronome with Segment.

Initial setup

1. From the Segment Destinations page, click Add Destination. Search for and select Metronome (Actions) within the Destinations Catalog.
2. Click on Configure Metronome (Actions), select the source you'd like to connect to, and give the destination a name (for example, Metronome Instance #1).
3. Enter your Metronome API token on the Settings pane in the API Token box and save the changes.

Data field mapping

Map your Segment events to the Metronome usage event format. The five fields listed are the required fields for Metronome. To start, click the Mappings tab at the top of the Settings pane. You have a set of mappings by default. To add to or change them, choose Edit Mapping from the ellipsis dropdown.

All mappings are required

You must specify a mapping even if the property name doesn’t differ between the Segment event and the Metronome payload.

The required fields for Metronome are:

• transaction_id (string) - unique identifier for each event
• customer_id (string) - which customer in Metronome the event applies to
• timestamp (string) - when the event happened, in RFC 3339 format
• event_type (string) - the kind of event, for example page_view or cpu_used
• properties (object) - key/value pairs with details of the event

If your track call looks like:

analytics.track('billing_event', {
  cid: '533c3db43f22',
  data: {
    action: 'runJob',
    jobId: 'fd82-aa0f-45a7-a756',
    username: 'jsmith'
  },
  t: 'user_action',
  ts: new Date('2020-04-02T00:10:25.000Z')
});

then your field mapping should be:

Transaction ID required

Metronome usage events require the transaction_id field to ensure all events are processed exactly once. The default mapping uses the Segment messageId field as the Metronome transaction_id. This is probably ideal for most users, but if you want to control the Metronome transaction_id manually, you can provide a mapping to any field in the Segment event.

Additional Destination Actions

The integration supports Destination Actions, allowing users to create subscriptions. This means that the Metronome (Actions) destination sends data to Metronome based on a set of conditions known as triggers. Create additional triggers and mappings by clicking on the New Mapping button on the Mapping pane. You can set a trigger for any number of conditions. For example, create a condition to trigger events to Metronome only when the User ID field is not an email address from your company (does not contain @company.com).