Out-of-the-box data types
Snowplow has provided these out-of-the-box event and entity types so you can get started quickly with tracking user data.
This table shows the available events or out-of-the-box data grouped by category, along with the type of data you can generate on web and mobile platforms. Note that "events" refers to "self-describing events".
| Event category | Description | Web | Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application errors | Track errors in your application | Events | Events |
| Application and tracker information | Data about the application and tracker | Atomic fields, entity | Atomic fields, entity |
| Application performance | Track application performance and timings | Events, entity | Events |
| Buttons and forms | Track button clicks and form interactions on web | Events | |
| Campaigns and ads | Track marketing campaigns and ads on web | Atomic fields, events | |
| Consent | Track user marketing consent on web | Events | |
| Device and browser information | Data about the user's device and browser | Atomic fields, entity | Atomic fields, entity |
| Ecommerce | Track ecommerce activity | Events, entities | Events, entities |
| Geolocation | Data about the user's location | Entity | Entity |
| Referrers, links, and cross-navigation | How users arrive at or navigate through your application | Atomic fields, events | Events |
| Media | Track video or audio interactions | Events, entities | Events, entities |
| Mobile application lifecycle | Track mobile application installs and lifecycle | Events, entity | |
| Page and screen engagement | Data about user engagement | Events | Events, entity |
| Page and screen views | Track page views on web and screen views on mobile | Atomic fields, entity | Events, entity |
| Page elements | Track page element visibility and lifecycle on web | Events, entity | |
| User and session identification | Identifiers for users and sessions | Atomic fields, entity | Atomic fields, entity |
| VisionOS and SwiftUI | Track users behavior in SwiftUI and VisionOS | Events, entities |