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Set up Signals for real-time calculation

Signals implementation
  • Introduction

  • Define an attribute group

  • Define a service

  • Retrieve calculated attributes

  • Conclusion

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Define a service

Services group attribute groups together for serving to your applications.

To create a service, go to Signals > Services in Snowplow Console and click Create service.

Create service form for quickstart tutorial service

Configure basic service information

Specify the configuration for your service:

  • Name: quickstart_service
  • Description: Quick Start tutorial service
  • Owner: your email address

The name will be the service's unique identifier. The description and owner are optional.

Select attribute groups

When choosing which attribute groups to include, you'll select a specific version of each attribute group.

To add an attribute group:

  1. Click the attribute group selector
  2. Search for and select the group you just created, quickstart_group (v1)

If quickstart_group (v1) attribute group isn't showing up, check that it's published.

Attribute group selector showing quickstart_group v1 selection

Create the service

Click Create service to save your service configuration. Services are automatically published as soon as they're created.

Published quickstart service ready for attribute retrieval

Your service is ready to use for retrieving attributes from the Profiles Store.

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