Detecting Duplicates

Duplicate Data

Any time Sandstorm detects duplicate data, it will only process a single instance of the data while ignoring the duplicate data

Overview

For the Sandstorm instance to be considered a duplicate the following parameters should exactly match (please check our API Specifications):

1. Identity: (_p parameter)

2. Name of the event: (_n parameter)

3. Timestamp of the event: (_t parameter)

4. Name of the property: ([property name] parameter)

5. Name of the property value: ([property value] parameter)

In other words, if we see the same person doing the same event at the exact same time with the same property name/s that have the exact same property values, then we ignore any duplicates and count one instance only.

📘Additional Notes

• the duplicates do not reach our data structures, so they will not be included in the Raw Data Export.

• since the duplicate data does not get stored in our data structures, it will not appear in any reporting tools.