1546102 - Register event for when user clicks on the sponsored tile for Pocket when a new tab is opened

Status: RESOLVED INACTIVE

(Data Platform and Tools :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Nancy Wong]

I would like to know when a user clicks on the sponsored tile for Pocket when a new tab is opened.

Based on telemetry docs, it looks like events are registered in the Events.yaml file. It does not look like there is a pre-existing ui.click event for the the Pocket sponsored tile. I would like to add this event to the Event table.

Also, is it possible to backfill for this event?

Comment 1

[Jeff Klukas [:klukas] (UTC-4)]

I expect that your use case is already covered by the events being sent to the Tiles pipeline (ending up in Redshift), but adding :nanj to see if he can offer a more detailed answer about this specific use case and whether upcoming changes would affect how best to go about understanding what tiles have been clicked on.

Comment 2

[Nan Jiang [:nanj]]

(In reply to Nancy Wong from comment #0)

Based on telemetry docs, it looks like events are registered in the Events.yaml file. It does not look like there is a pre-existing ui.click event for the the Pocket sponsored tile. I would like to add this event to the Event table.

All the Pocket user interaction pings are not collected through the Events telemetry due to some technical constraints. Instead, it is currently covered by the Tiles data pipeline, and will be migrated to the new Structured Ingestion data pipeline (already finished for beta/nightly, and we're planning on the release migration for 68). You can access it via BigQuery/GCP.

If you also want to get the history data (though we only keep 6 months of history data due to the retention policy), you can fetch that from the Redshift database in Tiles.

Comment 3

[Nancy Wong]

We will not able to use click field from Tiles dataset because we need it connected to the Telemetry client_id.

Can we get or start getting

(1) Pocket sponsor tile click data with Telemetry client_id from the Activity stream (we don't need PII, just click data)

or

(2) register Pocket sponsor tile clicks within Telemetry Events

Comment 4

[Nan Jiang [:nanj]]

(In reply to Nancy Wong from comment #3)

(1) Pocket sponsor tile click data with Telemetry client_id from the Activity stream (we don't need PII, just click data)

If this ping doesn't include the SPOCS ID, then yes.

(2) register Pocket sponsor tile clicks within Telemetry Events

Same as 1) as long as it doesn't include the SPOCS ID.

That's just my understanding, it's up to the data steward & legal for the final decision.

Comment 5

[:shell escalante]

we're redoing much of new tab telemetry. this specific one hasn't been touched in 3 years so closing as inactive.