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Getting started with Adjust

Welcome to Adjust! The new Adjust suite is your control center for managing all of your apps, campaign and event measurement, and evaluating user performance with powerful analytics and reporting.

In this demo video you can follow Adjust's Chief Product Officer, Katie Madding, as she walks through all the key areas and functionality of the dashboard. Use the chapters to jump to specific sections.

Log in to Adjust and create your account

Once you've received your account creation link via email, you'll be able to set up your account and start exploring the new Adjust suite. Use the links below for guides on how to view your account settings, add users, and manage permissions

Setup summary

Here's a summary of the steps you need to take to start with Adjust. Each of these steps is mandatory for you to benefit from Adjust’s solutions.

Add an app to your dashboard.
Integrate the SDK.
Set up your data sources and launch your campaigns.
Analyze your data or export it.

1. Add an app to your dashboard

The first time you log in to Adjust, you’re prompted to set up an app. As you work through the app setup wizard, you'll cover a number of important steps.

1. Enter your app details to create a new app.

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	Required information	Notes
1. Create an app	Reporting currency App name	Your reporting currency is a permanent setting and cannot be changed after it is set. Learn more about setting up your app name and reporting currency.
2. Add a platform	App ID (Android & iOS apps) Bundle ID (iOS apps only)	By entering these IDs you provide the default destination for Adjust links, automatically directing users to the App Store or Google Play as defined here. We always recommend setting up single-platform apps. There are additional settings marked as optional, however, these will only be required if they suit your specific use case. Check the section on implementation scope for further information.
3. Add in-app events (Recommended)	Event name	Adjust records installs and sessions by default. When thinking about what events to set up, consider the metrics that are important for your campaign's optimization. Find some inspiration from our recommended events by vertical.
4. Configure your attribution settings	Device matching for clicks Probabilistic modeling*	The industry standard attribution window is 7 days for clicks, and 1 day for impressions. You may want to increase your attribution windows if you are using a Growth Solutions like Assists. This will allow you to capture and analyze more data. We don't recommend activating temporary attribution unless you have a specific use case for it. This will help avoid any confusion when analyzing your campaign performance. *Probabilistic modeling is recommended if you are planning to place your ads where advertising IDs are not available. For example: campaigns using custom links
5. Migrate existing data (optional)	Device IDs in a compatible format	If your app is not new to the App Store or Google Play, or if you are migrating from another MMP, you may want to import your historical data to Adjust prior to releasing your first app version with the Adjust SDK. Your historical data will include details about the devices that currently have your app installed and are active in it. If you do not import these existing users, they will be reported as new. This results in an install spike for the first couple of weeks after the app's release to the store. Find out more about migrating to Adjust.

2. Integrate the SDK

Define the scope of implementation

There are many valuable features Adjust offers to supercharge your UA efforts, some of which require development work to set up.

By including these in the scope of your initial SDK integration, you reduce effort later on as you wont need to request further updates from your app developers.

Included in the dropdown below are Adjust's most commonly used features that require development effort. There are many other features available that are not included, because they do not require development or are not as common. Check the Use case section to evaluate if this feature may be relevant for your marketing strategy.

Feature development requirements

Important

Under Availability you can see the features that must be purchased as a Growth Solution. If you integrate them without purchasing the Growth Solution they will not work.

Under Requirements you can see what information you need to provide to your developer that are only accessible in Adjust Suite. You can also see here the actions that need to be completed in Adjust Suite.

Feature	Availability	Use case	Developer documentation	Requirements
Basic SDK integration	All packages	Ability to measure installs, reattribution, and sessions.	iOS / Android / Unity / React Native / Flutter / Windows / Adobe AIR / Cordova / Marmalade / Xamarin / Cocos2d-x / Titanium / Corona / Unreal Engine	Share theApp token with your developer
In-app events	All packages	Ability to measure the in-app events you created during app setup.	SDK events and revenue events: iOS / Android / Unity / React Native / Flutter S2S events API	Share Event tokens with your developer Tell your developer which events should be revenue events.
App Tracking Transparency (ATT) framework	All packages	Ability to attribute installs using deterministic attribution. Without ATT implementation, deterministic attribution is not possible which is the only attribution available to SAN partners. Learn more. For iOS devices only.	Available as part of the Adjust SDK package, but you can use the native Apple framework if preferred. iOS / Unity / React Native / Flutter / Cordova / Cocos2d-x / Titanium / Corona Best practice is to send the user consent response with a first session. You can achieve that by initialising the SDK after ATT consent is collected, or by using custom prompt timing. If ATT is not initialised within the first session make sure that Adjust SDK does.	Submit user privacy details to Apple.
Deep linking	All packages	A deep link in an app is a hyperlink that takes users directly to a specific page or content within the app, routing them via the store first to download the app if necessary. Learn more. This works for the following: 1. Users who already have your app installed on their device (direct deep linking) 2. New users who are installing your app for the first time (deferred deep linking)	iOS / Android / Unity / React Native / Flutter / Windows / Adobe AIR / Cordova / Marmalade / Xamarin / Cocos2d-x / Titanium / Corona	For iOS apps: set up universal links (you will need some details from your developers to achieve this) Provide a raw universal link to your developer
SDK Signature V2	All packages	A security feature we highly recommend to prevent SDK spoofing.		Share App secrets with your developer Contact your Technical Account Manager or support@adjust.com to request your secrets.
Uninstall	All packages	Reporting on devices that uninstalled your app. Learn more. Supported for Android devices only.	Set up push tokens in the Adjust SDK	Provide details for Firebase integration in the Adjust dashboard
Ad revenue SDK-to-SDK	Growth Solution	If you generate revenue by placing third-party ads within your app and want to see that revenue reported on the Adjust dashboard. You can collect ad revenue via APIs (no development work required) or SDK-SDK integration. SDK-to-SDK integration is required if you are using ad revenue in your SKAdNetwork conversion value mappings or you require real-time ad revenue reporting.	SDK-SDK integrations
Attribution callback	All packages	The ability to enable changes to the in-app user experience based on the channel the user came from. You can also use the attribution callback as part of user referral tracking. We do not recommend relying on the attribution callback as your main source for attribution information. Always set up server callbacks and/or CSV upload to cloud storage for this purpose.	iOS / Android / Unity / React Native / Flutter / Windows / Adobe AIR / Cordova / Marmalade / Xamarin / Cocos2d-x / Titanium / Corona / Unreal Engine
Custom callback parameters (sessions and events)	All packages via raw data export	For sessions: if you have internal user ids that you would like to be attached to Adjust callbacks for later use. For example, to set up: user mapping across different platforms referral rewards For events: if you want to enrich in-app events with additional details. For example: `transaction_id`, `level_X_achieved` etc. All custom callback parameter data is available through raw data export only, not in the dashboard. If you want to use a specific event as a KPI and be visible for dashboard reporting (for example: “Level5 achieved” rather than just “level achieved”), create it as a new in-app event and do not enrich an existing event using custom parameters. Learn more.	iOS / Android / Unity / React Native / Flutter / Windows / Adobe AIR / Cordova / Marmalade / Xamarin / Cocos2d-x / Titanium / Corona / Unreal Engine
Custom partner parameters (sessions and events)	All packages	Custom event callback parameters cannot be shared with media partners. To share enriched event information with partners, you need to integrate separate partner parameters. You can later use these parameters when configuring your partner data-sharing settings on the dashboard. For example: share a `product_id` in dynamic campaigns, or the `order_id` with a purchase event.	iOS / Android / Unity / React Native / Flutter / Windows / Adobe AIR / Cordova / Marmalade / Xamarin / Cocos2d-x / Titanium / Corona / Unreal Engine
Data residency	Growth Solution	Data is stored on servers within a specific region, and does not leave that designated place. Learn more. Adjust supports data residency in: USA European Economic Area (EEA) Turkey	iOS / Android / Unity / React Native / Flutter / Cordova / Corona / Cocos2d-x / Xamarin	Send an email to support@adjust.com with your app token and preferred residency country

Ask your developer to integrate the Adjust SDK

From AppView you can send SDK integration information directly to your app developers by entering their email addresses.

In addition, give your developers all of the necessary implementation information as determined by the scope in Step 1. This should include all the Requirements for the feature to be set up (for example: app tokens and event tokens).

Test Adjust integration

Prior to releasing your app and setting your campaign live, you should perform final tests to make sure everything is working. Use our developer documentation for instructions on how to test the most important SDK functions.

The key functionality you need to test is if installs and events are being recorded by Adjust. Follow our guides to testing the SDK.

Note:

When you begin testing your app with the newly-installed SDK, you'll see that traffic reports as organic. In Adjust, organic traffic is traffic that isn’t attributed to an advertising source.

In the first weeks after releasing the app, as users install the latest version of the app with the Adjust SDK, you might see a large spike in installs. This will quickly even out. If you have a large user base, we recommend that you wait to run acquisition campaigns until the update effect settles or migrate your users prior to releasing the app to the app store.

Release the app to the app store

It's time to release your latest app version containing the Adjust SDK to the store!

Important:

Make sure the app is released in “production mode".

3. Set up your data sources & launch campaigns

For attribution to work, Adjust needs to match an engagement to an install. Find out more on how attribution works.

Installs and sessions are sent from the Adjust SDK, while engagements at the upper funnel like impressions, clicks, and ad spend, are recorded by Adjust links or API integrations.

The section below explains mandatory requirements to capture/report data coming from specific data sources.

Key Terms

Data sharing: the functionality of sending postbacks to a partner at install and/or events, and sharing information about the install. Adjust has many options for managing your sharing preferences.
Adjust link or custom link: a URL generated by Adjust that needs to be placed behind your ad. Remember to share any link URLs with your network partner before launching your campaign.

	Mandatory requirements	Notes
Attributed installs for SANs	Data sharing ATT integration (for iOS)	SANs support deterministic attribution only. In order to access the device identifier used for the deterministic matching (IDFA) for iOS devices, the ATT consent prompt needs to be integrated and user-level consent obtained on advertisers and publishers apps. Important: There may be additional steps required on the partners' interfaces before Adjust can start attributing installs to them.
Attributed installs for Ad Networks	Adjust links Probabilistic modeling* enablement	*Probabilistic modeling is recommended Probabilistic modeling is used in instances when deterministic identifiers are not available. For example, some ad placements might not support or pass identifiers at the engagement (impression or click). Probabilistic modeling aims to attribute an install or engagement to a specific source using temporary data and patterns without relying on persistent IDs.
Attributed installs for custom traffic	Adjust custom links Probabilistic modeling enablement	This is applicable for all of your non-paid traffic and/or custom traffic. For example: website, email campaigns, SMS, affiliates, influencers, etc.
Ad spend reporting (Base)	Admin access on partner interface Users with Admin, Editor, or Custom Editor permissions in Adjust can add a connection	See our list of supported partners. Please note for accurate Ad spend reporting campaigns should target one OS per campaign.
Ad revenue reporting (Growth Solution)	Admin access on partner interface Users with Admin, Editor, or Custom Editor permissions in Adjust can add a connection	This is applicable if you are collecting your ad revenue via API connection. If you are using the SDK to SDK solution ad revenue will be collected automatically.
SKAdNetwork reporting	Admin access on partner interface Users with Admin, Editor, or Custom Editor permissions in Adjust can add a connection	If you integrated the Adjust SDK v4.23.0+ (for SKAN 3) or v4.33.0+ (for SKAN 4), installs will be reported automatically once the connection is enabled. Please note that for SKAdNetwork in-app events reporting you need to set up Conversion values.

Attributed installs reporting (SANs, Ad networks & custom links)

Adjust has a large number of partners that we work with. When you run a campaign with one of our partners, you can create an Adjust link that has a predefined URL structure and automatically assigned dimensions, such as campaign, ad group, and creative, for every engagement.

If you are running a campaign that is not set up via a network partner (for example, an influencer, email campaign, or CTA on your website), you can create a custom link to use.

If you aren't sure whether you need to create a custom link, go to Campaign Lab and search for a partner under Ad networks. If they do not display, then create your own custom link.

Important:

Adjust links need to be added to each of your ad placements. The only exception is campaigns you run with self-attributing networks.

Navigate to Campaign Lab and look for the network you want to run campaigns with. Select the network and follow the setup steps. Note that some sections are optional.

You will see the following options when configuring your ad networks and links. In the notes section you will find some useful tips that you should consider when configuring your partners.

	Notes
Data sharing	Mandatory for SANs and optional for any other partner. You can choose to share only attributed data or all install data (all install data is mandatory for SANs).
Link structure	For links created as part of ad network setup, you will find a predefined structure including macros that will be collected from the partner. This structure should only be amended if you have specific requirements or the partner asks you to. Custom links can be entirely defined according to your use case.
User destinations (optional)	Adjust links by default send users to the App store or Google play store, as determined by the ID you entered in the app platform settings. You can configure the link to behave differently, for example by adding the following Redirect: send them to an alternative destination. E.g., your website Fallback: create a default for when the user is on a different platform (for example: a user on an Android device clicks on a link to the iOS App Store) Deep link: send the user to a specific in-app page
Attribution settings	These settings will reflect your default app settings. Probabilistic modeling is required for custom links. This is because the device ID will not be captured at engagement, making it impossible to attribute deterministically. Probabilistic modeling is optional for ad network links. Enable this setting to capture more installs when a device ID isn't available (for example, due to the placement).

Ad Spend, SKAN & Ad revenue reporting

To view ad spend, SKAN, and ad revenue data you need to connect your measurement partners to Adjust in DataWorks. Find out more about how to connect partner credentials and which services are available for each of the partners Adjust integrates with.

Please note that for SkadNetwork in-app events reporting you need to set up Conversion values.

Important:

If you are only using SDK-to-SDK ad revenue reporting, you do not need to add your revenue partner in Connections. If you do, it will duplicate your revenue reporting and you may need to apply additional filters to your data.

Launch your campaigns

If you followed the setup requirements for each of the data sources described above, once you launch your campaigns data will begin to display in Datascape.

4. Analyze your data or export it

View reporting in Datascape

With Datascape, you can view your most important metrics, measure campaign performances, and record lifecycle of your app users. With different dedicated dashboards, and a powerful report builder, you can pull-in, pivot, and drill-down into the dimensions that matter most to you.

Datascape

Export data

Adjust follows a strict privacy policy and device-level data is never stored. Therefore, if you do not set up raw data exports Adjust cannot provide you with device-level data upon request.

Export aggregated data

You can export aggregated data by creating a report in Datascape and selecting “Download as CSV” in the top right corner, or via our API.

Set up callbacks or cloud storage uploads to export raw data from Adjust

Adjust uses server callbacks to send advertising IDs, attribution details, and even in-app data directly to your servers.

Don't have a data storage solution of your own? No problem. Use Adjust's cloud storage uploads and we'll automatically send CSV files with all the data you need directly to your cloud storage provider.

All callbacks and cloud storage uploads use macros to deliver specific data points for every attribution and in-app event we transmit. See the full list of available Adjust placeholders.