Channel Ingestion AppsFlyer

This article will go over how to set up your data source for Appsflyer. Please note for this article you will be required to generate an access token within your Appsflyer account. Additionally, at the time of writing this article Appsflyer does not support the ability to receive data via postbacks.

Overview

In order to set up a new channel ingestion you will need to navigate to:

Settings > Data Sources

Once you are on the Data Source page please click on "+Data Source" and select Appsflyer:

Data Source Appsflyer

Once in the Appsflyer data source please input your access token and hit Test connection.

Appsflyer Access Token

If you are unsure if a token exists for your Admin account please follow the steps below in your Appsflyer account to confirm if you have a token:

Retrieve tokens

  1. From the top bar, open the account menu (email address dropdown) > Security center.
  2. In the AppsFlyer API tokens section, click Manage your AppsFlyer API tokens.
  3. The available tokens are displayed.
  4. Copy the required token.

If you do not yet have an access token please login into your Appsflyer account and generate one. In order to generate an Appsflyer access token please follow the steps below:

Create a token

  1. From the Tokens page, click + New token.
  2. Enter the token name.
  3. Select the token type.
  4. Click Create token.

You can also refer to the article here for Appsflyer's instructions on how to access and generate tokens. Once your token is placed and connection is confirmed you are all set! Data available in Appsflyer will now be available in your Intelitics instance!

Configure Postbacks

  • Open up the App, and navigate to "integrated partners"
Appsflyer Integrated Partner
  • Select "Intelitics Tech"
Appsflyer Intelitics Tech
  • On the "Integration" tab, set the "InteliticsTech Domain Placeholder" for both "General Settings and "In-app Event Settings"
    • This is the domain set up for tracking links in Intelitics Instance, containing Second-Level Domain, Top-Level Domain, and Subdomain

      Eg: https://click.brandname.com/track/9bdadbfe-715f-4040-905d-364928eb6548?type=display
Appsflyer Domain Placeholder
  • Set the name for Default Postbacks Event name to "Install"
Appsflyer Default Postback
  • Turn on "In-App events postback"
  • Add events for both registration and deposit
    • The name of "Appsflyer event" for registration and deposit could be different depending on your integration with appsflyer, these are the names of the events you are passing into Appsflyer
    • Names of "Mapped to partner event" must configured as "registration" and "deposit"
    • Deposit event should include "Values and Revenue" whenever possible

      Eg.
Appsflyer Inapp Events

Grant Intelitics Permissions

  • Navigate to "Permissions" tab
Appsflyer Grant Permissions
  • Set "Ad network permissions" to "On"
    • Must allow "configure integration" and "configure in-app event postbacks" as well.
  • Once complete, contact your support at Intelitics to verify the setup.