Set up BackInApp

BackInApp is an ad network integrated with Adjust. Our integration lets BackInApp receive attribution and in-app event data through automated callbacks.

In this article, learn how to set up measurement with BackInApp for your app. This includes activating the integration, creating a campaign link, and choosing what data Adjust can share with BackInApp.

Before you begin

Requirements

iOS | Android | Windows | Unity | React Native | Flutter | Adobe Air | Cordova | Marmalade | Xamarin | Cocos2d-x | Titanium | Corona

Credentials

PARTNER ID

  • For help finding your credentials, contact your BackInApp representative.

Select BackInApp and your app in Campaign Lab

  1. Under Campaign Lab, select Partners.
  2. Select New partner > BackInApp. Select Next to move to the next screen.
  3. In the App selection screen, choose the app for which you want to create the link, and enable the integration to share data with BackInApp.
  4. Select Next.

Enable data sharing

Enable data sharing to activate the integration with BackInApp. To enable data sharing:

  1. Enter your PARTNER ID.

Once you enable data sharing with BackInApp, Adjust automatically sends BackInApp the following data, by default:

  • install
  • session
  • reattribution
  • event
  • rejectedInstall
  • rejectedReattribution

Set your data sharing options

If you’re working with a multi-platform app with data sharing enabled for multiple platforms, you can:

  1. Separate data sharing options at the platform-level by selecting Use platform-specific settings.
  2. Set the same data sharing settings for multiple platforms by selecting Use global settings.

Now, under What will be shared by default?, review the activities that Adjust shares with BackInApp by default.

  • install
  • session
  • reattribution
  • event
  • rejectedInstall
  • rejectedReattribution

Send additional data

Choose the amount and type of data that you want to share with BackInApp through callbacks. BackInApp may use this information to optimize performance.

  1. Under What sources of data do you want to share?, choose the attribution source of the data you are sharing with BackInApp:
  • Data from all attribution sources
  • Only data attributed to BackInApp

Sessions

Adjust does not automatically send session callbacks due to the high volume of sessions. Sharing sessions means BackInApp will receive your app’s session activity.

In-app revenue (from in-app purchases)

Sharing in-app revenue lets BackInApp receive revenue amounts along with your revenue event data. You need to map events that generate revenue to share this data.

Map events

Map events that you want to share to the values that BackInApp can receive. Data for unmapped events is not shared with BackInApp.

Map individual events

If you have a multi-platform app, you can choose to share different events per platform with BackInApp. This lets you:

  • Set individual events to manage campaign strategies for each platform.
  • Customize data sharing per platform.

Under Map events, follow these steps to choose the in-app events you want to directly send to BackInApp.

  1. Select Map event.
  2. In the Adjust event list, choose the Adjust event that you want to share with BackInApp.
  3. Under Partner event, you need to select the BackInApp event that corresponds to the Adjust event.
    1. For single platform apps and multi-platform apps with data sharing enabled for a single platform only, you map events for that platform only. For multi-platform apps with data sharing enabled for multiple platforms, you can:
      • Select Use platform-specific mapping to map separate events at the platform-level or to not map events for certain platforms.
      • Select Use global mapping to map the same events for all platforms.
    2. In the Partner event list, choose or enter a custom event name, that you want to map the Adjust event to.
  4. Select Apply.

Now BackInApp will receive in-app event data for each of your linked events.

Map all events

If BackInApp supports mapping all events automatically, under Map events, select Map all events. This saves time in mapping individual events.

Now BackInApp will receive in-app event data for all your linked events.

Map parameters

You usually need to map parameters to share custom data with BackInApp.

Partner parameters (available in Adjust SDK version 4.0+) let Adjust collect custom data points from your app and send them to BackInApp. This lets BackInApp receive custom event details for each of your linked events.

Before adding new partner parameters to the Adjust SDK, make sure no pre-existing partner parameters already fit your requirements.

To share partner parameters to BackInApp, follow these steps.

  1. Set up partner parameters within the Adjust SDK.
  2. Under Set your data sharing options, select Parameters.
  3. Under Map parameters, you can specify how you want to send partner parameters defined in the SDK to the network:
    1. Select Map parameter.
    2. In the SDK parameter field, enter the name of the SDK parameter you want to share with the network.
    3. In the Partner parameter field, enter the network parameter that corresponds to the SDK parameter.
Note:

If you set up partner parameters within the Adjust SDK without setting up parameter sharing in the dashboard, Adjust forwards the parameters as named in the Adjust SDK.

Configure your link and settings

You have the option to set your:

Create your link and share it with BackInApp

In the Setup review screen, you can review your choices. You can also go back and make changes to:

  • Your selected app
  • Data sharing options
  • Link structure parameters
  • User destinations
  • Attribution settings

Select Create link to create your click URL, impression URL, QR code and link token. Creating a link also enables data sharing and the integration with BackInApp.

Once you’ve created your link, share it with BackInApp for placement in campaigns.

List of all parameters forwarded to BackInApp

BackInApp requires Adjust to send the following parameters (data points) with your callbacks:

PlaceholderInformation
{city}Device city
{country}Device two-character country code
{device_name}Device model number
{device_type}Device type
{gps_adid}Google Play Store advertising ID
{idfa}ID for advertisers (iOS only)
{inactive_user_definition}Inactivity period required for reattribution (hours)
{ip_address}Device IP address
{is_reattributed}1 if user was reattributed at least once from an earlier source. 0 if user has never been reattributed
{language}Device two-character language code
{os_version}Operating system version number
{partner_parameters}Custom partner parameters collected by the Adjust SDK or S2S request and transmitted to third party providers via postbacks
{reattribution_attribution_window}Attribution window settings for reattribution (hours)
{reporting_currency}Dashboard reporting ISO 4217 currency code
{reporting_revenue}Revenue, as reported in the Adjust Dashboard, in whole currency units
{user_agent}Incoming raw user agent
{activity_kind}Type of user activity
{app_version_short}App version number (Android), release-version-number for the bundle (iOS)
{conversion_duration}Time between click and install or reattribution in seconds
{created_at}Activity timestamp
{is_organic}1 if organic traffic, 0 if non-organic
{reattributed_at}Reattribution timestamp
{rejection_reason}Reason for a rejected attribution
{tracker_name}Current tracker name