External User ID

GameAnalytics supports tracking a secondary identifier that you can use to aggregate and link data sets.

Common use cases:

• Linking in-game behavior with backend user profiles
• Synchronizing analytics across multiple platforms (mobile + web)
• Enabling data enrichment with third-parties

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External user IDS are not displayed in the AnalyticsIQ web-tool. Instead, you can access and analyze them exclusively through PipelineIQ’s Data Warehouse and Data Export features.

Platform / Feature	Appearance
Data Export	Appears as a field in the exported raw files E.g: user_ID_ext:steamID
Data Warehouse	Appears as a field in the player checkpoint table E.g: user_ID_ext
Metrics API	Not available / not used for metrics calculations
AnalyticsIQ UI	Not available / not used for metrics calculations

How to send External User IDs

External User IDs are sent as any string value of your choice by setting a custom user ID before initializing the GameAnalytics SDK.

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Refer to the SDK Documentation for code examples specific to your platform (Unity, Unreal, Roblox, iOS, Android, etc.).

Considerations

• External User IDs are optional, and not used in the AnalyticsIQ UI for calculating metrics.

• When instrumented, External User IDs are sent with every event type

• When an External User ID is set for the user, it will be persisted across sessions and app exit until:

  • Another external user ID value is specified.
  • The external user ID value is reset by calling with null.
  • The app is re-installed.

• Persistent identity is your responsibility: Ensure that your game reliably provides the same ID per player (e.g. from a login system).

• GDPR compliance: If you use External User IDs that could identify users personally, ensure that you handle privacy and consent appropriately.