From 4880323c10426846a95233509f60272fb83bd8aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SpencerFleury <159941756+SpencerFleury@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 10:56:37 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updates to Profiles article As requested by Carolyn --- content/collections/data/en/profiles.md | 19 ++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/collections/data/en/profiles.md b/content/collections/data/en/profiles.md index 78a70e25a..6ee27c01a 100644 --- a/content/collections/data/en/profiles.md +++ b/content/collections/data/en/profiles.md @@ -5,9 +5,13 @@ title: Profiles landing: false exclude_from_sitemap: false updated_by: 5817a4fa-a771-417a-aa94-a0b1e7f55eae -updated_at: 1727721833 +updated_at: 1727805387 --- -**Profiles** enable you to join customer profile data from your data warehouse with existing behavioral product data already in Amplitude. +**Profiles** enable you to join customer profile data from your data warehouse with existing behavioral product data already in Amplitude. + +{{partial:admonition type='note'}} +This feature is currently in an **open beta**. +{{/partial:admonition}} Profiles act as standalone properties, in that they aren't associated with specific events and are instead associated with a user profile. They're different from traditional user properties and offer the opportunity to conduct more expansive analyses. @@ -15,6 +19,8 @@ Profiles always display the most current data synced from your warehouse. ## Before you begin +Regardless of whether you're using Snowflake or Databricks, Change Data Capture (CDC) **doesn't support replacing existing tables**. Instead, you must use incremental modeling. If the table you integrate with drops and replaces data, the connection breaks. + ### Snowflake users If this is your first time importing data from this table, set a data retention time and enable change tracking in Snowflake with the following commands: @@ -71,7 +77,14 @@ To set up a profile in Amplitude, follow these steps: 7. Name the source and set the frequency at which Amplitude should refresh your profiles from the data warehouse. The default frequency is 12 hours, but you can change it. ## Data specifications -Profiles supports a maximum of 200 warehouse properties, and supports known Amplitude users. A `user_id` must go with each profile. + +Profiles supports: +* Up to 100 million users +* Up to 200 profile properties +* Up to 200 warehouse properties +* Known Amplitude users + +A `user_id` must go with each profile. | Field | Description | Example | | ------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------ |