Danny M.

kapa.ai I ran the identify(user_id) function, but user_id is not assigned to distinct_id. Why is that?

kapa.ai It seems like device_id should be assigned to distinct_id_before_identity, but why is user_id assigned and shown?

kapa.ai What is the meaning of ‘Distinct ID Before Identity’?

I wrote a code to call the identify function after the user logs in. When I tested it, distinct_id was replaced with user_id as I intended. However, when I look at the mixpanel event list of other users, distinct_id is assigned to device_id at the time identify is called, and user_id is assigned to a property called ‘Distinct ID Before Identity’. Why is there an item called ‘Distinct ID Before Identity’ property, and why is distinct_id not replaced with user_id?