Understanding Mixpanel: Products vs. Products with Profiles

Thibaut N. · 2025-01-16 09:59:22.474877+00

Can you explain the difference between "products" and "products with profiles" in Mixpanel? Explain to a 5y old and consider that our data is coming from Segment group & identify events. A product in our case represents a workspace/instance.

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I apologize, but I don't have enough specific information in the provided knowledge sources to fully explain the difference between "products" and "products with profiles" in Mixpanel, especially in the context of data coming from Segment group & identify events where a product represents a workspace/instance.However, I can provide some general information about Mixpanel's data model that might be helpful: Mixpanel's data model consists of events, user profiles, and group profiles. Based on the information from Docs Data-structure > Data Model: How Mixpanel data is organized> , here's a simplified explanation: Imagine you have a toy box (that's Mixpanel). In this toy box, you can put different types of toys: 1. Action figures (Events): These are things that happen, like when you play with a toy. 2. Character cards (User Profiles): These describe the people who play with the toys. 3. Team cards (Group Profiles): These describe groups of people or things, like a family or a set of toys.In your case, where products represent workspaces/instances, they might be similar to the "team cards" (Group Profiles) in our toy box analogy.For data coming from Segment, the Docs Tracking-methods > Integrations > Segment > Data Mapping> shows that Segment's "group" events are mapped to Mixpanel's "Identify Group" action. This suggests that your products (workspaces/instances) might be set up as Group Profiles in Mixpanel.However, to fully understand the specific difference between "products" and "products with profiles" in your Mixpanel setup, we would need more information about your particular implementation and data structure.
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Hi Thibaut N., Please stand by as I search the Mixpanel knowledge base for an AI-powered answer. I normally take about 15 seconds or so. In case AI cannot answer your question, feel free to reach out to Mixpanel support at mixpanel.com/get-support. If you have follow-up questions for this thread, please tag me again with your question: @kapa.ai <follow-up question> 👋
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I apologize, but I don't have enough specific information in the provided knowledge sources to fully explain the difference between "products" and "products with profiles" in Mixpanel, especially in the context of data coming from Segment group & identify events where a product represents a workspace/instance.However, I can provide some general information about Mixpanel's data model that might be helpful: Mixpanel's data model consists of events, user profiles, and group profiles. Based on the information from Docs Data-structure > Data Model: How Mixpanel data is organized> , here's a simplified explanation: Imagine you have a toy box (that's Mixpanel). In this toy box, you can put different types of toys: 1. Action figures (Events): These are things that happen, like when you play with a toy. 2. Character cards (User Profiles): These describe the people who play with the toys. 3. Team cards (Group Profiles): These describe groups of people or things, like a family or a set of toys.In your case, where products represent workspaces/instances, they might be similar to the "team cards" (Group Profiles) in our toy box analogy.For data coming from Segment, the Docs Tracking-methods > Integrations > Segment > Data Mapping> shows that Segment's "group" events are mapped to Mixpanel's "Identify Group" action. This suggests that your products (workspaces/instances) might be set up as Group Profiles in Mixpanel.However, to fully understand the specific difference between "products" and "products with profiles" in your Mixpanel setup, we would need more information about your particular implementation and data structure.
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