Investigating Empty $city Properties in Mixpanel Data
When Mixpanel-generated properties, such as $city, return <empty>, how can I investigation the reason behind?
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To investigate why Mixpanel-generated properties like $city return <empty> , you can consider the following reasons and steps: 1. IP Address Issues: Mixpanel uses the IP address to determine geolocation properties. If the IP address is not available or cannot be mapped to a location, these properties may return as <empty> . This is particularly common in server-side implementations where the IP address might not be included in the request. Geolocation: IP address and location properties mentions: "For server-side implementations, City, Region, and Country can be "undefined" if the IP address is not included with the request."2. Geolocation Disabled: If you've disabled geolocation tracking in your implementation, these properties will not be populated.3. VPN or Privacy Settings: Users might be using VPNs or have privacy settings that mask their true location, making it difficult for Mixpanel to determine the correct geolocation.4. Manual Geolocation Tracking: If you're manually setting geolocation properties, ensure you're doing it correctly.To investigate: 1. Check Implementation: Review your implementation to ensure you're not accidentally disabling geolocation tracking.2. Verify IP Address: For server-side implementations, make sure you're including the correct IP address in your requests.3. Use Debugging Tools: Utilize Mixpanel's debugging tools like Events and User Profiles to inspect the raw event data. Debugging: Validate your data and troubleshoot your implementation suggests: "Use Events to confirm that events are arriving to your Mixpanel project, so you can troubleshoot your Mixpanel setup quickly. With Events, you can see a feed of events along with all of their properties coming into Mixpanel."4. Consider Manual Geolocation: If IP-based geolocation is consistently failing, consider manually setting these properties using latitude and longitude or direct property setting. Geolocation: IP address and location properties provides guidance on manually setting geolocation properties.If you're still encountering issues after these steps, it may be worth contacting Mixpanel support for further assistance.
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