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Event name

The string identifier passed to an analytics call, used to group occurrences of the same thing on a dashboard.

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About this term

This page is part of the Skene analytics instrumentation glossary. Use it as a reference when writing specs, dashboards, or playbooks.

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Definition

The event name is the value your write records to identify the event, usually a `name` column: `supabase.from('events').insert({ name: 'checkout_completed', ... })`. Queries group occurrences by exact string match. `checkout_completed` and `checkoutCompleted` are different events even when they describe the same user action.

Common conventions

Most teams pick one casing convention (snake_case is the most common, and it matches typical Postgres column naming) and stick to it. The choice matters less than consistency. Renames after the fact split funnels.