Twitter Pixel Tag Setup Guide
This article describes how to set up the Twitter Pixel tag in your Tealium iQ Tag Management account.
The Twitter Pixel helps you measure your return on investment by tracking the actions users take after viewing or engaging with your ads on Twitter. Twitter’s conversion tracking lets you attribute conversions beyond last link clicked, to include actions driven by all types of ad engagements, such as link clicks, retweets, likes, and impressions.
Tag tips
- Use mappings to:
- Set up event triggers.
- Map event-specific parameters to Event Code IDs.
- Dynamically override standard config values.
- Dynamically override E-Commerce extension values.
- Supports the following E-Commerce extension parameters:
- Order ID
- Order Total
- Currency
- List of Product IDs
- List of Names
- List of Categories
- List of Quantities
Tag configuration
Navigate to the Tag Marketplace to add a new tag. For more information, see About tags.
When adding the tag, configure the following settings:
- Pixel ID: Also referred to as your Twitter Pixel ID. You can find it in your Twitter Pixel code snippet. For example,
pid
in the following snippet:twq('config','pid');
. - Generate Event ID: Automatically generate an event ID for every Twitter tracking event.
Load rules
Load the tag on all pages or set conditions for when your tag will load. For more information, see About load rules.
Data mappings
Mapping is the process of sending data from a data layer variable to the corresponding destination variable of the vendor tag. For more information, see About data mappings.
The Events category is used to configure an event to trigger the pixel. The Event-specific Parameters category can be used to map other variables when the trigger event occurs.
Configure an event to trigger the pixel
Use the following steps to configure an event to trigger the pixel:
- Click Data Mappings.
- Select a variable to trigger the pixel, then click + Select Destination.
- For Category, select Events.
- In the Mapped variable equals field, enter the value of the variable to trigger the pixel.
- From your Twitter Ads account, copy the Event ID for the event and paste it into the Event Code ID field.
For example,tw-o6ou1-o9l96
. - Click + Add.
- To map additional variables when the event occurs, follow these steps:
- Select a variable, then click + Select Destination.
- For Category, select Event-specific Parameters.
- Select the parameter to map the variable to.
- Enter the Event ID from your Twitter Ads account in the Event Code ID field.
- Click + Add.
- Click Finish.
- Save and publish.
Standard Parameters
Variable | Data Type | Description |
---|---|---|
pixel_code |
String | Twitter Pixel ID |
email_address |
String | Email address |
phone_number |
String | Phone number |
external_id |
String | External ID |
search_string |
String | Text that was searched for on your website |
description |
String | A string description for additional info |
twclid |
String | Twitter click ID that can be included with any request |
status |
String | Status of a sign up or subscription |
E-Commerce
Variable | Data Type | Description |
---|---|---|
value |
Number | The total value of the conversion event. For example the monetary value of the transaction in case of a purchase. Maps to _ctotal . |
currency |
String | Currency denoted using the ISO 4217 code. For example, USD, JPY, or EUR. Maps to _ccurrency . |
conversion_id |
String | Unique identifier for a given purchase or order. Maps to _corder . |
content_type |
Array | Category of the product purchased. Maps to _ccat . |
content_id |
Array | For product catalog users, pass the product SKU. For all other use cases, pass Global Trade Item Number (GTIN), if available, otherwise pass the product SKU. Maps to _csku . |
content_name |
Array | Name of a product or service. Maps to _cprodname . |
content_price |
Array | Price of a product or service. Maps to _cprice . |
num_items |
Array | Number of products purchased. Maps to _cquan . |
content_group_id |
String | ID associated with a group of product variants. |
Event-specific Parameters
For more information on mapping variables, see Manage data mappings.
Variable | Description |
---|---|
pixel_code |
Twitter Pixel ID |
email_address |
Email address |
phone_number |
Phone number |
external_id |
External ID |
search_string |
Text that was searched for on your website |
description |
A string description for additional info |
twclid |
Twitter click ID that can be included with any request |
order_total |
Order total (Overrides _ctotal ) |
order_currency |
Currency (Overrides _ccurrency ) |
order_id |
Order ID (Overrides _corder ) |
product_category |
List of categories (Overrides _ccat ) |
product_skus |
List of SKUs (Overrides _csku ) |
product_names |
List of names (Overrides _cprodname ) |
product_unit_price |
List of prices (Overrides _cprice ) |
product_quantity |
List of quantities (Overrides _cquan ) |
content_group_id |
ID associated with a group of product variants |
custom_parameter |
Custom parameter |
This page was last updated: July 18, 2023