Mixpanel
What Paperbeam reads from Mixpanel, the read-only access it asks for and why, filters, and the beats it feeds.
Product analytics
Read-only API key
Daily counts of the events you choose, and saved Insights reports, as metrics.
What we read
- Metric values
Only the reporting window of each edition is read. Paperbeam stores derived facts and short excerpts, not copies of your Mixpanel data, and keeps raw evidence only for your retention period.
Access we ask for, and why
| Scope | Why |
|---|---|
Service account (Consumer role) | Run segmentation and saved Insights queries, read-only |
All access is read-only. You can revoke it from Mixpanel at any time, or disconnect the source in Paperbeam.
Connect Mixpanel
- Go to Sources and choose Mixpanel.
- Create a service account. Mixpanel → Organization settings → Service accounts → Add (Consumer role, your project), then copy the username and secret. Open Mixpanel settings.
- Fill in Service account username, Service account secret, Project ID and Data residency (optional), then click Test connection. Paperbeam makes one read-only call and shows the account it reached, or exactly what went wrong.
- Click Connect. The credential is encrypted before it is stored and never shown again. Use Sync now on the source’s page to see what it collects from the last 24 hours, and set filters there.
You need the admin or owner role in Paperbeam, and enough permission in Mixpanel to grant read access to the data listed above.
Filters
Set on the source’s page at Sources›Mixpanel. Filtered-out data is never collected.
| Filter | Effect |
|---|---|
| Events | Event names to count each day, exactly as tracked. |
| Saved reports | Optional. Insights report ids (the number in the report URL). |
To keep specific people, channels or topics out of the paper across all sources, use exclusion rules and the never-mention list in House style.
Beats
Mixpanel is a source for:
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