Telemetry
About PipeRider telemetry data
In order to provide a better user experience, PipeRider collects telemetry data about how the software and website are used. Telemetry gathering for PipeRider CLI and PipeRider Cloud is handled separately. Please refer to the relevant section to see what information is collected and how to opt-out.
PipeRider CLI telemetry
PipeRider CLI gathers telemetry data per-user and project.
User Telemetry
A user_id is stored in in your profile.yml file located in ~/.piperider/profile.yml
Opt-out of user telemetry
To opt-out of all telemetry tracking change the value of anonymous_tracking to false.
Project telemetry
Each time you create a PipeRider project a telemetry ID will be created. This telemetry ID is linked to your user_id.
Opt-out of project telemtry
To opt-out of tracking on a per-project basis, you can remove the telemetry ID located in your project's configuration file, .piperider/config.yml .
What information is stored?
For each user_id the following information is stored:
User information
First seen: The date that you first used PipeRider
Last seen: The date of the last time you used PipeRider
Location: Country and region (via IP address)
Platform: Operating system
Device ID: A unique identifier for your device
Python version
Project information
Project ID (telemetry ID)
Current PipeRider version
Initial PipeRider version (the first version installed)
Data source type E.g. Snowflake, Postgres, etc.
The following information is also stored on a per event* basis
Number of tables in the data source
Number of columns and rows in the data source
Number of built-in assertions in use
Number of custom assertions in use
Number of passed and failed assertions
* An event refers to a PipeRider command such as run, generate-assertions, generate-report etc.
PipeRider Cloud telemetry
When logging into PipeRider Cloud you will be presented with the Cookies notification. There are two options, Accept All, and Necessary Only.
Accept All
Selecting Accept All will use a cookie to allow you to log in and remember your session; and also enable PipeRider Cloud telemetry. Please see below for a list of information that is stored.
Necessary Only
Selecting Necessary Only will use a cookie to allow you to log in and remember you session, PipeRider Cloud telemetry will not be gathered.
Use this option if you wish to op-out of PipeRider Cloud telemetry.
What information is stored?
When enabled, PipeRider Cloud will gather telemetry data about the following actions:
Visited pages
Sources used for report comparison
Metrics selected when using the historical trend graph
Actions performed on the site, such as
Logging in/out
Updating user profile
Uploading a report
Sharing a report
Opening the feedback form
Submitting feedback
Comparing reports
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