# EPICA Destination

## Destination Info

* Accepts [Page](/docs/segment/connections/spec/page), [Alias](/docs/segment/connections/spec/alias), [Group](/docs/segment/connections/spec/group), [Identify](/docs/segment/connections/spec/identify), [Track](/docs/segment/connections/spec/track) calls.
* Refer to it as **EPICA** in the [Integrations object.](/docs/segment/guides/filtering-data/#filtering-with-the-integrations-object)
* This integration is **partner owned.** Please reach out to the partner's support for any issues.

[EPICA](https://www.epica.ai?utm_source=segmentio\&utm_medium=docs\&utm_campaign=partners) is the world's first Prediction-as-a-Service platform. Powered by AI, EPICA captures, processes and analyses online data sources to accurately predict customer behavior. EPICA provides predictive analytics for growth marketers, using machine learning to automate audience insights and recommendations.

This destination is maintained by EPICA. For any issues with the destination, [contact the Epica Support team](mailto:support@epica.ai).

## Getting Started

1. From the Segment web app, click **Catalog**.
2. Search for "EPICA" in the Catalog, select it, and choose which of your sources to connect the destination to.
3. Enter the "API Key" into your Segment Settings UI which you can find from your EPICA [Account settings](https://platform.epica.ai/account).

## Page

If you're not familiar with the Segment Specs, take a look to understand what the [Page method](/docs/segment/connections/spec/page/) does. An example call would look like:

```text
analytics.page()
```

Page calls will be sent to EPICA as a `page`.

## Screen

If you're not familiar with the Segment Specs, take a look to understand what the [Screen method](/docs/segment/connections/spec/page/) does. An example call would look like:

```text
[[SEGAnalytics sharedAnalytics] screen:@"Home"];
```

Screen calls will be sent to EPICA as a `screen`.

## Identify

If you're not familiar with the Segment Specs, take a look to understand what the [Identify method](/docs/segment/connections/spec/identify/) does. An example call would look like:

```text
analytics.identify('userId123', {
  email: 'john.doe@example.com',
  firstName: 'Peter',
  lastName: 'Gibbons',
  phone: '888-8880'
});
```

Identify calls will be sent to EPICA as an `identify` event. Traits are optional but EPICA recommends the following:`email`,`firstName`,`lastName` and`phone`.

## Track

If you're not familiar with the Segment Specs, take a look to understand what the [Track method](/docs/segment/connections/spec/track/) does. An example call would look like:

```text
analytics.track('Clicked Login Button', {
  color: 'Red',
  size: 'Large'
})
```

Track calls will be sent to EPICA as a `track` event and can be seen populated in the `Data Platform > Personas` section of EPICA [admin panel](https://platform.epica.ai/personas), which includes unified profiles across a single customer journey.

There are two types of Personas:

* Anonymous - events triggered by a visitor who only has an `anonymousId`
* Identified - events triggered by an identified user with a `userId`, `email` or `phone`

## Engage

You can send computed traits and audiences generated using [Engage](/docs/segment/engage) to this destination as a **user property**. To learn more about Engage, schedule a [demo](https://segment.com/contact/demo).

For user-property destinations, an [identify](/docs/segment/connections/spec/identify/) call is sent to the destination for each user being added and removed. The property name is the snake\_cased version of the audience name, with a true/false value to indicate membership. For example, when a user first completes an order in the last 30 days, Engage sends an Identify call with the property `order_completed_last_30days: true`. When the user no longer satisfies this condition (for example, it's been more than 30 days since their last order), Engage sets that value to `false`.

When you first create an audience, Engage sends an Identify call for every user in that audience. Later audience syncs only send updates for users whose membership has changed since the last sync.

> \[!NOTE]
>
> Real-time audience syncs to EPICA  may take six or more hours for the initial sync to complete. Upon completion, a sync frequency of two to three hours is expected.

## Settings

Segment lets you change these destination settings from the Segment app without having to touch any code.

| Field   | Description                                             | Required | Type   |
| ------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ------ |
| API Key | You can find your API key in your account settings page | Yes      | string |