# Pointillist Destination

## Destination Info

* Accepts [Identify](/docs/segment/connections/spec/identify), [Track](/docs/segment/connections/spec/track) calls.
* Refer to it as **Pointillist** in the [Integrations object.](/docs/segment/guides/filtering-data/#filtering-with-the-integrations-object)

## Getting Started

Once the Segment library is integrated with your server code, site or app, toggle Pointillist ON in the Segment dashboard, and add your Pointillist API key.

To set up your Pointillist account and receive your API key, click on this link and follow the instructions on the screen. For any additional questions, get in touch with a Pointillist customer representative at [customer-success@pointillist.com](mailto:customer-success@pointillist.com).

*Note: Pointillist accepts server-side, client-side as well as mobile app-data, so you can use either or all of Segment's libraries ([browser](/docs/segment/connections/sources/catalog/libraries/website/javascript), [mobile](/docs/segment/connections/sources/catalog/libraries/mobile/android) and [server](/docs/segment/connections/sources/catalog/libraries/server/java/)) to send data to Pointillist.*

## Identify

When you call [identify](/docs/segment/connections/spec/identify), we'll log an `identify` event with Pointillist and set `userId` and `anonymousId` as Actor Identifiers. Pointillist will then automatically associate all events tagged previously with the *anonymousId* to the provided *userId*. We will also associate any special traits that you provide such as name, email, and other custom traits with Labels and Numbers so that you can filter or create metrics.

## Track

When you call [track](/docs/segment/connections/spec/track/), we'll log an event with Pointillist with `userId` and / or `anonymousId` as Actor Identifier and set `event` as Event Type. The table below shows mappings for other attributes. You'll pass the key on the left into Segment and we will transform it to the key on the right in Pointillist.

| Segment Parameter | Pointillist Parameter |
| ----------------- | --------------------- |
| `anonymousID`     | Actor Identifier      |
| `userId`          | Actor Identifier      |
| `timestamp`       | Event Time            |
| `event`           | Event Type            |
| `location`        | Attributes Labels     |
| `campaign`        | Attributes Labels     |
| user traits       | Labels                |
| device attributes | Labels                |

## API Key

To get your API key, contact the [Pointillist customer success team](mailto:customer-success@pointillist.com)

## 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 Pointillist  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 Token | To get your API Token please get in touch with a Pointillist customer representative via customer-success@pointillist.com | Yes      | string |