Taxonomy Standardizer

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This transformation standardizes all your event names into a single pattern, so that data becomes more consistent and marketing teams aren't driven wild.

Supported taxonomies

This transformation can convert from any of these taxonomies, to any other.

  • Camel Case: helloThereHedgehog
  • Pascal Case: HelloThereHedgehog
  • Snake Case: hello_there_hedgehog
  • Kebab Case: hello-there-hedgehog
  • Spaces: hello there hedgehog

Requirements

Using this requires either PostHog Cloud with the data pipeline add-on, or a self-hosted PostHog instance running version 1.30.0 or later.

Self-hosting and not running 1.30.0? Find out how to update your self-hosted PostHog deployment.

Installation

  1. In PostHog, click the "Data pipeline" tab in the left sidebar.
  2. Search for 'Taxonomy Standardizer' and select the transformation, press Install.
  3. Follow the on-screen steps to configure the transformation.

Configuration

OptionDescription
Select your default naming pattern
Type: choice
Required: True

FAQ

Is the source code for this transformation available?

PostHog is open-source and so are all transformations on the platform. The source code for the Taxonomy Standardizer is available on GitHub.

Who created this transformation?

We'd like to thank PostHog team member Yakko Majuri for creating the Taxonomy Standardizer. Thank you, Yakko!

Who maintains this?

This is maintained by PostHog. If you have issues with it not functioning as intended, please let us know!

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