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# Linking Mixpanel as a source

Canonical URL: https://posthog.com/docs/data-pipelines/sources/mixpanel

> **Cloud region:** This page uses US Cloud hosts. For an EU Cloud project, use `https://eu.posthog.com` instead of `https://app.posthog.com` (app host for links).

## On this page

- [Adding a data source](#adding-a-data-source)
- [Available tables](#available-tables)
- [Sync limitations](#sync-limitations)
- [Configuration](#configuration)
- [Supported tables](#supported-tables)

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Connect your Mixpanel project to pull events, user profiles, cohorts, and annotations into the PostHog data warehouse.

## Adding a data source

1.  Go to the [sources tab](https://app.posthog.com/data-management/sources) of the data pipeline section in PostHog.
2.  Click **\+ New source** and then click **Link** next to Mixpanel.
3.  Authenticate with a [Mixpanel service account](https://developer.mixpanel.com/reference/service-accounts). In Mixpanel, go to **Organization Settings → Service Accounts → Create Service Account** and grant it access to the project you want to sync. You'll need:
    -   **Data residency region** – the region your project lives in (US, EU, or India).
    -   **Project ID** – your numeric project ID, found under **Project Settings**.
    -   **Service account username** – the username of the service account you created.
    -   **Service account secret** – the secret for that service account.
4.  Back in PostHog, select the region and enter the credentials, then click **Next**.
5.  Select the tables you want to sync, set the sync method and frequency, then click **Import**.

Once the syncs are complete, you can start using Mixpanel data in PostHog.

## Available tables

| Table | Description | Sync method |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `export` | Raw events from the Mixpanel Raw Event Export API | Incremental |
| `engage` | User profiles from the Engage API | Full refresh |
| `cohorts` | Cohort definitions | Full refresh |
| `annotations` | Project annotations | Full refresh |

**Incremental** tables sync only new or updated records on each run. **Full refresh** tables reload all data on each sync.

## Sync limitations

Only the `export` table supports incremental syncing, since it is the only endpoint with a genuine server-side time filter. The initial sync of `export` only pulls the last 365 days of events; subsequent incremental syncs advance from the last-seen event time.

## Configuration

| Option | Type | Required |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `Data residency region` | select | Yes |
| `Project ID` | text | Yes |
| `Service account username` | text | Yes |
| `Service account secret` | password | Yes |

## Supported tables

| Table | Description | Sync method | Incremental field | Primary key |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `export` | Only syncs the last 365 days on initial sync | Incremental, Full refresh | time | — |
| `engage` | User profiles — the people in Mixpanel and their current profile properties. | Full refresh | — | — |
| `cohorts` | Saved cohorts — named, reusable groups of users defined in the Mixpanel project. | Full refresh | — | — |
| `annotations` | Project annotations — dated notes overlaid on Mixpanel reports to mark events. | Full refresh | — | — |
| `funnels` | Saved funnels — the funnel reports defined in the Mixpanel project, by id and name. | Full refresh | — | — |
| `funnel_steps` | Recomputes the last 90 days on every sync | Full refresh | — | — |
| `retention` | Recomputes the last 90 days on every sync | Full refresh | — | — |
| `lexicon_schemas` | Lexicon data dictionary: the schema Mixpanel holds for each event and profile, with its property definitions. | Full refresh | — | — |
| `lookup_tables` | Lookup tables defined in the Mixpanel project, by id and name. | Full refresh | — | — |