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SKAdNetwork (SKAN).

Definition

What it means.

SKAdNetwork (SKAN) is Apple’s privacy-preserving attribution framework for iOS. It uses delayed postbacks to report ad attribution without identifying individual users. A postback may include a fine or coarse conversion value, depending on the version, postback and privacy requirements. Campaign measurement must account for those delays and limits.

Worked example

In practice.

A UA team defines a conversion value schema that encodes early revenue signals into SKAN’s limited values. Postbacks arrive delayed and thresholded, so daily dashboards under-report by design. Decisions run on modeled and cohort views instead of raw same-day numbers.

Where this work happens: Data Analysis

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