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title: User Attribution on Chord
slug: user-attribution-on-chord
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createdAt: 2025-06-25T19:45:05.650Z
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This is our original marketing attribution explore. It was previously called the ***Marketing Attribution Explore***.
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## Introduction

On Chord, user attribution is the process of determining which marketing channel, campaign, or touchpoint led to a specific purchase at the user level. **A brand should select this attribution Explore when they want to better analyze when a user became a customer (i.e. when someone made a purchase)**. It helps you understand what drove a customer to *convert*—whether that was an ad, an email, a discount code, or another action right before the sale.

Based on the specific attribution points selected (first-touch, last-touch, linear, or 40-20-40), Chord will attribute revenue metrics based on when the user converts (i.e. makes a purchase).

You can use Chord’s User Attribution Explore when:

- You're tracking customer acquisition or lifecycle journeys.
- You want to understand which sources or campaigns brought in high-value or loyal customers.
- You're segmenting customers by first touch or most recent meaningful engagement.

## Getting Started

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1. Log into the Chord Commerce Data Platform.
2. Navigate to your **Analytics** page.
3. Click the **Explores** tab.
4. Select the **Marketing Attribution - User Attribution** item in the dropdown menu (see first image).
5. Navigate to the **User Attribution** Field list on the lefthand side to access the new **attribution point** dimensions (see second image).
6. Select an attribution point dimension applicable to your analysis.
7. Additionally, if you’d like to use different attribution measures, you can select attribution measures under the measures list on the lefthand navigation pane (see third image).

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For more information on the differences between **Dimensions **and **Measures**, click [here](https://docs.chord.co/glossary#CiE5u).
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