pubnub-illuminate

Builds real-time analytics and automation with PubNub Illuminate. Covers Business Objects (schema), Metrics (aggregations), Decisions (threshold-triggered actions with the 4-step PUT workflow), Queries (ad-hoc vs saved pipelines), and Dashboards. Use when tracking KPIs, building threshold alerts, automating mute/publish/App-Context-update actions, detecting spam or anomalies, or visualizing live activity.

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name	pubnub-illuminate
description	Builds real-time analytics and automation with PubNub Illuminate. Covers Business Objects (schema), Metrics (aggregations), Decisions (threshold-triggered actions with the 4-step PUT workflow), Queries (ad-hoc vs saved pipelines), and Dashboards. Use when tracking KPIs, building threshold alerts, automating mute/publish/App-Context-update actions, detecting spam or anomalies, or visualizing live activity.
license	PubNub
metadata	{"author":"pubnub","version":"0.1.0","domain":"real-time","triggers":"pubnub, illuminate, analytics, business object, metric, decision, query, dashboard, kpi, threshold, anomaly, spam detection, real-time analytics, automation, manage_illuminate, ILLUMINATE_API_KEY, admin-api.pubnub.com","role":"specialist","scope":"implementation","output-format":"code"}

name	pubnub-illuminate
description	Builds real-time analytics and automation with PubNub Illuminate. Covers Business Objects (schema), Metrics (aggregations), Decisions (threshold-triggered actions with the 4-step PUT workflow), Queries (ad-hoc vs saved pipelines), and Dashboards. Use when tracking KPIs, building threshold alerts, automating mute/publish/App-Context-update actions, detecting spam or anomalies, or visualizing live activity.
license	PubNub
metadata	{"author":"pubnub","version":"0.1.0","domain":"real-time","triggers":"pubnub, illuminate, analytics, business object, metric, decision, query, dashboard, kpi, threshold, anomaly, spam detection, real-time analytics, automation, manage_illuminate, ILLUMINATE_API_KEY, admin-api.pubnub.com","role":"specialist","scope":"implementation","output-format":"code"}

Subcategory	JSONPath prefix	Notes
body	`$.message.body`	Your published payload; append `.` / `[]` for nested app fields (e.g. `$.message.body.user_id`).
meta	`$.message.meta`	Message metadata object; extend with nested keys as needed.
userId	`$.message.userId`	Publisher UUID (scalar path).
channel	`$.message.channel`	Channel name on the message (scalar path).

Subcategory	JSONPath prefix
name	`$.channel.name`
type	`$.channel.type`
status	`$.channel.status`
custom	`$.channel.custom`

Subcategory	JSONPath prefix
externalId	`$.user.externalId`
type	`$.user.type`
status	`$.user.status`
custom	`$.user.custom`

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