# Tracking PDF analytics

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/tracking-pdf-analytics/23702>\
**Category:** Reporting & Analytics\
**Tags:** website-analytics\
**Created:** [August 3, 2020, 12:06pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/tracking-pdf-analytics/23702 "2020-08-03T12:06:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Daniel\_Bleich](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/daniel_bleich/32/63087_2.png) [@Daniel\_Bleich](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Daniel_Bleich)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 12:06pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/tracking-pdf-analytics/23702/1 "2020-08-03T12:06:38Z")

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I was wondering if there was a way to have analytics on PDFs hosted on Hubspot in the files section.

For example if someone downloads a white paper and the PDF is hosted on Hubspot, is there a way to track data?

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**Author:** ![natsumimori](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/natsumimori/32/39807_2.png) [@natsumimori](https://community.hubspot.com/u/natsumimori)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 7:55am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/tracking-pdf-analytics/23702/2 "2020-08-04T07:55:25Z")

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I will tag in other Community contributors here: @DanielSanchez , @Aakar , @SandyG1

I think there are 2 ways to track PDF:

1- use CTA and link the PDF

2- use [documents tool](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/documents/use-documents)

What do you guys think?

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**Author:** ![mkarsten](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/mkarsten/32/70521_2.png) [@mkarsten](https://community.hubspot.com/u/mkarsten)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/tracking-pdf-analytics/23702/3 "2020-08-06T15:27:41Z")

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You can use an Event, if the customer is downloading the PDF from a website managed outside of HubSpot . We create a HubSpot Event, and then add the Event ID to the asset in our web management tool.

Otherwise we rely on CTAs for tracking within HubSpot.

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**Author:** ![SimonH\_Demodia](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/simonh_demodia/32/221659_2.png) [@SimonH\_Demodia](https://community.hubspot.com/u/SimonH_Demodia)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 8:35am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/tracking-pdf-analytics/23702/4 "2021-03-25T08:35:34Z")

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Sounds like a possible option, but aren’t Events only available to Marketing Hub Enterprise clients? Have you tried this with another edition?

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**Author:** ![opendorz](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/opendorz/32/9373_2.png) [@opendorz](https://community.hubspot.com/u/opendorz)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/tracking-pdf-analytics/23702/5 "2023-03-14T16:43:46Z")

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Yes, unfortunately.

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**Author:** ![FadiGeorge](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/fadigeorge/32/36735_2.png) [@FadiGeorge](https://community.hubspot.com/u/FadiGeorge)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/tracking-pdf-analytics/23702/6 "2020-08-13T17:24:28Z")

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Two main ways:

1. The Sales tool - “Documents” - but that is to get specific people access to a doc where they enter their email to access, and all their behavior data is seen on the contact record - It’s really nice!

2. [[Custom Solution]] - We make a web page specifically for that PDF - it’s a fill-window-sized iframe (100% height and width), in that iframe, embed your PDF - now that’s tracked as a web page visit, you can get creative with tracking, reporting, automation…etc.

Hope this helps.

Fadi.