Command
nylas deliverability tracking-events summary
Show engagement totals and open and click rates.
Written by Qasim Muhammad Staff SRE
What does nylas deliverability tracking-events summary do?
The nylas deliverability tracking-events summary command reports engagement totals and open and click rates, with the change against the prior period. It covers only messages sent from an Agent Account or through Transactional send; messages from connected grants such as Google or Microsoft accounts are not included. Only messages sent with open or link tracking turned on have tracking events. Open and click rates count first interactions per tracked message.
Usage
nylas deliverability tracking-events summary [--start YYYY-MM-DD] [--end YYYY-MM-DD] [--sending-domain DOMAIN] [--json]Flags
| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
| --json | Output as JSON |
| --no-color | Disable color output |
| --verbose(-v) | Enable verbose output |
| --config | Custom config file path |
| --help(-h) | Show help for the command |
| --limit | Limit results (most list commands) |
| --yes(-y) | Skip confirmations |
| --end | Last UTC day, YYYY-MM-DD, inclusive (default: today) |
| --sending-domain | Only this sending domain |
| --start | First UTC day, YYYY-MM-DD (default: 6 days before --end) |
Examples
The nylas deliverability tracking-events summary command reports engagement totals and open and click rates, with the change against the prior period.
Engagement since October 1
nylas deliverability tracking-events summary --start 2026-10-01Example output
Prior period: 2026-08-29 → 2026-09-30
TRACKED OPENS OPENED OPENS TOTAL TRACKED LINKS CLICKED CLICKS TOTAL
900 410 820 600 75 110
RATE VALUE CHANGE PRIOR
open 45.56% — —
click 12.50% — —Troubleshooting
invalid --start value on a metrics command
Metrics windows take UTC dates in YYYY-MM-DD form, both days included, and can span at most 365 days. Unix timestamps and look-backs are for the activity list commands only.
A rate shows a dash instead of 0%
A dash means the rate has no denominator in the window (for example no sends), so there is no data. It is not a 0% rate.
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Run nylas deliverability tracking-events summary --help for full help output.