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title: "Understanding integration details"
slug: "understanding-integration-details"
abstract: "Lists concepts that are important to understand when integrating an app with Sitecore Personalize."
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# Understanding integration details

This section describes important concepts and details related to integrating with Sitecore Personalize, for example:

- Choosing between client-side tracking and [server-side tracking](https://doc.sitecore.com/personalize/en/developers/api/integrating-with-sitecore-personalize/understanding-integration-details/server-side-tracking-with-the-engage-sdk-package.html "Server-side tracking with the Engage SDK package").
- [Setting cookies](https://doc.sitecore.com/personalize/en/developers/api/integrating-with-sitecore-personalize/understanding-integration-details/cookies.html "Cookies") from the client and from the server.
- Collecting and sending real-time [behavioral](https://doc.sitecore.com/personalize/en/developers/api/integrating-with-sitecore-personalize/understanding-integration-details/sending-events-using-the-engage-sdk.html "Sending events using the Engage SDK") and [transactional](https://doc.sitecore.com/personalize/en/developers/api/integrating-with-sitecore-personalize/understanding-integration-details/sending-orders-using-the-engage-sdk.html "Sending orders using the Engage SDK") data to Sitecore Personalize.
- [Viewing the data](https://doc.sitecore.com/personalize/en/developers/api/integrating-with-sitecore-personalize/understanding-integration-details/viewing-events-in-sitecore-personalize.html "Viewing events in Sitecore Personalize") in Sitecore Personalize.
- [Running personalization](https://doc.sitecore.com/personalize/en/developers/api/integrating-with-sitecore-personalize/understanding-integration-details/running-personalization.html "Running personalization") and collecting data from inside personalized content.