What type of destination should be used to forward raw website events to an analytics destination in real-time?

The most appropriate choice for forwarding raw website events to an analytics destination in real-time is through extensions. Extensions in Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform (RTCDP) are designed to connect to external systems, allowing for real-time data sharing and integration. By utilizing extensions, data from your website can be forwarded instantly to analytics destinations, enabling timely insights and analytics processing.

This capability supports a broad array of integration scenarios, ensuring that data flows seamlessly and efficiently to the required analytics platforms without delay. The flexibility of extensions allows them to be tailored for specific use cases, including connecting with different analytics tools to enrich your understanding of customer behavior in real time.

Meanwhile, the other options, while valuable in their own right, serve different purposes. Connections typically refer to the setup and management of data feeds and connectors rather than the immediate transfer of raw event data. Streaming Segment Export Destination is focused on sending segments of data rather than raw events specifically. File-based destinations are designed for batch processing of data, which would not support real-time event forwarding effectively.