A quantitative measurement of your data. Metrics in Analytics can be sums, ratios, etc. Metrics are individual elements of a dimension that can be measured as a sum or a ratio.

For example, the dimension Total Population can be associated with a metric like Population, which would have a sum value of all the residents of the specific city.

Metrics comprise the logic of your incentive campaigns - on Compass. It’s a GUI-based rule builder palette with standard and advanced mathematical and logical functions that enable you to break down, design and customize your most complex structures and campaigns.

2. Aggregate Metric - The process of taking multiple input values and then using them to produce a single output via the rules defined by the aggregation type. For example, taking an average of multiple values.

Compass has AVERAGE, SUM, and COUNT functions as aggregate functions.

3. Mapping Variable Metric - It is used to assign values based on predefined mappings between input variables and corresponding output values. It acts like a lookup table or conditional logic block, mapping specific inputs to specific outputs.

This metric type is useful when different values need to be assigned based on rules such as tier levels, region names, performance bands, or any categorized input.

Every report in Analytics is made up of dimensions and metrics. Metric is the building block for any Plan that we configure on Compass.

Let us consider a simple example to understand the relevance of metrics and how and where they need to be used:

Dimensions (Name of Metric) are attributes of your data. For example, the dimension City indicates the city, such as "Paris" or "New York," from which a session originates.

Metrics are quantitative measurements. The metric Sessions is the total number of sessions, and the metric Pages/Session is the average number of pages viewed per session.

The tables in most Analytics reports organize dimension values into rows and metrics into columns.

For example, this table shows one dimension (City) and two metrics (Sessions and Pages/Sessions).

Metrics are parameters based on which participants are evaluated and are rewarded incentives.

Step 1: To access this feature, click on the ‘Metric’ in the admin main menu on the left side of the home page.

Step 2: New metrics can be created using the "Create a Metric" option at the top right corner of the screen.

Step 3: Details such as the metric's name, Metric Display Name and select the Metric type using the drop down menu.

The following metric types are available:

Step 4: Options

Step 5: Select a connection

5.1 Use the drop-down menu to select a connection (any Plan/Table/Metric) to add conditions. Metrics can be created from 10 data sources. This allows admins to capture complex logic without creating more number of metrics in Compass.

5.2 Add a Condition

5.2.1 Field

Like under Field, we can select the output of connection (Milestone-Reward/Score) or Headers of a Table, which comes from the connection we select.

5.2.2 Function

We can also include functions to define the criteria. Under functions, we have:

5.2.3 Metric

Under the metric dropdown, we can see and use all the other relevant metrics that have already been created using the same connection.

5.2.4 Static

If a numerical value must be included in the calculation, we can use STATIC, where the required numerical value is added and submitted.

Once completed, click "Save" to complete the metric creation.

When we click the three dots, we can also Clone, Disable, and Delete options. A metric already used in any Plan must not be Edited, Disabled, or Deleted, as it can affect its outcome.