Last updated on March 17, 2015

Capturing Interactive Metrics

Overview

This article outlines the steps used to capture interactive metrics.

Supported Devices

  • Edge 300/340
  • DMP 4310

Adding a Metric Tree

Step 1

Switch to Administrator Mode.

Step 2

Click Yes.

Step 3

Click Yes when prompted for confirmation.

Step 4

Select the desired application and select the METRICS tab.

Step 5

Click General followed by Advanced.

Step 6

Select the application from the drop-down and click Add New MetricTree.

Step 7

Name the MetricTree. (In this example, it’s named mouseclicked). Give the MetricTree a description and click OK.

Enabling Interactive Metrics

Step 1

From the Sign Manager extension’s Application Library, select the desired application.

Step 2

Click Edit and click the widget you want to capture interactive metrics for.

Step 3

Click the Actions tab followed by the New Action button.

Step 4

Configure the Event Actions and click OK when done.

Note

Following are the configuration for Interactive Metrics:

  • When: Mouse Click/Touch
  • Select: Application
  • Do: Capture Interactive Metrics
  • Metric Tree Name – A name given for the specific metrics. (In this example, it’s called mouseclicked)
  • Media Object – The object being tracked.
  • Extra – Extra info to be tracked. (Not required)

Step 5

Click close window.

Generating Interactive Metric Reports

Important

Metrics are captured from the device therefore the application needs to be in sync with the device before a user can proceed to generate metric reports for that device.

Step 1

Switch to Administrator Mode.

Step 2

Click Yes.

Step 3

Click Yes when prompted for confirmation.

Step 4

Click the Metrics tab.

Step 5

Click General.

Step 6

Select the application. Select the predefined metric type. In this example, we’ll track mouseclicked.

Step 7

Select the start/end date and start/end time.

Step 8

Click View to view the metrics or Download to download the metrics in csv format.

Report Samples: Viewed Metric

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Report Samples: Downloaded Metrics

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