Last updated on July 21, 2016

Enabling metrics in a sign

This article provides the instructions to capture interactive metrics.

• Adding a Metric Tree
• Enabling Interactive Metrics
• Generating Interactive Metric Reports
• Report Samples: Viewed Metric
• Report Samples: Downloaded Metrics

Adding a Metric Tree

To add a Metric Tree, please follow the instructions below:

1. Click the account icon, and click Administrator Mode.

   
   
   

2. Click Yes at the prompt.

   
   
   

3. Click Yes at the Confirmation window

   
   
   

4. Select the desired sign from the drop-down list and click the METRICS tab

   
   
   

5. Click the General tab, and click Advanced

   
   
   

6. Click the Add New MetricTree link, and enusre that the correct sign is selected from the drop down.

   
   
   

7. Fill in the Metric Tree Name, Type, and Description in the Metric Tree window. Click OK when done.

   

Enabling Interactive Metrics

To enable Interactive Metrics, please follow the instructions below:

1. Click the sign name link in the Sign Library.

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

   
   
   

3. Click the ACTIONS tab, and click the New Action link.

   
   
   

4. Configure the actions required in the Event Actions window, and click OK when done.

   

   Note

   The following are the configurations 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)

5. Click the ‘close window’ link.

   

Generating Interactive Metric Reports

To get the Interactive Metric report, please follow the instructions below:

Important

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

1. Click the account icon, and click Administrator Mode.

   
   
   

2. Click Yes at the prompt.

   
   
   

3. Click Yes at the Confirmation window.

   
   
   

4. Click the Metrics tab.

   
   
   

5. Click General.

   
   
   

6. Select the sign, and select the predefined metric type. We’ll be tracking the mouseclicked metric type in this example.

   
   
   

7. Select the date and time range.

   
   
   

8. Click the View button to view the metrics, or the Download button to download the metrics in CSV format.

   

Report Samples: Viewed Metric

Report Samples: Downloaded Metrics