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Report Metrics Glossary

These are terms you'll find in your reports in your Braze account. Search for the metrics you need or filter by channel.

This glossary does not necessarily include metrics you might see in Currents or other downloaded reports outside of your Braze account.

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AMP Clicks

The total number of users who clicked into the AMP version of your AMP HTML Email.

Filter Category: Email

Audience

Percentage of users who received a particular message. This number is received from Braze.

Filter Category:  Content Cards, Email, In-App Message, Web Push, iOS Push, Android Push, Webhook, SMS, WhatsApp

Body Click

Push Story Notifications record a body click when the notification is clicked. It will not be recorded when a message is expanded, or for action button clicks.

Calculation: (Body Clicks) / (Impressions)
Filter Category: iOS Push, Android Push

Body Clicks

Occurs when someone clicks on a slide-up, modal, or fullscreen in-app message that has no buttons.

Calculation: (Body Clicks) / (Impressions)
Filter Category: In-App Message

Bounces

The total number of messages that were unsuccessful. This could occur because there is not a valid push token, the email addresses were incorrect or deactivated, or the user unsubscribed after the campaign was launched.
An email bounce for customers using SendGrid consists of hard bounces, spam, and emails sent to invalid addresses.

Calculation: (Bounces) / (Sends)
Filter Category: All Push, Email, Web Push, iOS Push

Button 1 Clicks

Total number of clicks on Button 1 of the message.

Calculation: (Button 1 Clicks) / (Impressions)
Filter Category: In-App Message

Button 2 Clicks

Total number of clicks on Button 2 of the message.

Calculation: (Button 2 Clicks) / (Impressions)
Filter Category: In-App Message

Choices Submitted

Total number of choices selected when the user clicks the submit button on the survey question page of a Simple Survey.

Filter Category: In-App Message

Click-to-Open Rate

The percentage of opened emails that were clicked. This metric is only available in the Report Builder.

Calculation: (Unique Clicks) / (Unique Opens) (for Email)
Filter Category: Email

Confidence

The percentage of confidence that a certain variant of a message is outperforming the control group.

Filter Category: Content Cards, Email, In-App Message, Web Push, iOS Push, Android Push, Webhook, SMS, WhatsApp

Confirmation Page Button

Total clicks on the call to action button on the confirmation page of a Simple Survey.

Filter Category: In-App Message

Confirmation Page Dismissals

Total clicks on the close (x) button on the confirmation page of a Simple Survey.

Filter Category: In-App Message

Confirmed Deliveries

The carrier has confirmed that the SMS was delivered to the target phone number. As a Braze customer, deliveries are charged toward your SMS allotment.

Calculation: Count
Filter Category: SMS

Conversion Rate

The percentage of times a defined event occurred compared to all recipients of a sent message. This defined event is determined when you build the campaign.

Calculation: (Primary Conversions) / (Unique Recipients)
Filter Category: Content Cards, Email, In-App Message, Web Push, iOS Push, Android Push, Webhook, SMS

Conversions (B, C, D)

Additional conversion events added after the Primary Conversion Event. The number of times a defined event occurred after interacting with or viewing a received message from a Braze campaign. This defined event is determined by the marketer when building the campaign. For Email, Push and Webhooks, we start tracking conversions after the initial send. For Content Cards and In-App Messages, this count begins when they view a Content Card or Message for the first time.

Filter Category: Content Cards, Email, In-App Message, Web Push, iOS Push, Android Push, Webhook, SMS

Deliveries

The total number of message requests that are accepted by the receiving email server.

Calculation: Count
Filter Category: All Push, Email, Web Push, iOS Push, Android Push

Delivery Failures

The SMS could not be sent due to queues overflow (sending SMS at a rate higher than your long or short codes can handle).

Calculation: (Sends) - (Sends to Carrier)
Filter Category: SMS

Direct Opens

The total number (and percentage) of push notifications that were directly opened from that push.

Calculation: (Direct Opens) / (Deliveries)
Filter Category: iOS Push, Android Push

Errors

The number of errors returned by webhook events (incremented during the sending process).

Filter Category: Webhook

Influenced Opens

The total number (and percentage) of users who opened the app after the push notification was sent, without directly opening the push.

Calculation: (Influenced Opens) / (Deliveries)
Filter Category: iOS Push, Android Push

Pending Retry

The number of requests that were temporarily rejected, by the receiving server, but still attempted for re-delivery by the ESP. The ESP will retry delivery until a timeout period is reached (typically after 72 hours).

Filter Category: Email

Primary Conversions (A) or Primary Conversion Event

The number of times a defined event occurred after interacting with or viewing a received message from a Braze campaign. This defined event is determined by the marketer when building the campaign. For Email, Push and Webhooks, we start tracking conversions after the initial send. For Content Cards and In-App Messages, this count begins when they view a Content Card or Message for the first time.

Filter Category: Content Cards, Email, In-App Message, Web Push, iOS Push, Android Push, Webhook, SMS, WhatsApp

Received

Content Cards - Received when users view the card in the app.
Push - Received when messages are sent from the Braze server to the push provider.
Email - Received when messages are sent from the Braze server to the email service provider.
SMS/MMS - "Delivered" once the SMS provider receives confirmation from the upstream carrier and destination device.
In-App Message - Received at the time of display based on the trigger action defined.
WhatsApp - Received at the time of display based on the trigger action defined.

Filter Category: Email, Content Cards, In-App Message, Web Push, iOS Push, Android Push, SMS, WhatsApp

Rejections

The SMS has been rejected by the carrier. This can happen for a number of reasons including carrier content filtering, availability of the destination device, the phone number is no longer in service, etc. As a Braze customer, rejections are charged toward your SMS allotment.

Calculation: Count
Filter Category: SMS

Sends

The total number of messages sent in a campaign. This number is received from Braze. Note that upon launching a scheduled campaign, this metric will include all messages sent, regardless of whether they have been sent out yet due to rate limiting.

Calculation: Count
Filter Category: Content Cards, Email, In-App Message, Web Push, iOS Push, Android Push, Webhook, SMS

Sends to Carrier

This stat is the sum of Confirmed Deliveries, Rejections, and Sends where delivery or rejection was not confirmed by the carrier. There are instances where carriers do not provide delivery or rejected confirmation, as some carriers do not provide this confirmation or were unable to do so at the time of send.

Calculation: Count
Filter Category: SMS

Spam

The total number of emails delivered that were marked as "spam."

Calculation: (Marked as Spam) / (Sends)
Filter Category: Email

Survey Page Dismissals

Total clicks on the close (x) button on the survey question page of a Simple Survey.

Filter Category: In-App Message

Survey Submissions

Total clicks on the submit button of a Simple Survey.

Filter Category: In-App Message

Total Clicks

The total number (and percentage) of users who clicked within the delivered email or card.

Calculation: (Total Clicks) / (Deliveries) (for Email) or (Total Clicks) / (Total Impressions) (for Content Cards)
Filter Category: Email, Content Cards

Total Direct Purchases

The total number of purchases made, based on last-click attribution*. This metric counts multiple purchases from a single user, for example if one user makes two purchases, the count will increment by two. This metric is only available on Campaign Comparison Reports, via the Report Builder.

*Last-click attribution means that in order for revenue to be attributed to a campaign, that campaign must:
1. Be the last campaign the user clicked prior to purchasing, and
2. Be clicked by the user less than 3 days prior to purchasing.

Filter Category: Email, Content Cards, In-App Message, Web Push, iOS Push, Android Push

Total Direct Revenue

The amount of revenue generated by this campaign, based on last-click attribution*. This metric is only available on Campaign Comparison Reports, via the Report Builder.

*Last-click attribution means that in order for revenue to be attributed to a campaign, that campaign must:
1. Be the last campaign the user clicked prior to purchasing, and
2. Be clicked by the user less than 3 days prior to purchasing.

Filter Category: Email, Content Cards, In-App Message, Web Push, iOS Push, Android Push

Total Dismissals

The number of times Content Cards from a campaign have been dismissed. If a user dismisses a message twice, they will be only counted once.

Calculation: Count
Filter Category: Content Cards

Total Impressions

The number of times the in-app message has been viewed (if a user is shown a message twice, they will be counted twice). This number is a sum of the number of impression events that Braze receives from the SDKs.

Calculation: Count
Filter Category: In-App Message, Content Cards

Total Opens

The total number of messages that were opened.

Calculation: (Opens) / (Deliveries) (for Email); (Direct Opens) / (Deliveries) (for Web Push); (Unique Opens) / (Deliveries) (for iOS Push, Android, Kindle)
Filter Category: Email, iOS Push, Android Push, Web Push, All Push

Total Revenue

The total revenue in dollars from campaign recipients within the set primary conversion window. This metric is only available on Campaign Comparison Reports, via the Report Builder

Filter Category: Content Cards, Email, In-App Message, Web Push, iOS Push, Android Push, Webhook, SMS, WhatsApp

Unique Clicks

Distinct number of recipients who have clicked within a message at least once. This is tracked over a 7 day period for Email. Note that clicks on Braze-provided unsubscribe links are counted as unique clicks.

Calculation: (Unique Clicks) / (Deliveries) (for Email) or (Unique Clicks) / (Unique Impressions) (for Content Cards)
Filter Category: Email, Content Cards

Unique Dismissals

The number of users who have dismissed Content Cards from a campaign. A user dismissing a Content Card from a campaign multiple times represents one unique dismissal.

Calculation: (Unique Dismissals) / (Unique Impressions)
Filter Category: Content Cards

Unique Impressions

The total number of users who received and viewed a given in-app message or card in a day. For in-app messages, unique impressions can be incremented again after 24 hours if re-eligibility is on and a user performs the trigger action. Conversely, the count should not increment the second time a user views a Content Card. This number is received from Braze.

Calculation: Count
Filter Category: In-App Message, Content Cards

Unique Opens

The total number of delivered emails that have been opened by a single user at least once. This is tracked over a 7 day period for Email.

Calculation: (Unique Opens) / (Deliveries)
Filter Category: Email

Unique Recipients

Unique Daily Recipients. The number of users who received a particular message in a day. This number is received from Braze.

Calculation: Count
Filter Category:  Content Cards, Email, In-App Message, Web Push, iOS Push, Android Push, Webhook, SMS, WhatsApp

Unsubscribes

The number of recipients whose subscription state changed to unsubscribed as a result of clicking the Braze provided unsubscribe URL.

Calculation: (Unsubscribes) / (Deliveries)
Filter Category: Email

Variation

Variation of a campaign, differing as defined by the creator.

Calculation: Count
Filter Category: Content Cards, Email, In-App Message, Web Push, iOS Push, Android Push, Webhook, SMS, WhatsApp
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