# Analytics

## nativeMsg Analytics: Quick Start Guide

**Goal:** Understand how to measure performance across your bots, messages, and audiences — and use analytics to improve engagement.\
**Estimated Time:** 10 minutes

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### 🧭 Overview

The **Analytics** section in nativeMsg helps you track performance across all your bots, messages, and users.\
You can view trends at a high level (all bots) or drill down into one bot’s activity.

> 💡 *Think of Analytics as your mission control — where you see what’s working, what’s not, and when your audience is most active.*

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### 1️⃣ Where to Find It

* In the left navigation, click **Analytics.**
* Choose **All Bots** to view total activity, or pick a specific bot to zoom in.

You’ll see multiple panels — Ads, Bot Activity, Humans, Messaging, Subscribers, and Custom Reports.

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### 2️⃣ What You Can See

#### 🔹 **Ads**

Track how your ad-driven campaigns perform.

* Impressions, Conversations, Engagements, Clicks
* Active Hours chart (see when engagement peaks)
* Identify which ads drive real conversation starts

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#### 🔹 **Bot Activity**

Everything happening inside your bots.

* **Overview:** Conversations and engagement stats
* **Interactions Report:** Which flows are performing best
* **Common Phrases:** What users are typing most often
* **Active Hours:** When your users chat the most
* **Conversation Length:** Average duration of chat sessions

> 💡 *Use Common Phrases to refine your bot’s wording with real customer language.*

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#### 🔹 **Humans**

Your audience metrics — new vs. returning users.

* Track audience growth over time
* Identify your most active customer segments
* See how engagement evolves after campaigns

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#### 🔹 **Messaging**

Message-level performance across all bots and channels.

* Sent, Received, and Total message counts
* Compare message volume to user engagement
* Spot spikes to understand campaign or event impact

> 📈 *This is your quick pulse check for engagement health.*

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#### 🔹 **Subscribers**

Understand your subscribed audience.

* Total **Subscribed** vs. **Unsubscribed** users
* View by **Tag** (audience segment) or **Channel** (SMS, Web, Facebook, etc.)

**Breakdowns available:**

| View                       | What It Shows                         |
| -------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| **Subscriptions by Tag**   | How many users belong to each segment |
| **Subscribers by Channel** | Where users are most active           |

> 💡 *Helps you focus future Blasts on the best-performing audiences.*

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#### 🔹 **Custom Reports**

Create your own dashboards with only the data you care about.

1. Click **Custom Reports → + Add.**
2. Name your report.
3. Select the analytics modules to include (Ads, Bot Activity, Messaging, etc.).
4. Rearrange or remove panels using drag-and-drop.
5. Click **Create** to save.

✅ *Perfect for weekly KPI snapshots or monthly performance reviews.*

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### 3️⃣ Filtering Data

Filter any analytics view to focus on the right bot, channel, or time period.

**At the top of the page:**

1. Choose a **Bot** (All Bots or specific).
2. Select a **Date Range**:
   * Today
   * This Week
   * 15 Days
   * 90 Days
   * Custom range (set your own start/end dates)
3. *(Optional)* Check **Exclude Deleted Channels** for cleaner reports.
4. Click **Apply Filters.**

> 💡 *The dashboard refreshes instantly with your filtered data.*

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### 4️⃣ Exporting & Sharing

Need to share performance data with your team? You can export any view.

1. Click **Download** (top-right corner).
2. Choose your file format:
   * **CSV** (for spreadsheets)
   * **XLSX** (Excel)
   * **ODS** (OpenDocument)
   * **PDF** (for reports & presentations)
3. nativeMsg will refresh the latest data before exporting.
4. Share the file via email or include it in your internal reporting.

> 📤 *Pro Tip:* Filter your data first — exports match your active filters and date range.

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### ✅ Pro Tips for New Users

| Tip                                        | Why It Matters                                            |
| ------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Start with “Humans + Messaging” panels** | Get a quick snapshot of overall engagement health.        |
| **Use “Common Phrases”**                   | Improve flows based on real customer input.               |
| **Create Custom Reports**                  | Save time on weekly or monthly reporting.                 |
| **Apply date filters before exporting**    | Keeps data aligned with your reporting period.            |
| **Check “Active Hours”**                   | Identify the best times to send Blasts or respond faster. |

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### 📊 Example Use Cases

* **Marketing Teams:** Track campaign engagement, subscriber growth, and message conversions.
* **Customer Success Teams:** Monitor customer interactions and FAQs from Common Phrases.
* **Operations:** Evaluate support load via average conversation length and daily message volume.

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### ✅ Quick Recap

You can use Analytics to:

* Measure campaign and bot performance
* Discover peak user activity hours
* Understand audience growth and retention
* Build and export your own reports

> 🧭 *Data is your feedback loop — check Analytics weekly to keep improving your messaging experience.*