Reporting dashboard metrics reference
Select and customize key performance metrics—including installs, spend, eCPM, retention, ROAS, ad revenue, in-app purchases, and event engagement—to evaluate and optimize your Unity Ads campaign performance over configurable time intervals.
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Use the following metrics to customize which key performance indicators you use to review your campaign performance.
Default metrics
Use the following default campaign metrics to assess campaign performance.Metric | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Starts | The number of times a user starts your ad. | Starts are also known as impressions. |
| Installs | The number of users who install your app after watching the ad. | |
| Spend | The advertising budget spent. | Spend is calculated by multiplying the number of Installs by the cost per install (CPI). |
| eCPM | Effective Cost per Mille: The estimated cost per 1000 impressions. | |
| CPI | Cost per Install: the average cost to the advertiser per install. | CPI is calculated by dividing the Spend amount by the number of Installs. |
| CVR | Conversion rate: the percent of users who installed your app after watching the ad. | CVR is calculated by dividing the number of Installs by the number of Starts. |
| Views | The number of times users watched your entire ad. | |
| Target CPI | Targeted cost per install: your targeted bid amount. | Sometimes abbreviated as tCPI. |
| Clicks | The number of times a user clicks the call-to-action button in your ad. | |
| CTR | Click through rate: the percentage of users who clicked the call-to-action button after watching your ad. | CTR is calculated by dividing the number of Clicks by the number of Starts. |
| Installs per Mille | Installs per one thousand impressions. | Sometimes abbreviated as IPM. |
| View Completion Rate | The percentage of users who watch your entire ad. | View Completion Rate is calculated by dividing the number of Starts by the number of Views. |
Metric time intervals
The reporting dashboard supports the following time interval customizations for metrics outside of the Default category:- D0 (Day-zero)
- D1 (Day-one)
- D3 (Day-three)
- D7 (Day-seven)
- D14 (Day-fourteen)
- D21 (Day-twenty-one)
- D28 (Day-twenty-eight)
Metric category | D0 | D1 | D3 | D7 | D14 | D21 | D28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ad Revenue | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| In-app Purchase | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Retention | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Return on Ad Spend | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Event optimization | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Ad Revenue metrics
Use the following ad revenue metrics to assess the ad revenue generated by your campaigns.Metric | Description |
|---|---|
| Ad Revenue | Revenue from your ad campaign. |
| Ad Revenue ROAS | Ad revenue return on ad spend, calculated by dividing the revenue earned by the amount spent on advertising. |
In-app Purchase metrics
Use the following in-app purchase metrics to assess the in-app purchase revenue generated by your campaigns.Metric | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| IAP ROAS | In-app purchase revenue return on ad spend, calculated by dividing the IAP revenue earned by the amount spent on advertising. | |
| Purchases | In-app transactions made in your app. | |
| IAP revenue | Revenue from users purchasing in-app items. | |
| Unique purchases | The number of first-time in-app purchases within the selected time interval. | Unique purchases can be understood as free users converting to paying users. |
Retention metrics
Use the following retention metrics to assess the long term engagement generated by your campaigns.Metric | Description |
|---|---|
| Retained | The number of users continuing to engage with your app for the selected time period. |
| Retention rate | The percentage of users who continue engaging with an app over time. |
Return on Ad Spend metrics
Use the following ROAS metrics to assess the return on ad spend generated by your campaigns.Metric | Description |
|---|---|
| Total ROAS | Return on advertising spend is a revenue-based metric used to calculate the efficiency and performance of digital advertising spend. |
Event Optimization metrics
Use the following event metrics to assess the event engagement generated by your campaigns.Metric | Description |
|---|---|
| Event | The number of events generated by all types of Event optimization. |
| Event Rate | The percentage of events generated by all types of Event Optimization per install. |
| Cost per Event | The average cost per event generated by all types of Event Optimization. |
| Level Complete | The number of users who complete a specified level. |
| Level Complete Rate | The percentage of users who completed a specified level per install. |
| Cost per Level Complete | The average cost for a user who completed a specified level. |
| Payer | The number of users who made a payment. |
| Payer Rate | The percentage of users who made a payment per install. |
| Cost per payer | The average cost of a user who made a payment. |
| Registration | The number of users who completed a registration. |
| Cost per registration | The average cost of a user who completed a registration. |
| Registration rate | The percentage of users who completed a registration. |