Configuring Value Metrics
Kickplan Value Metrics are designed to capture import Plan-related event data from your product or from connected applications that are then tied to Accounts. This allows you to precisely control Plan Features (entitlements), Plan Quotas and Triggers (actions), and provides a unique and powerful, real-time view into your business's revenue and monetization.
Creating a Value Metric is simple and straightforward:
Click on Value Metrics in the sidebar navigation
The Value Metrics Overview provides an at-a-glance summary of all your Metrics, including recently captured Metric events.
Click on Create Metric
Select either Delta or Gauge for Metric Type.
- Delta is used when the event value increases or decreases by applying the new event value as a delta to the current value.
- Gauge is used when the event value replaces the current event value with the new event value.
Fill in the Metric's key and name. The Event Key represents the event that you're either sending to Kickplan via an SDK or importing via a Connection.
View Using a Connection to Create a Metric to learn more.
Fill in the COGs if you want to be able to track how usage affects your revenue. For example, an AI feature may have considerable infrastructure costs, by tracking usage via a Metric with a COGs value attached, you can determine the actual cost of the feature and its payback period, conversion rate, and how it affects revenue expansion.
Finally, click Create to save your Value Metric.
To view recent Events
Back on the Value Metrics Overview, click the Event Stream tab. This screen will display all recent events with a link to the associated Account.
Events are aggregated into a Metric on a daily basis, which helps power Kickplan's robust reporting and dashboarding features, though the Events themselves are never discarded.
