Guide: Using Appfigures with Databox

Explore how to connect and visualize your Appfigures data in Databox Analytics with third-party tools.

Appfigures integration is an analytics tool that enables you to bring your App Store Connect, Google Play, Windows Appstore,  Amazon Appstore, and Stream data into Databox.

HOW TO

How to connect Appfigures to Databox

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How to connect Appfigures to Databox

To connect an Appfigures Account in Databox, go to  Data Manager > + New connection. Type Appfigures in the search bar and click on the green Connect button. 

This will open the  Authorization window, which is where you will be prompted to enter your Appfigures login credentials and authorize the Databox app. 

  1. Confirm your Appfigures user
  2. Select Appfigures integration (e.g. App Store Connect, Google Play, etc.) that you want to connect with Databox
  3. Next, select Appfigures integration project (e.g. App Store Connect store, Google Play store, etc.) that you want to report on in Databox

Pro Tip: If you want to report on data from different Appfigures integrations and projects you need to connect individual integration project to Databox. Learn more here.

How to create Appfigures Account

  1. If you don't have an Appfigures account, you can create one here
  2. Connect your app store(s) in your Appfigures account by following these instructions

What data can be synced through the Appfigures integrations?

App Store Connect, Google Play, Windows Appstore, Amazon Appstore, and Stream apps are supported with Appfigures integration in Databox.

What plan do you need to connect Appfigures with Databox?

All Appfigures customers can access the API and sync data with Databox.

Estimated Revenue and Estimated Downloads metrics are available only with Appfigures Grow and Explore paid plans.

Learn more about Appfigures plans and pricing here

What's the maximum amount of historical data initially available when you use a new Appfigures Data Source Metric in Databox?

Data is synced for the Metrics that are being used in your Account, so when you first use a new Appfigures Metric, the maximum amount of historical data available is 36 months. 

Certain Metrics may have more or less historical data available. For example, metrics that represent the total metric value (i.e. Estimated Revenue, Estimated Downloads, etc.) do not have historical data available when first used. We only pull in the total current value, but we will accumulate historical data for these Metrics in Databox over time and the metric value will be shown cumulatively.  

For more information about the amount of historical data available for a specific Metric please contact our Support Team at help@databox.com.

Pro Tip: In order to start syncing data for a Metric, you can add it to your Metrics screen, use it in a Scorecard, set a Goal around it, create an Alert for it, or add it to a Databoard. Learn more here.    

The amount of historical data you're able to access in Databox is dependent on your Databox plan. Learn more here.

What time zone does Appfigures data sync in? 

Appfigures data is synced in EST.

How to access pre-built Appfigures Templates

 
  1. Navigate to Databoards > Public Templates
  2. In the Data Source drop-down list, select Appfigures
  3. To view a preview of the Template populated with dummy data, click Preview
  4. To pull the Template into your Account and re-populate it with your own Appfigures data, click Use Template
  5. Select the appropriate Appfigures Data Source from the drop-down list to complete the process. The Databoard will be re-populated with data from the selected Appfigures Account and can be found on the  Databoards page

Pro Tip: Once the Databoard is available on the Databoards page, it is completely disconnected from the public Template. Therefore, you can further customize this Databoard to meet your specific needs using the Designer.

Popular Appfigures Templates

Appfigures Sales Performance Appfigures Ads Revenue Performance
Appfigures Sales Performance Template provides an overview of important sales metrics, like Downloads, Gross Revenue, Returns, Refunds, and more.
Appfigures Ads Revenue Performance Template provides an overview of important ads metrics, like Ads Revenue, Ads Impressions, Ads Clicks, Ads CTR, and more.

How to build a Databoard using Appfigures data

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Popular Appfigures Metrics

Appfigures Downloads

Appfigures Updates

Appfigures In-app Purchases Revenue

View a full list of Appfigures Metrics available in Databox here.

How to build a Databoard

 
  1. Navigate to  Databoards > + New Databoard > Start Blank
  2. Click on the Metric Library icon on the lefthand side of the Designer
  3. Select the appropriate Appfigures Account from the Data Source drop-down list in the Metric Library
  4. View the list of pre-built Appfigures Datablocks in the  Metric Library. Drag and drop your selected Datablock onto your Databoard   
  5. If a pre-built Datablock isn't available for your use case, click on the  Visualization Types icon under the Metric Library icon
  6. View the list of Visualizations available in Databox. Drag and drop your selected Visualization onto your Databoard
  7. Click on the Datablock on the Databoard to open the corresponding Datablock Settings on the righthand side of the Designer
  8. Select the appropriate Appfigures Data Source and Metric in the righthand Datablock Settings. This will update the Datablock and it will populate the Datablock with the corresponding data
  9. Complete steps 4-8 until your Databoard is complete

Additional Information

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Metric Considerations

  • Estimated Revenue and Estimated Downloads metrics are available only with Appfigures Grow and Explore paid plans. Learn more here.
  • Estimated Revenue and Estimated Downloads metrics do not have historical data available. Learn more here.
  • Ads, Ad Spend, and Estimates metrics are not available for Windows Store, Amazon Store, and Stream integrations
  • Subscription metrics are not available for Steam integration

    Granularity Restrictions

    • Due to API limitations, Hourly and Quarterly granularities are not supported. This may affect visualization options for Charts in Databox.

      For example, if an Appfigures Metric is used on a Line or Bar Chart with ''Yesterday'' Date Range selected, hourly data won't be displayed on the Chart.
      However, the big number above the Chart will accurately reflect the Metric value for the selected Date Range.

      Learn more about Granularity here.