Track User Events Within 7 Days of Signup: A Guide

Daniel D. · 2025-03-06T19:00:01.406Z

How can I see the total number of a specific event that a user does within 7 days of signing up

Track User Events Within 7 Days of Signup: A Guide | Mixpanel Community

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To see the total number of a specific event that a user does within 7 days of signing up, you can use Mixpanel's Retention report with custom settings. Here's how you can set it up: 1. Go to the Retention report in Mixpanel. 2. Define your retention behavior: - Set the first event as "Sign Up Completed" (or your specific sign-up event). - Set the second event as the specific event you want to count.3. Choose your measurement: - Select "Property Sum" as the measurement type. - Choose "Total Events" as the property to sum.4. Set the time interval: - Set the retention criteria to "On or Before". - Set the time interval to 7 days.This setup will show you the total number of times users performed the specific event within 7 days of signing up.For more detailed information on setting up custom retention brackets and using different retention criteria, you can refer to the following Mixpanel documentation: Retention: Measure engagement over timeRetention CriteriaThese resources provide in-depth explanations of how to customize your retention analysis to match your specific use case.
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kapa.ai how do I turn off retention groups
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I apologize, but I couldn't find any specific information in the provided knowledge sources about turning off retention groups in Mixpanel. The concept of "retention groups" as a feature that can be turned on or off is not mentioned in the available documentation.However, if you're referring to changing how retention is calculated or viewed, there are a few options you can adjust in the Retention report: 1. You can change the retention type between "birth" and "compounded" retention: Retention: Measure engagement over time2. You can adjust the retention criteria between "on" and "on or after": Learn to Use Mixpanel: The 2 retention calculations explained3. You can switch between cumulative and non-cumulative frequency views: Retention: Measure engagement over timeIf none of these options address your specific need to "turn off retention groups," I recommend reaching out to Mixpanel's support team for more detailed assistance. They would be able to provide more specific guidance based on your exact use case and the features available in your Mixpanel account.
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kapa.ai is the property sum showing all users or the sum per user for the given period
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Based on the information provided in the knowledge sources, I can clarify how the "Property Sum" measurement works in Mixpanel's Retention report.The "Property Sum" measurement shows the total sum of a property across all users for the given period, not the sum per individual user. This is evident from the description provided in the Insights: Visualize trends and compositions within your data documentation: For events calculation, it states: "Sum: The total of a numeric property value across all instances of [event]."An example given is: "What's the total number of minutes of videos watched?"This indicates that the Property Sum aggregates the total across all users, not per individual user.If you wanted to see the sum per user, you would need to use a different measurement called "Aggregate Property per User". This measurement allows you to calculate the sum per user and then perform further aggregations on that data, such as average, distribution, median, etc.To summarize, in the context of your previous question about seeing the total number of a specific event within 7 days of signing up: - The "Property Sum" measurement would show you the total sum across all users who performed the event within 7 days of signing up. - It does not show the sum per individual user for the given period.If you need to see per-user data, you might want to consider using the "Aggregate Property per User" measurement instead, depending on your specific analysis needs.
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Hi Daniel D., Please stand by as I search the Mixpanel knowledge base for an AI-powered answer. I normally take about 15 seconds or so. In case AI cannot answer your question, feel free to reach out to Mixpanel support at mixpanel.com/get-support. If you have follow-up questions for this thread, please tag me again with your question: @kapa.ai <follow-up question> 👋
Feel free to ask a follow-up question once I've answered by mentioning me with @kapa.ai
kapa.ai
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To see the total number of a specific event that a user does within 7 days of signing up, you can use Mixpanel's Retention report with custom settings. Here's how you can set it up: 1. Go to the Retention report in Mixpanel. 2. Define your retention behavior: - Set the first event as "Sign Up Completed" (or your specific sign-up event). - Set the second event as the specific event you want to count.3. Choose your measurement: - Select "Property Sum" as the measurement type. - Choose "Total Events" as the property to sum.4. Set the time interval: - Set the retention criteria to "On or Before". - Set the time interval to 7 days.This setup will show you the total number of times users performed the specific event within 7 days of signing up.For more detailed information on setting up custom retention brackets and using different retention criteria, you can refer to the following Mixpanel documentation: Retention: Measure engagement over timeRetention CriteriaThese resources provide in-depth explanations of how to customize your retention analysis to match your specific use case.
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Daniel D.
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kapa.ai how do I turn off retention groups
kapa.ai
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Let me check the knowledge base for you again. One moment! 📚
kapa.ai
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I apologize, but I couldn't find any specific information in the provided knowledge sources about turning off retention groups in Mixpanel. The concept of "retention groups" as a feature that can be turned on or off is not mentioned in the available documentation.However, if you're referring to changing how retention is calculated or viewed, there are a few options you can adjust in the Retention report: 1. You can change the retention type between "birth" and "compounded" retention: Retention: Measure engagement over time2. You can adjust the retention criteria between "on" and "on or after": Learn to Use Mixpanel: The 2 retention calculations explained3. You can switch between cumulative and non-cumulative frequency views: Retention: Measure engagement over timeIf none of these options address your specific need to "turn off retention groups," I recommend reaching out to Mixpanel's support team for more detailed assistance. They would be able to provide more specific guidance based on your exact use case and the features available in your Mixpanel account.
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Daniel D.
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kapa.ai is the property sum showing all users or the sum per user for the given period
kapa.ai
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Let me check the knowledge base for you again. One moment! 📚
kapa.ai
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Based on the information provided in the knowledge sources, I can clarify how the "Property Sum" measurement works in Mixpanel's Retention report.The "Property Sum" measurement shows the total sum of a property across all users for the given period, not the sum per individual user. This is evident from the description provided in the Insights: Visualize trends and compositions within your data documentation: For events calculation, it states: "Sum: The total of a numeric property value across all instances of [event]."An example given is: "What's the total number of minutes of videos watched?"This indicates that the Property Sum aggregates the total across all users, not per individual user.If you wanted to see the sum per user, you would need to use a different measurement called "Aggregate Property per User". This measurement allows you to calculate the sum per user and then perform further aggregations on that data, such as average, distribution, median, etc.To summarize, in the context of your previous question about seeing the total number of a specific event within 7 days of signing up: - The "Property Sum" measurement would show you the total sum across all users who performed the event within 7 days of signing up. - It does not show the sum per individual user for the given period.If you need to see per-user data, you might want to consider using the "Aggregate Property per User" measurement instead, depending on your specific analysis needs.
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