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title: AI Variant Performance Statistics
description: This AI reporting dashboard delivers comprehensive insights into individual creative performance and lift, showcasing the impact and enhancements achieved through our advanced Optimization and AI features.
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# AI Variant Performance Statistics

## This AI reporting dashboard delivers comprehensive insights into individual creative performance and lift, showcasing the impact and enhancements achieved through our advanced Optimization and AI features.

### The Statistics Tab displays the performance of different variants.

To access the statistics report, simply click on the **Variants button** on your Creative page or Campaigns page and then select the statistics tab as demonstrated below.

![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/slidesz/AGV_vUeZV6-ArjJvETVfQLfl2m_zkG97-PkOGAzj1KrVyuvRjngq7JrY1Vl-8SQnPgZryNxCEZeGcXpuK1zeGsiENpu0wveyD4swZLkj8Nx6wMiBF_2SAfPYFVQIo5xaR4tBvUEX2GygLPKQJlMRkIjQ-ETtxmhjcHA=s2048?key=C9v2lc4ejxd2iJRujXVHdQ)

1. The **Statistics** tab on the **Variant Management** page provides a comprehensive reporting dashboard for the *Creative*.
2. Data is broken down by **Variant** and the **Performance Lift**is quantified.

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### Explore various objectives and metrics to gain a quick insight into performance.

![](https://help.novastudio.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-14-2024-01-29-44-3706-PM.png?width=688&height=378&name=image-png-Aug-14-2024-01-29-44-3706-PM.png)

1. **Optimization Objective**
   
    Indicates the **objective** that the platform is optimizing for. The **strategy** is also indicated via icon.
2. **Chart Dataset Selector**
   
   This drop-down menu allows the user to choose the dataset they are viewing in the chart.
3. **Date Range Selector**
   
   Select the date range for the data displayed. Impacts ALL elements on the page.
4. **Download Button**
   
   Download the current data as a CSV.
5. **Header Metrics**
   
   Summary of key metrics for the specified date range.
6. **Data Table**
   
   Tabular view of the current displayed data, by Variant.

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### Understanding performance metrics

![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/slidesz/AGV_vUf__VhwFrpTSamcakC5urCJdCRe43kizwhkEBKYtUF5AVTHnry8dmbffZCEhgshR1TTiEP3nRXjnXzciQzD1P9oHAN97WDeWujhPRkOuq8BJ2BVcDKsVIiNu-Nk7QbM-PGZ012NQn3lDaNyIAGy_oOGYcPXb97l=s2048?key=C9v2lc4ejxd2iJRujXVHdQ)

1. **Optimization Objective:** Indicates the objective that the platform is optimizing for. The strategy is also indicated via icon.
2. **Total Outbound Clicks:** Indicates the total number of outbound clicks for the specified date range.
3. **Total Outbound CTR:** Indicates the total outbound CTR for the specified date range.  
   (Outbound Clicks divided by Ads Rendered)
4. **Baseline Outbound CTR:** Indicates the baseline outbound CTR for the specified date range. (the outbound CTR of the worst performing variant)
5. **Outbound CTR Lift:** Indicates the outbound CTR performance lift that was realized.  
   (The percentage change of the total outbound CTR vs. the baseline outbound CTR)
6. **Ads Rendered:** Indicates the total number of ads rendered (ie. impressions) for the specified date range.

**Note:** if the "**Optimization Objective"** set to **"Engagement Clicks"** instead of "Outbound Clicks," the metrics will display engagement-related data instead.

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### **Data Selector**

![Screenshot 2024-08-08 at 12.10.14](https://help.novastudio.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202024-08-08%20at%2012.10.14.png?width=358&height=455&name=Screenshot%202024-08-08%20at%2012.10.14.png)

**Chart Dataset Selector**

This drop-down menu allows the user to choose the dataset they are viewing in the chart.

**Choices:**

- Outbound CTR
- Outbound Clicks
- Engagement CTR
- Engagement Clicks
- Ads Rendered (“Impressions”)
- Performance : A stacked view that shows Ads Rendered and the main objective (either Outbound CTR or Engagement CTR).

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### Variant level insights and control with “Share of” view

![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/slidesz/AGV_vUePHfa9HU9oIz-sEaZXlq9NQ51w734TLuWpvVdkond-6-GMx5L-6y95c9EGh5U0NMd-APeIvLeEp92HGcjtvRs91CEwqdOAYEseXADtj_Mqv_TLoeZ6GImanZFrrikVP_-on6nhvfPrP3GHIrdaSjz6PcibS394=s2048?key=C9v2lc4ejxd2iJRujXVHdQ)

1. **Rows: Variant :** Each row in the table represents 1 unique variant of the creative.
2. **Series Indicator :** The round indicator next to each variant is a randomly selected color. The colors match each series in the chart above. Click on the icon to toggle on/off various series.
3. **“Share Of” Visualization :**  The bar next to the Ads rendered and Clicks metrics indicates the proportion of that metrics attributable to each variant.
4. **Variant Status :** 
   
   Use the toggle to enable/disable a particular variant.
   
   **![Screenshot 2024-08-13 at 07.38.58](https://help.novastudio.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202024-08-13%20at%2007.38.58.png?width=307&height=459&name=Screenshot%202024-08-13%20at%2007.38.58.png)**
   
   If the variant is deleted, the toggle will not be present, and a “Deleted” label will be shown instead.
   
   **![Screenshot 2024-08-13 at 07.43.48](https://help.novastudio.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202024-08-13%20at%2007.43.48.png?width=461&height=473&name=Screenshot%202024-08-13%20at%2007.43.48.png)**
   
   Hover the mouse over the eye icon to view a variant preview.
   
   ![Screenshot 2024-08-13 at 07.46.56](https://help.novastudio.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202024-08-13%20at%2007.46.56.png?width=583&height=563&name=Screenshot%202024-08-13%20at%2007.46.56.png)
5. **Columns :** The table can be sorted by clicking the arrows next to each column header.

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### **Stacked Performance chart**

![](https://help.novastudio.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-14-2024-01-36-32-7072-PM.png?width=688&height=419&name=image-png-Aug-14-2024-01-36-32-7072-PM.png)

**Performance Chart**

Selecting *Performance* from the *Chart Dataset Selector* will display a stacked view that shows:

- *Ads Rendered* on the top; and
- the main objective (either *Outbound CTR* or *Engagement CTR*) on the bottom.

At a glance, this depicts how traffic was allocated across variants and their relative performance.

 

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