Gaming Insights

This guide contains information about how to navigate data about your game on Gaming Insights.

Go to Business Manager to access Insights

Breakdown

Source

SDK API UI text Description Screenshot

ad

Ad

Game plays starting from an Instant Game ad campaign

admin_message

Admin message

Game plays coming from a custom update within a messenger thread

bookmark

Facebook bookmark

Game plays coming from the Facebook bookmark

bot_cta

Messenger bot CTA

Game plays that began from a call-to-action attached to a Messenger bot message

bot_menu

Messenger bot menu

Game plays that began from a Messenger bot menu

custom_share

Custom game share

Game plays started from custom shares created by the game with the share API

facebook_gaming_tab

Facebook Gaming tab

Game plays initiated from the Gaming Tab on Facebook

facebook_web

Facebook web

Game plays started from the Facebook front page on web

feed

Feed

Game plays started from a Feed

game_search

Search box

Game plays coming from players searching in Messenger and Facebook search

game_share

Game share

Game plays started from a generic player share of the Instant Game

game_switch

Game switch

Game plays started from a list created in game by calling the Game Switch API

group

Facebook group

Game plays that started from an entry point in a Facebook group

home_screen_shortcut

Home screen shortcut

Game plays coming from our Home Screen Shortcuts API (Android Only)

in_game_menu

In-game menu

Game plays originating from an in-game menu

notification

Notification

Game plays initiated by a player engaging with a Facebook notification

other

Other

Game plays coming from sources we don't explicitly identify to games currently

score_share

Shared score

Game plays that started from a played-shared score

shareable_link

Shareable link

Game plays that began from a deep link to the game (such as our Instant Game “m.me” links)

thread_suggestion

Chat suggestion

Game plays that started from a game suggestion in a Messenger thread with a friend

video_call

Video chat

Game plays coming from the Messenger video chat entry point

web_games_hub

Web games hub

Game plays started from the Instant Games hub on web, located here

A/B Testing

In the Web Hosting section, hovering over your newly uploaded build should show a set of buttons that allow you to distribute that package to a subset of your audience.




For example, clicking on the "10%" button will make that build available to 10% of your players (randomly selected) while the build highlighted in blue labeled "Production" will be available to other 90%.