Get daily app usage

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Use this method in the Microsoft Store analytics API to get aggregate usage data (not including Xbox multiplayer) in JSON format for an application during a given date range (last 90 days only) and other optional filters. This information is also available in the Usage report in Partner Center.

Telemetry for Anaheim based PWA apps is collected at Device level. So metrics related to users will not be available for such products. Please refer to the below Usage values section for more details on the validity of fields.

Prerequisites

To use this method, you need to first do the following:

  • If you have not done so already, complete all the prerequisites for the Microsoft Store analytics API.
  • Obtain an Azure AD access token to use in the request header for this method. After you obtain an access token, you have 60 minutes to use it before it expires. After the token expires, you can obtain a new one.

Request

Request syntax

Method Request URI
GET https://manage.devcenter.microsoft.com/v1.0/my/analytics/usagedaily

Request header

Header Type Description
Authorization string Required. The Azure AD access token in the form Bearer <token>.

Request parameters

Parameter Type Description Required
applicationId string The Store ID of the app for which you want to retrieve review data. Yes
startDate date The start date in the date range of review data to retrieve. The default is the current date. No
endDate date The end date in the date range of review data to retrieve. The default is the current date. No
top int The number of rows of data to return in the request. The maximum value and the default value if not specified is 10000. If there are more rows in the query, the response body includes a next link that you can use to request the next page of data. No
skip int The number of rows to skip in the query. Use this parameter to page through large data sets. For example, top=10000 and skip=0 retrieves the first 10000 rows of data, top=10000 and skip=10000 retrieves the next 10000 rows of data, and so on. No
filter string One or more statements that filter the rows in the response. Each statement contains a field name from the response body and value that are associated with the eq or ne operators, and statements can be combined using and or or. String values must be surrounded by single quotes in the filter parameter. You can specify the following fields from the response body:
  • market
  • deviceType
  • packageVersion
 No
orderby string A statement that orders the result data values. The syntax is orderby=field [order],field [order],.... The field parameter can be one of the following strings:
  • date
  • applicationId
  • applicationName
  • market
  • packageVersion
  • deviceType
  • subscriptionName
  • dailySessionCount
  • engagementDurationMinutes
  • dailyActiveUsers
  • dailyActiveDevices
  • dailyNewUsers
  • monthlyActiveUsers
  • monthlyActiveDevices
  • monthlyNewUsers
  • dailyNewDevices
  • monthlyNewDevices

The order parameter is optional, and can be asc or desc to specify ascending or descending order for each field. The default is asc.

Here is an example orderby string: orderby=date,market

 No
groupby string A statement that applies data aggregation only to the specified fields. You can specify the following fields from the response body:
  • applicationName
  • subscriptionName
  • deviceType
  • packageVersion
  • market
  • date

The returned data rows will contain the fields specified in the groupby parameter as well as the following:

  • applicationId
  • subscriptionName
  • dailySessionCount
  • engagementDurationMinutes
  • dailyActiveUsers
  • dailyActiveDevices
  • dailyNewUsers
  • monthlyActiveUsers
  • monthlyActiveDevices
  • monthlyNewUsers
  • dailyNewDevices
  • monthlyNewDevices

The groupby parameter can be used with the aggregationLevel parameter. For example: &groupby=ageGroup,market&aggregationLevel=week

 No

Request example

The following example demonstrates a request for getting daily app usage data. Replace the applicationId value with the Store ID for your app.

GET https://manage.devcenter.microsoft.com/v1.0/my/analytics/usagedaily?applicationId=XXXXXXXXXXXX&startDate=2018-08-10&endDate=2018-08-14 HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer <your access token>

Response

Response body

Value Type Description
Value array An array of objects that contain aggregate usage data. For more information about the data in each object, see the following table.
@nextLink string If there are additional pages of data, this string contains a URI that you can use to request the next page of data. For example, this value is returned if the top parameter of the request is set to 10000 but there are more than 10000 rows of reviews data for the query.
TotalCount int The total number of rows in the data result for the query.

 

Usage values

Elements in the Value array contain the following values.

Value Type Description UWP Availability Anaheim based PWA Availability Xbox Availability
date string The first date in the date range for the usage data. If the request specified a single day, this value is that date. If the request specified a week, month, or other date range, this value is the first date in that date range. Yes Yes Yes
applicationId string The Store ID of the app for which you are retrieving usage data. Yes Yes Yes
applicationName string The display name of the app. Yes Yes Yes
deviceType string One of the following strings that specifies the type of device where usage occurred:
  • PC
  • Phone
  • Console-Xbox One
  • Console-Xbox Series X
  • Tablet
  • IoT
  • Server
  • Holographic
  • Unknown
 Yes Yes Yes
packageVersion string The version of the package where usage occurred. Yes Yes No
market string The ISO 3166 country code of the market where the customer used your app. Yes Yes Yes
subscriptionName string Indicates if usage was through Xbox Game Pass. Yes No No
dailySessionCount long The number of user sessions on that day. Yes Yes Yes
engagementDurationMinutes double The minutes where users are actively using your app measured by a distinct period of time, starting when the app launches (process start) and ending when it terminates (process end) or after a period of inactivity. Yes Yes Yes
dailyActiveUsers long The number of customers using the app that day. Yes No Yes
dailyActiveDevices long The number of daily devices used to interact with your app by all users. Yes Yes Yes
dailyNewUsers long The number of customers who used your app for the first time that day. Yes No Yes
monthlyActiveUsers long The number of customers using the app that month. Yes No Yes
monthlyActiveDevices long The number of devices running your app for a distinct period of time, starting when the app launches (process start) and ending when it terminates (process end) or after a period of inactivity. Yes Yes Yes
monthlyNewUsers long The number of customers who used your app for the first time that month. Yes No Yes
dailyNewDevices long The number of devices which used the app for the first time that day. No Yes No
monthlyNewDevices long The number of devices which used the app for the first time in last 30 days. No Yes No

Note

If a field is not valid for a specific product, then the value to those fields will be sent as 0 or null in the response. Computation of new users and new devices is done with the rolling window of 3 years, i.e., if a user/device doesn’t use the application for 3 years and above, they will be treated as new user/device after 3 years.

Request and Response example

The following code snippets demonstrates some example request and JSON response body for those request.

Sample Request

GET https://manage.devcenter.microsoft.com/v1.0/my/analytics/usagedaily?applicationId=9NBLGGGZ5QDR
HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer <your access token>

Sample Response

{
    "Value": [
        {
            "applicationId": "9NBLGGGZ5QDR",
            "applicationName": "Contoso Demo",
            "deviceType": "All",
            "packageVersion": "All",
            "market": "All",
            "dailySessionCount": 6102,
            "engagementDurationMinutes": 75801.0,
            "dailyActiveUsers": 3866,
            "dailyActiveDevices": 3855,
            "dailyNewUsers": 2041,
            "monthlyActiveUsers": 85206,
            "monthlyActiveDevices": 88995,
            "monthlyNewUsers": 63184,
            "dailyNewDevices": 0,
            "monthlyNewDevices": 0
        }
    ],
    "TotalCount": 1
}

Sample Request

GET https://manage.devcenter.microsoft.com/v1.0/my/analytics/usagedaily?applicationId=9NBLGGGZ5QDR&startDate=06/19/2022&endDate=07/20/2022&top=10&skip=0&groupby=applicationName,subscriptionName,deviceType,packageVersion,market,date

HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer <your access token>

Sample Response

{
    "Value": [
        {
            "date": "2022-07-11",
            "applicationId": "9NBLGGGZ5QDR",
            "applicationName": "Contoso Demo",
            "subscriptionName": "null",
            "deviceType": "PC",
            "packageVersion": "1.4.0.17837",
            "market": "BR",
            "dailySessionCount": 1,
            "engagementDurationMinutes": 35.2,
            "dailyActiveUsers": 1,
            "dailyActiveDevices": 1,
            "dailyNewUsers": 0,
            "monthlyActiveUsers": 1,
            "monthlyActiveDevices": 1,
            "monthlyNewUsers": 0,
            "dailyNewDevices": 0,
            "monthlyNewDevices": 0
        },
        {
            "date": "2022-07-04",
            "applicationId": "9NBLGGGZ5QDR",
            "applicationName": "Contoso Demo",
            "subscriptionName": "null",
            "deviceType": "PC",
            "packageVersion": "2.5.2.34894",
            "market": "AD",
            "dailySessionCount": 1,
            "engagementDurationMinutes": 2.7,
            "dailyActiveUsers": 1,
            "dailyActiveDevices": 1,
            "dailyNewUsers": 0,
            "monthlyActiveUsers": 1,
            "monthlyActiveDevices": 1,
            "monthlyNewUsers": 0,
            "dailyNewDevices": 0,
            "monthlyNewDevices": 0
        },
        {
            "date": "2022-06-24",
            "applicationId": "9NBLGGGZ5QDR",
            "applicationName": "Contoso Demo",
            "subscriptionName": "null",
            "deviceType": "PC",
            "packageVersion": "2.5.2.34894",
            "market": "AE",
            "dailySessionCount": 2,
            "engagementDurationMinutes": 2.9,
            "dailyActiveUsers": 1,
            "dailyActiveDevices": 1,
            "dailyNewUsers": 0,
            "monthlyActiveUsers": 2,
            "monthlyActiveDevices": 2,
            "monthlyNewUsers": 0,
            "dailyNewDevices": 0,
            "monthlyNewDevices": 0
        },
        {
            "date": "2022-07-08",
            "applicationId": "9NBLGGGZ5QDR",
            "applicationName": "Contoso Demo",
            "subscriptionName": "null",
            "deviceType": "PC",
            "packageVersion": "2.5.2.34894",
            "market": "AE",
            "dailySessionCount": 1,
            "engagementDurationMinutes": 0.5,
            "dailyActiveUsers": 1,
            "dailyActiveDevices": 1,
            "dailyNewUsers": 0,
            "monthlyActiveUsers": 2,
            "monthlyActiveDevices": 2,
            "monthlyNewUsers": 0,
            "dailyNewDevices": 0,
            "monthlyNewDevices": 0
        },
        {
            "date": "2022-06-26",
            "applicationId": "9NBLGGGZ5QDR",
            "applicationName": "Contoso Demo",
            "subscriptionName": "null",
            "deviceType": "PC",
            "packageVersion": "2.5.2.34894",
            "market": "AO",
            "dailySessionCount": 1,
            "engagementDurationMinutes": 1.2,
            "dailyActiveUsers": 1,
            "dailyActiveDevices": 1,
            "dailyNewUsers": 0,
            "monthlyActiveUsers": 1,
            "monthlyActiveDevices": 1,
            "monthlyNewUsers": 0,
            "dailyNewDevices": 0,
            "monthlyNewDevices": 0
        },
        {
            "date": "2022-06-19",
            "applicationId": "9NBLGGGZ5QDR",
            "applicationName": "Contoso Demo",
            "subscriptionName": "null",
            "deviceType": "PC",
            "packageVersion": "2.5.2.34894",
            "market": "AR",
            "dailySessionCount": 1,
            "engagementDurationMinutes": 1.0,
            "dailyActiveUsers": 1,
            "dailyActiveDevices": 1,
            "dailyNewUsers": 0,
            "monthlyActiveUsers": 40,
            "monthlyActiveDevices": 40,
            "monthlyNewUsers": 0,
            "dailyNewDevices": 0,
            "monthlyNewDevices": 0
        },
        {
            "date": "2022-06-20",
            "applicationId": "9NBLGGGZ5QDR",
            "applicationName": "Contoso Demo",
            "subscriptionName": "null",
            "deviceType": "PC",
            "packageVersion": "2.5.2.34894",
            "market": "AR",
            "dailySessionCount": 2,
            "engagementDurationMinutes": 10.9,
            "dailyActiveUsers": 2,
            "dailyActiveDevices": 2,
            "dailyNewUsers": 0,
            "monthlyActiveUsers": 42,
            "monthlyActiveDevices": 42,
            "monthlyNewUsers": 0,
            "dailyNewDevices": 0,
            "monthlyNewDevices": 0
        },
        {
            "date": "2022-06-21",
            "applicationId": "9NBLGGGZ5QDR",
            "applicationName": "Contoso Demo",
            "subscriptionName": "null",
            "deviceType": "PC",
            "packageVersion": "2.5.2.34894",
            "market": "AR",
            "dailySessionCount": 6,
            "engagementDurationMinutes": 32.8,
            "dailyActiveUsers": 3,
            "dailyActiveDevices": 3,
            "dailyNewUsers": 0,
            "monthlyActiveUsers": 44,
            "monthlyActiveDevices": 43,
            "monthlyNewUsers": 0,
            "dailyNewDevices": 0,
            "monthlyNewDevices": 0
        },
        {
            "date": "2022-06-22",
            "applicationId": "9NBLGGGZ5QDR",
            "applicationName": "Contoso Demo",
            "subscriptionName": "null",
            "deviceType": "PC",
            "packageVersion": "2.5.2.34894",
            "market": "AR",
            "dailySessionCount": 1,
            "engagementDurationMinutes": 0.1,
            "dailyActiveUsers": 1,
            "dailyActiveDevices": 1,
            "dailyNewUsers": 0,
            "monthlyActiveUsers": 43,
            "monthlyActiveDevices": 42,
            "monthlyNewUsers": 0,
            "dailyNewDevices": 0,
            "monthlyNewDevices": 0
        },
        {
            "date": "2022-06-23",
            "applicationId": "9NBLGGGZ5QDR",
            "applicationName": "Contoso Demo",
            "subscriptionName": "null",
            "deviceType": "PC",
            "packageVersion": "2.5.2.34894",
            "market": "AR",
            "dailySessionCount": 2,
            "engagementDurationMinutes": 0.3,
            "dailyActiveUsers": 2,
            "dailyActiveDevices": 2,
            "dailyNewUsers": 0,
            "monthlyActiveUsers": 42,
            "monthlyActiveDevices": 42,
            "monthlyNewUsers": 0,
            "dailyNewDevices": 0,
            "monthlyNewDevices": 0
        }
    ],
    "@nextLink": "usagedaily?applicationId=9NBLGGGZ5QDR&startDate=2022/06/19&endDate=2022/07/21&groupby=applicationName,subscriptionName,deviceType,packageVersion,market,date&top=10&skip=10",
    "TotalCount": 765
}