Deprecating Event_dau Metric

Deprecation details

From Wednesday, October 16, 2024, Statsig stopped auto-generating new event_dau metrics for incoming events. Statsig continues to auto-generate an event_count metric for each logged event.

• This change doesn't affect any existing event_dau metrics that you have used in a gate, experiment, dashboard, or other Custom Metrics.

• Existing event_dau metrics that you archived or never used in another config no longer exist. To retain these metrics, refer to the Next steps section below.

• Going forward, you must create new event_dau metrics manually as a Custom Metric. Refer to this guide to learn how to create a DAU metric.

Contact Statsig support if you have questions or concerns about this change.

Motivation for this change

Historically, Statsig auto-generated an event_count and event_dau metric for every incoming event. Auto-generating two metrics for every event causes confusion and clutter inside projects. The deprecation produces a cleaner Metrics Catalog and faster Console performance, while retaining the ability to create event_dau metrics for specific events.

Next steps

To keep any unused event_dau metrics, mark them as active by performing any of the actions below:

• Adding a Tag (RECOMMENDED)
• Adding a description
• Referencing in a gate/experiment/dashboard

These actions mark your unused metric as active, indicating that Statsig shouldn't deprecate the metric.