{"id":1250,"date":"2024-11-23T04:57:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T04:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support-landing.altegio.cloud\/support\/4904240568989-setting-the-customer-loss-period\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T12:33:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:33:26","password":"","slug":"4904240568989-setting-the-customer-loss-period","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/knowledge-base\/4904240568989-setting-the-customer-loss-period\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting the customer loss period"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To set the period for considering clients lost, go to the <\/span><strong>Settings > Analytics > Client Churn<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">section.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d62926ea9db&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d62926ea9db\" class=\"wp-block-image 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12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>client loss period<\/strong> is used to calculate the following metrics:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>Lost clients<\/strong> metric in the <strong>Analytics \u2013 Basic metrics<\/strong> section.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>Customer retention rate<\/strong> in the <strong>Analytics \u2013 Reports \u2013 Customer Retention<\/strong> section.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>Lost clients<\/strong> metric displays the number of clients who have not made visits for a certain number of days. That number of days is configured in the <strong>Settings &#8211; Retention<\/strong> section. A more accurate calculation formula is available in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.alteg.io\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/4904066445085\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Basic metrics<\/a> <\/strong>article.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>Client retention rate<\/strong> is the percentage of those customers who made visits during the previous period and returned during the current one. That previous period is equal to the <strong>Loss period<\/strong> setting in this section. A more accurate calculation formula is available in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.alteg.io\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/4904072674205\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Customer retention<\/a><\/strong> article.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A similar setting is available in the chain analytics.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d62926ed74d&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d62926ed74d\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"317\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/alteg.io\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screen-Shot-2026-01-13-at-12.12.34-1024x317.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-248239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alteg.io\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screen-Shot-2026-01-13-at-12.12.34-1024x317.png 1024w, https:\/\/alteg.io\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screen-Shot-2026-01-13-at-12.12.34-300x93.png 300w, https:\/\/alteg.io\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screen-Shot-2026-01-13-at-12.12.34-768x238.png 768w, https:\/\/alteg.io\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screen-Shot-2026-01-13-at-12.12.34-1536x476.png 1536w, https:\/\/alteg.io\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screen-Shot-2026-01-13-at-12.12.34-2048x634.png 2048w, https:\/\/alteg.io\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screen-Shot-2026-01-13-at-12.12.34-360x112.png 360w, https:\/\/alteg.io\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screen-Shot-2026-01-13-at-12.12.34-1568x486.png 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These settings allow you to specify when the system starts considering clients lost to the chain, i.e. if they do not visit any of the locations.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The clients may be lost to the location if they stop visiting it, but not lost to the chain since they visit another location (in case of move).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To set the period for considering clients lost, go to the Settings > Analytics > Client Churn section. The client loss period is used to calculate the following metrics: The Lost clients metric displays the number of clients who have not made visits for a certain number of days. That number of days is configured&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/knowledge-base\/4904240568989-setting-the-customer-loss-period\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Setting the customer loss period<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[91],"doc_tag":[1819,1789,1267,1507,1252,1492],"class_list":["post-1250","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-analytics-settings","doc_tag-analytical-reports-en","doc_tag-analytics-en","doc_tag-chain-en","doc_tag-client-en","doc_tag-location-en","doc_tag-visit-en","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"year_month":"2026-04","word_count":204,"total_views":"532","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"ivan.k","author_nicename":"altegio","author_url":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/author\/altegio\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Analytics settings","term_url":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/knowledge-base\/categories\/analytics-settings\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[{"term_name":"Analytical Reports","term_url":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/knowledge-base\/docs-tag\/analytical-reports-en\/"},{"term_name":"Analytics","term_url":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/knowledge-base\/docs-tag\/analytics-en\/"},{"term_name":"Chain","term_url":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/knowledge-base\/docs-tag\/chain-en\/"},{"term_name":"Client","term_url":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/knowledge-base\/docs-tag\/client-en\/"},{"term_name":"Location","term_url":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/knowledge-base\/docs-tag\/location-en\/"},{"term_name":"Visit","term_url":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/knowledge-base\/docs-tag\/visit-en\/"}],"knowledge_base_info":[],"knowledge_base_slug":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1250"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":317413,"href":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1250\/revisions\/317413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=1250"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=1250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}