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Spend only means something next to what it produced. Business metrics are the outcomes you measure that spend against, revenue, active customers, orders, API requests, and they become the denominator in your unit economics. You can create a metric from a template, upload its history as a CSV, and keep it current through the API or Zapier.

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The Metrics page

Under Data, select Metrics. Each metric shows its Type, Details (unit, update frequency and how it arrives), a Trend, the Latest value, the change vs previous, its Status (Live or No data) and when it last received data. Use the row menu to Edit metric.

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Create a metric

Select New metric. The wizard has six steps.
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Choose a metric

Pick a template to pre-fill the name, unit and update frequency: Monthly Revenue, Active Subscriptions by Tier, New Customers Acquired, Monthly Active Users, Transactions / Orders or API Requests. More ideas lists further templates.For full control over type and unit, select Advanced: Custom Metric Setup instead.
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Confirm details

Check the Metric name (OPTIMAZE saves it in lowercase with underscores, for example monthly_revenue), What this measures, the Update frequency and the Owner email. Select Create metric.
3

Prepare data, Upload CSV and Summary

Prepare a CSV of historical values, upload it, and check the summary of what was imported.
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You're all set

The metric appears on the Metrics page and is ready to use in a unit economic.
New metric wizard on the Choose a metric step, showing six recommended templates

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Send values through the API

To keep a metric current from your own systems, post datapoints to the Business Metrics API with an API key that has the metrics:ingest scope. Endpoint: POST https://api.optimazehq.com/v1/metrics/ingest
A valid request returns 202 Accepted with no body. The full contract is in the API reference.

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Send values from Zapier

The Zapier integration pushes business metric data into OPTIMAZE from other apps. Under Data > Integrations, select Add API key on the Zapier tile to create the key Zapier uses.

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Troubleshooting

  • 401 or 403 from the API. The key is revoked, lacks metrics:ingest, or does not match the optimaze-org-id you sent.
  • 400 validation error. Check the metric_id exists, event_time is valid RFC 3339, and data is not empty.
  • Metric not found. The API does not create metrics, create it on the Metrics page first.
  • Status shows No data. Values have not arrived yet, or their timestamps fall outside the date range you are viewing.