Trends report

The Trends report displays details based on the app installs trend for the app. Trends report are compiled based on app installation trends for every month and also the top 10 apps that are installed on devices in the past 30 days.

The following Basic Apps Inventory reports are provided for the Trends report.

  • App Installs Trend
  • Trending Apps

The Trends report is available for both managed and unmanaged apps. IBM® MaaS360® apps such as MaaS360 Browser that are also called first party apps, and apps that are pushed to the device from the App Catalog are called Managed apps. Apps that are pushed to the device apart from the App Catalog are called Unmanaged apps.

App Installs Trend report

The Apps Installs Trend report displays the trend for app installs per month. The report also displays the month that app installs are the highest along with the number of app installs for that month. The number of unique apps that are installed and the device platform that the apps are installed on is also displayed in the data.

Depending on the type of chart data that you want to view, choose either the Bar, Line, or Area chart. Click the Table icon Reports table icon to view chart and table data for the report. The table data displays the app name, the app ID, the number of app installs, app type, and platform columns. Table data is displayed for managed apps only. Select a column name to apply filters. With filters, you can sort a report based on ascending or descending order, device platform, or app type. Click Reset Filters to reset applied filters back to the default filter.

You can also export individual chart and table data. Click Export in the chart data to export the graph report as a .png file. Click Export in the table data to export app details as a .csv file.

The following data is displayed in the App Installs Trend report.

  • The graph displays an Area chart type.
  • Thirteen apps are installed based on devices by platform. In this instance, the device platform is Android.
  • Scrolling on the Area chart displays the total number of app installs and the month that app installation was the highest. The data also shows the device platform that apps are installed on.
  • The app installation trend is the highest in the month of March with a total of 66 app installs on the Android device platform.
  • The table data displays data for all thirteen apps regardless of whether the apps are managed or unmanaged. The corresponding app ID for apps, the number of app installations, the app type, and the device platform that the app is installed on is displayed.
  • Adobe Reader is one of the thirteen trending apps that is based on app installs. The app ID is com.adobe.reader. The app is an unmanaged app and is installed five times on the Android device platform.

Trending Apps report

The Trending Apps reports the top ten apps that are installed on devices in the past 30 days. The app with the most recent installs is listed on top of the list. You can sort the report based on device platform such as iOS, Android, Windows, or all devices.

Depending on the type of chart data that you want to view, choose either the Bar, Line, or Area chart. Click the Table icon Reports table icon to view the top ten apps by apps trends and table data for the report. The table data displays the app name, the app ID, number of app installs, the app type, and platform columns. Table data is displayed for managed apps only. Select a column name to apply filters. With filters, you can sort a report in ascending or descending order, device platform, or app type. Click Reset Filters to reset applied filters back to the default filter.

You can also export individual chart and table data. Click Export in the chart data to export the graph report as a .png file. Click Export in the table data to export app details as a .csv file.

The following data is displayed in the Trending Apps report.

  • The data displays the top ten apps that were installed on devices in the past 30 days. Apps that were recently installed are listed at the top of the list.
  • In this instance, the report is filtered to display the apps that are trending on the Android device platform only.
  • org.codeaurora.Bluetooth is the app name that is trending the most for the past 30 days. The app was recently installed once and the total number of app installs is once on the Android device platform.
  • In the table data, the app ID for apps, the number of app installs, the app type, and the device platform that the app is installed on is displayed for all the apps that are installed on the Android device platform. The data is displayed for both managed and unmanaged apps.