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Portal configuration of event-based Featured Stats

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This topic describes how to add and change featured stats in the Partner Center service configuration for a title. For an introduction to the Xbox Live service configuration, see Portal configuration overview.

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A featured stat is a player stat that's displayed in various kinds of Xbox UI, most notably in a player's activity hub and in a player-to-player comparison of progress in the game.

For each title, you can select up to 20 of the title's most representative player stats. These custom-defined metrics are used to highlight a player's progress, compare it with the progress of other players, and get players back into the game.

Each featured stat includes a localizable display name, a sort order, and a sequence number for prioritizing a set of featured stats.

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  1. Sign in to your account on Partner Center.

  2. Select your title, and then select Xbox services > Gameplay settings.

  3. Select the link to Player stats > Featured stats.

  4. Designate new featured stats or reorder existing featured stats.

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You must create a stat rule before you can create a featured stat. For details, see Portal configuration of event-based Stats.

  1. On the Featured stats page, select New featured stat.

  2. In the box under Display name, enter a new, localizable display name for the featured stat. The maximum length of the string is 40 characters.

  3. In the dropdown list under Select a player stat to rank players with, select the player stat instance to be featured. The stats should be easy to sort.

  4. In the dropdown list under Format, select the format for the presented stat data: integer, decimal, percentage, short time-span, or long time-span.

    If you selected short time-span or long time-span, select the unit of time to be displayed: milliseconds, seconds, minutes, hours, or days.

  5. Under How should we aggregate this stat when comparing to other players?, select from these three options.

    • Tier: A tiered level of achievement for a player's progress in the game
    • Best: The current best score that a player has posted
    • Cumulative: An indication that this value can be added to other players' values in the calculation of the total cumulative value

  6. Under How should we sort this stat when comparing to other players?, select from these two options.

    • Higher values are better
    • Lower values are better

  7. Select Save to save the featured stat or select Cancel to cancel it.

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All titles automatically display three built-in featured stats before any title-specific featured stats. The built-in stats are gamerscore, achievements earned, and time played.

By default, title-specific featured stats are ordered according to the sequence in which you create them. Each featured stat has an associated number that represents the stat's display order in the UI. Ensure that the most important and representative stats have lower order numbers, with 1 being the first featured stat displayed.

To change the order of featured stats

  1. On the Featured stats page, select Reorder featured stats.

  2. Change the value in the Order column. The same number can't be assigned to more than one featured stat.

  3. Select Confirm.

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  1. On the Featured stats page, select the Display name of the featured stat that you want to change.

  2. Make the changes on the page that shows the details of the featured stat.

  3. Select Save.

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Important

Featured stat deletion is permanent and irreversible.

  1. On the Featured stats page, select Delete in the row of the featured stat that you want to delete.

  2. In the Confirmation dialog, select Delete.

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