Accessing the Point Distribution Report
To view the Point Distribution Report, navigate to Admin Settings on the left-hand side of Nectar. Then go to Analytics > Point Distribution.
Once you’re on the Point Distribution Report page, you’ll see several key data sets. Below is a walkthrough of what each section includes and how you can use this information to better understand point activity across your team.
You can further refine your view by using the Office Location or Department filters.
To share or analyze the data outside of Nectar, you can easily download it as a CSV or PDF.
🌟 Note: The data displayed in the report is based on the date range you select in the top-right corner of the page.
Reports Breakdown
First, we will walkthrough the top 4 reports and what the data includes.
Total Points earned:
This will show you how many points total have been earned by your users in the selected timeframe. The points counted will include anybody who earned points in any way during in the time period selected, even if they're inactive now.
Click View Details to see a further breakdown. In this breakdown you'll see:
a bar graph of the last 12 months showing points earned by month.
User Points Breakdown will show the count of points from 5 different categories:
Shoutout Points: Total points from shoutouts sent.
Automated Award Points: Total points from automated awards.
Custom Award Points: Total points from custom awards sent.
Challenge Points: Total points from challenges claimed
Nomination Points: Total points from nominations
Additionally there is a user breakdown that shows the amount of points earned by employee by category.
Total Points given:
The points counted shows total points given through shoutouts, comments, or custom awards in the selected time frame. The report will include anybody who gave points in the time period selected, even if they're inactive now.
Click View Details to see a further breakdown. In this breakdown you'll see:
a bar graph of the last 12 months showing points given by month.
User Points Breakdown will show the points from 4 different categories:
Shoutout Points Sent: Total points given from shoutouts.
Comment Points Sent: Total points given from comments.
Custom Award Points: Total points given from custom awards.
Total Points Given: Total points given from shoutouts and comments.
Additionally there is a user breakdown that shows the amount of points given by employee by category.
Points to Redeem:
Indicates the current total of unredeemed points currently in your team's point balances.
Click View Details to see a further breakdown. In this breakdown you'll see:
a bar graph of the last 12 months showing total unredeemed points by month.
Points to Redeem: Current total user points available to redeem.
Average Points: Current average points in user accounts.
User Points Breakdown will show the amount of points for each person currently in their account.
Boosted Points
Points to redeem that were "boosted" to points to give.
Click View Details to see a further breakdown. In this breakdown you'll see:
a bar graph of the last 12 months showing total boosted points by month.
Boosted Points Breakdown will display who boosted their points and for how much in the selected date range.
To learn more about boosting points, here is our help article on what Boosted Points are.
Back on the main Points Distribution report these is also:
12 month chart
You will also see a 12 month bar chart of total points earned in the past year.
This report will also calculate an Average dependent on this data which is represented by the dotted line throughout the chart.
Category Breakdown
You can also see a helpful breakdown of how points were earned by looking at the Category Breakdown chart.
Points given vs Allowance
This report shows the total points given (shoutouts & comments) vs. allowance this past year.
This data can be helpful to project future budgeting of reward spending and allowances.
For example, seeing that users are on average only spending about 50% of their allowance can help to inform future decisions on budgeting.
Point Adjustments
Displays any manual point changes made by admins.
These adjustments reflect increases or decreases to a user’s point balance that are not tied to shoutouts, comments, or other standard earning activities.
🌟 Note: this data set has its own date range that functions independently of the date range set at the top of the page