Today we added interaction path analysis to the Analytics tab on the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) Developer Console. Interaction path analysis shows aggregate skill usage patterns in a visual format, including which intents your customers use, in what order. This enables you to verify if customers are using the skill as expected, and to identify interactions where customers become blocked or commonly exit the skill. You can use insights gained from interaction path analysis to make your flow more natural, fix errors, and address unmet customer needs.
As shown in the example below, interaction path analysis provides a visual representation of the flow of users from the invocation of your skill to subsequent intents. In this example, most customers moved from LaunchRequest to Intent1. A smaller segment invoked Intent2 instead. Interaction path analysis shows both custom intents and built-in intents, such as AMAZON.StopIntent and AMAZON.HelpIntent.
You can find information on interaction path and other skill metrics in our Analytics documentation.
Last week we announced new validation and functional tests to help you certify skills faster, and updated the navigation in the developer console. The developer console now includes five tabs:
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