The discussion revolves around the DAU/MAU graph, with Bathinda initially reporting an error in the percentage change displayed. merefield explains that the 29% increase is correct, as it represents a 29% increase over the previous value of 10%, not a 2.9% increase.
Bathinda struggles to understand the calculation, thinking that a 29% increase would result in a higher value than 12.9%. However, merefield clarifies that the percentage increase is a generic measure, not specific to percentages.
Bathinda starts to understand the concept, realizing that the percentage increase is not necessarily calculated as a percentage of the whole. merefield simplifies the explanation, stating that the percentage change is calculated the same way for all measures, regardless of whether they are percentages or not.
Bathinda acknowledges the clarification, and merefield notes that the same calculation applies to other measures, such as sign-ups.
DAU/MAU graph seems to be missing a dot. See the below given screenshot of my own admin panel:
I think the Dau/Mau pop up tries to clear how did it reach the current number. Which, in my case is shown to be 12.9%-10%= 2.9%, but it is showing 29% (in the popup)
12.9% is a 29% increase over 10%? 
A 2.9% increase would be 10.29%
So I believe the UI is correct.
That’s what I’m saying (if I’m still not wrong).
I think that if my score was 10.0% in the prev period, and, as the pop up is showing, it has 29% positive change, then it’d have become 39%, but it has only become 12.9% (rounded to 13%).
So pls do me a favour of looking at the popup shown in the screen shot again.
I think 2.9% increase (over 10%) would be 12.9% not 10.29%
To be bit more clear on what I’m thinking (I"m fully open to me being wrong):
2.9% increase over 4% would be 6.9%
Incorrect.
The UI provides a generic % increase of whatever is being measured.
In this case it just happens to be a % (which I appreciate might add some confusion?).
Ah!!
Perhaps you’re saying that 2.9 % / percent increase is not 2.9 per cent/hundred, but 2.9 are calculated/are parts of 10 (I can’t write 10 per cent here, because ‘cent’ itself means 100, so it’d be contradictory).
I think you are over-complicating this?
It is just the percentage change of the value being measured. That’s it.
If the first number was 10, and the second 12, the percentage increase is 20%.
For comparison, look at measures that are not %'ages, they work identically.
Ok got it.
But perhaps some others like me might think along the lines I thought/took it to be.
Thanks again, at least it is clear to me now.
Sure, but I think for simplicity it is applied the same for all graphs.
Take a look at sign-ups for example, not a percentage measure, but the percentage change is done exactly the same way.
