From 78985686d4f70e83905e4ffd4e121a460b1bf87f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Claude Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:44:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Document the Exclude (incomplete periods) control in reports --- docs/reports.mdx | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/reports.mdx b/docs/reports.mdx index eeaa546f..a5f590aa 100644 --- a/docs/reports.mdx +++ b/docs/reports.mdx @@ -330,6 +330,20 @@ Comparisons are supported across all insights chart types. Depending on the exac | Retention Curve | No | Yes | No | | Retention Trends | Yes | Yes | No | +## Excluding Incomplete Periods + +Mixpanel can exclude incomplete or partial time-period data from a report, so trends and aggregates only reflect fully completed periods. This avoids misleading dips or spikes caused by data from a period that's still in progress, such as "today" or the current week or month. + +Use the **Exclude** dropdown in the report toolbar to choose what to leave out: + +- **Today** — excludes the current, in-progress day. +- **Current week** — excludes the in-progress week. +- **Current month** — excludes the in-progress month. +- **Current quarter** — excludes the in-progress quarter. +- **Incomplete periods** — excludes any partial period based on the chart's selected time unit. For example, an hour-based chart excludes the current hour because it's still incomplete. + +The Exclude feature is available in all core reports. + ## Saving to a board From e00768ee7bb96fa6921a84f7c1bf873921b262e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gonsolvis-mxp Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:46:30 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Change section title to 'Excluding Periods' Updated section title for clarity on data exclusion. --- docs/reports.mdx | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/reports.mdx b/docs/reports.mdx index a5f590aa..d4f77a0a 100644 --- a/docs/reports.mdx +++ b/docs/reports.mdx @@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ Comparisons are supported across all insights chart types. Depending on the exac | Retention Curve | No | Yes | No | | Retention Trends | Yes | Yes | No | -## Excluding Incomplete Periods +## Excluding Periods Mixpanel can exclude incomplete or partial time-period data from a report, so trends and aggregates only reflect fully completed periods. This avoids misleading dips or spikes caused by data from a period that's still in progress, such as "today" or the current week or month. @@ -599,4 +599,4 @@ When your analysis email says “no interesting segments”, this means that non If the analysis request included dates in the past five days and is sent from the mobile SDK, data may be delayed and therefore not included at the time of the analysis. Likewise, the date window selected might still fall under the conversion window, and more conversions have yet to come through. -Results are sorted by taking into consideration the property, the number of users in the report, as well as the deviation from overall conversion or retention behavior to surface the most meaningful segments to you. \ No newline at end of file +Results are sorted by taking into consideration the property, the number of users in the report, as well as the deviation from overall conversion or retention behavior to surface the most meaningful segments to you.