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The length of time in which a touchpoint receives credit for a purchase.
Accrual onlyAttribution windows are only available using the Accrual accounting mode.

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Which attribution windows are available?

Click-based models
All click-based models except Clicks + Modeled Views
011-Day Click
023-Day Click
037-Day Click
0414-Day Click
0530-Day Click
0690-Day Click
07LTV
Clicks + Modeled Views
Each click window pairs with a 1-day view
011-Day Click / 1-Day View
023-Day Click / 1-Day View
037-Day Click / 1-Day View
0414-Day Click / 1-Day View
0530-Day Click / 1-Day View
0690-Day Click / 1-Day View

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Attribution windows in Northbeam

Applies to every conversion-based metric
Revenue · Transactions · Email Sign-Ups · Subscription Orders · any Custom Event
Windows are also offered for any formulaic metric that contains a conversion metric, such as ROAS and CAC. Within the dashboard, every metric with an Attribution Window has either a “(d)” or “LTV.” For example: Attributed Rev (1d), LTV Attributed Revenue, ROAS (7d), LTV ROAS, CAC (3d), LTV CAC.

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Attribution window examples

To understand the credit allocation based on the different attribution windows, let’s take an example.
01Jan 1 — Facebook Ad click
02Jan 3 — Google Ad click
03Jan 5 — Direct visit resulting in a purchase for $90
For simplicity, let’s say we’re using an equal weighting model (Linear) in the Accrual Accounting Mode.

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Jan 1 performance

Remember, we’re using the Accrual mode, so credit is only given to touchpoints that occurred on Jan 1st, which in this case is Facebook. The purchase happened 4 days after the Facebook touchpoint. As a result, the 1-day and 3-day windows do not get credit. But, the 7-day and LTV windows do since 4 days falls within both of these windows.

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Jan 3 performance

We’re using the Accrual mode so only the touchpoints that occurred on Jan 3 receive credit, which in this case is Google. The purchase happened 2 days after the Google touchpoint. Therefore, 1-day window does not get credit. But, 3-day, 7-day and LTV do since 2 days falls within all of these windows.

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Jan 5 performance

Again, we’re using the Accrual mode so only the touchpoints that occurred on Jan 5 receive credit, which in this case is Direct. The purchase happened the same day as the Direct touchpoint. Because this was less than 24 hours, this falls within all of the attribution windows.

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Jan 1–5 performance

Let’s put it all together. As a reminder, this is our journey:
01Jan 1 — Facebook Ad click
02Jan 3 — Google Ad click
03Jan 5 — Direct visit resulting in a purchase for $90