Feature reference: Music Connect to CONNECT
Some Music Connect features have been renamed or reorganized. Use the tables below to look up terms or locate features in the new platform. (You can also refer to the CONNECT Glossary).
Find Music Connect features
Some Music Connect features and tools have been renamed or rearranged in CONNECT.
Music Connect | CONNECT | Where to find it |
Industry Report | Analysis | Main menu > Analysis |
| | Dashboard > Set Time Frame > Scroll to Activity Over Time > Set Time View to Daily |
Top Albums Top Songs | Discography | Artist Dashboard > Scroll to Discography > Select tab: Release Groups or Songs |
Ranked Lists | | Report Builder > Ranking |
Trend Report | Trend Report | Report Builder > Trend |
| Report Builder: Management | Report Builder > Management |
Templates | Clone a Report | Report Builder > Management > Clone report |
Define CONNECT terms
We cut down on acronyms and tried to keep CONNECT terminology simple and self-explanatory.
| CONNECT | Explanation |
Album | | A Release Group encompasses all released versions (Releases) of an album, single or EP. |
Barcode | | One Product = one ICPN = one barcode/UPC. |
UPC | ICPN | ICPN is an umbrella term for product codes/barcodes. An ICPN can be a UPC, EAN or other code. |
Retailer | Provider | Physical retailers, digital song retailers and streaming providers/DSPs are all listed in CONNECT as Providers. |
Mass Merchant | Mass Market | Large chain stores that sell a variety of products both online and in-store, e.g. Target and Walmart |
| | "Current week" in CONNECT = the week in progress for which data is still being added. |
Albums w/TEA w/SEA On-Demand (Audio or Audio+Video)
| | Song Sales + Streams + Album sales = Album Equivalents. |
DMA, CMA | Market | We no longer use DMA and CMA designations. U.S. + Canada market-level data is attached to ZIP codes. Markets in CONNECT cover all ZIPs/locations in the U.S. and CA. |
ODA
(On-Demand Audio)
| On-Demand | On-Demand is now a breakout that can be applied to Streams. Select Service Type from the Breakout View menu or apply On-Demand as a filter in Data Controls.
|
LTD
| ATD
Activity to date | We now use "ATD (Activity to Date)" for "lifetime" consumption figures. Most ATD data is from 2014 onward. |
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