Sitecore multivariate testing: how are values calculated?

Question

I've created a multivariate test, but the values are stuck at zero. To make these values go up in accordance with my users' behavior when they convert, I have to do something I haven't done yet, and no documentation I can find describes just what this is.

I've tried configuring a goal with a rule of "item ID is equal to (some goal page's item ID)" and set the points value to eg. 1 or 5. But when I visit the page in a browser, the values on my test stay stuck stubbornly on zero.

Is there something I'm not doing?

It should be determined by the points in the goals etc. I had it working on my machine :) Anyway. Make sure you have published everything and check in the DMS database, that the goals get registered in the PageEvents table. — Jens Mikkelsen
To which items did you set the points value? it should be to items referenced by the variations items, and make sure everything is published. — Ahmed Okour

JasonGeorgiades JasonGeorgiades · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-15T11:19:28

This is most likely caused by the Test Statistics cache. It is set by default to 1 hour expiration time. To see your results instantly simply change the setting in the web.config to:

<setting name="WebEdit.TestStatisticsCacheExpiration" value="00:00:00" />

Sitecore multivariate testing: how are values calculated?

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