Hi, what’s the difference between `existing a/b ex...
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many-processor-18347
11/08/2023, 9:59 PMHi, what’s the difference between
existing a/b experimentnew a/b experimentr
rhythmic-agent-34208
11/09/2023, 1:28 AMHi Alice, thanks for reaching out. Could you send a screenshot of where you're seeing this in the GrowthBook dashboard? Please include as much surrounding detail as possible. Thanks!
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many-processor-18347
11/10/2023, 1:22 AMUnderstood. Here, when I am trying to create A/B experiment, I have an option of “new” or “existing”, I am curious to know the differences between them.
many-processor-18347
11/10/2023, 1:23 AMHere is an existing A/B experiment, which looks a bit different from what we used to have, which is just “A/B experiment”, no naming of “new” or “existing”
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rhythmic-agent-34208
11/14/2023, 4:54 PMAh OK, I understand now, thanks for sending the screenshots!
You would choose "New Experiment" if you are using GrowthBook to start an entirely new experiment from scratch within our platform.
You would choose "Existing Experiment" if you already had data stored in your data warehouse from a prior experiment that you wanted to import into GrowthBook just for analysis purposes. So, using GrowthBook for metrics and such but not the actual definition and execution of the experiment.
You can learn a bit more about this in our docs here:
https://docs.growthbook.io/app/experiment-configuration#adding-an-experiment
Does this help clear things up?
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