{% quickstart-meta audience="For product managers, analysts, and UX researchers" time="10 min" level="beginner" /%}

This quickstart is for product managers, product analysts, and UX researchers. Follow these steps to build your first chart, create a user cohort, and share a dashboard with your team.

{% outcomes %}
{% outcome icon="LineChart" title="Your first chart" href="/docs/analytics/charts/event-segmentation/event-segmentation-build" %}
An event segmentation chart showing how users interact with your product.
{% /outcome %}
{% outcome icon="Users" title="A user cohort" href="/docs/analytics/create-cohorts" %}
A saved group of users who share a behavior or property.
{% /outcome %}
{% outcome icon="Eye" title="A shared dashboard" href="/docs/analytics/dashboard-create" %}
Key metrics in one view that your whole team can follow.
{% /outcome %}
{% /outcomes %}

{% prerequisites %}
{% prerequisite %}
An Amplitude account — go to [Create a new account](/docs/get-started/create-a-new-account) if you don't have one.
{% /prerequisite %}
{% prerequisite %}
A project with data flowing in — go to [Create a project](/docs/get-started/create-project) to set one up.
{% /prerequisite %}
{% prerequisite %}
A Member or Admin role in your organization.
{% /prerequisite %}
{% /prerequisites %}

{% callout type="note" %}
No events yet? Ask your engineering team to instrument your product first, or go to [Quickstart for engineers](/docs/get-started/quickstart-for-engineers) to learn how that process works.
{% /callout %}

{% steps %}

{% step eyebrow="Analyze" title="Build your first chart" %}
[Event Segmentation](/docs/analytics/charts/event-segmentation/event-segmentation-build) shows how often users trigger specific events over time. It's the fastest way to answer "how many users did X?"

From the Amplitude home page, open a new chart and select **Event Segmentation**. Pick an event to analyze, such as a sign-up or a key feature interaction. Set a date range, then select **Run**. Your chart appears immediately.

Save the chart to a space so your team can find it later.
{% /step %}

{% step eyebrow="Segment" title="Create a cohort" %}
A [cohort](/docs/analytics/create-cohorts) is a saved group of users who share a behavior or property. Cohorts let you track how a specific segment performs over time and compare it against your full user base.

From any chart, select the user count to open the user list, then select **Save as cohort**. Give the cohort a name that describes who's in it, for example, "Users who completed onboarding in the last 30 days."

Use that cohort in future charts to compare this segment against the rest of your users.
{% /step %}

{% step eyebrow="Share" title="Set up a dashboard" %}
A [dashboard](/docs/analytics/dashboard-create) brings multiple charts together in one view. Add the event segmentation chart from the first step, then add one or two charts covering other key metrics like retention or conversion.

Select **Share** and enter your teammates' email addresses or Amplitude usernames to give them access.
{% /step %}

{% /steps %}

## Next steps

{% card-grid %}
{% card title="Query your data in plain language" description="AI Assistant lets you ask questions without building a chart manually." href="/docs/assistant/use-assistant" icon="💬" /%}
{% card title="Surface insights automatically" description="Amplitude AI detects anomalies and surfaces patterns across your event stream." href="/docs/amplitude-ai/global-agent-overview" icon="✨" /%}
{% /card-grid %}