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title: Quickstart for product managers and analysts
description: "Build a Metric Explorer chart, save a user cohort, and share a dashboard. The first three tasks for product managers, analysts, and UX researchers in Amplitude."
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# Quickstart for product managers and analysts

The first three tasks for product managers, analysts, and UX researchers are building a chart in Metric Explorer, saving a user cohort, and sharing a dashboard. Complete all three in about 10 minutes, working in a project that already has events flowing.

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Follow this quickstart if you focus on analysis and reporting. If you instrument SDKs and send events into Amplitude, go to [Quickstart for engineers](https://amplitude.com/docs/get-started/quickstart-for-engineers) instead.

**Outcome:** [Your first chart](https://amplitude.com/docs/analytics/charts/metric-explorer/metric-explorer-build)

A Metric Explorer chart showing how users interact with your product.

**Outcome:** [A user cohort](https://amplitude.com/docs/analytics/create-cohorts)

A saved group of users who share a behavior or property.

**Outcome:** [A shared dashboard](https://amplitude.com/docs/analytics/dashboard-create)

Key metrics in one view that your whole team can follow.

An Amplitude account. Go to [Create a new account](https://amplitude.com/docs/get-started/create-a-new-account) if you don't have one.

A project with data flowing in. Go to [Create a project](https://amplitude.com/docs/get-started/create-project) to set one up.

A Member or Admin role in your organization.

> **Note:**
>
> No events yet? Ask your engineering team to instrument your product first, or go to [Quickstart for engineers](https://amplitude.com/docs/get-started/quickstart-for-engineers) to learn how that process works.

1. **Build your first chart**

   [Metric Explorer](https://amplitude.com/docs/analytics/charts/metric-explorer/metric-explorer-build) shows how often users trigger specific events over time, and how many sessions include them. It's the fastest way to answer "how many users did X?"

   From the Amplitude home page, create a new chart. Amplitude opens Metric Explorer. Add a metric for an event to analyze, such as a sign-up or a key feature interaction, and keep the **Unique Users** measurement. Set a date range. Your chart appears as soon as you add the metric.

   Save the chart to a space so your team can find it later.
2. **Create a cohort**

   A [cohort](https://amplitude.com/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. For a video walkthrough with more cohort options, go to [Build your first cohort](https://amplitude.com/docs/quick-guides/build-your-first-cohort).
3. **Set up a dashboard**

   A [dashboard](https://amplitude.com/docs/analytics/dashboard-create) brings multiple charts together in one view. Add the Metric Explorer 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.

## Next steps

### [Query your data in plain language](https://amplitude.com/docs/assistant/use-assistant)

AI Assistant lets you ask questions without building a chart manually.

### [Surface insights automatically](https://amplitude.com/docs/amplitude-ai/global-agent-overview)

Amplitude AI detects anomalies and surfaces patterns across your event stream.