Quickstart for product managers and analysts
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.
You'll set up
Before you start
An Amplitude account — go to Create a new account if you don't have one.
A project with data flowing in — go to Create a project to set one up.
A Member or Admin role in your organization.
No events yet? Ask your engineering team to instrument your product first, or go to Quickstart for engineers to learn how that process works.
Analyze
Build your first chart
Event Segmentation 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, and click Run. Your chart appears immediately.
Save the chart to a space so your team can find it later.
Segment
Create a cohort
A cohort 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, click the user count to open the user list, then click 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.
Share
Set up a dashboard
A dashboard 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.
Click Share and enter your teammates' email addresses or Amplitude usernames to give them access.
Next steps
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