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# Custom DAU Metric Creation Guide

> Step-by-step guide to create custom Daily Active User (DAU) metrics tailored to your specific business needs.

# Custom DAU Metric Creation Guide

This guide will walk you through the steps to create a custom DAU metric. Follow
the instructions carefully to ensure successful creation of your metric.

### **Step 1: Navigate to the Metrics Catalog**

To begin, go to the "Metrics Catalog" in the left navigation bar and click on
"Create" button.

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### **Step 2: Name your metric**

Name your metric. For example, I am naming it "Add to Cart DAU".

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### **Step 3: Choose the metric type**

Since we want to create a DAU metric, choose the metric type as "Unit Count".

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### **Step 4: Select the ID type**

Select the ID type you want to count. Here I am selecting "User ID" which it is the most common use-case for DAU metrics.

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### **Step 5: Choose the event**

Next, choose the event that you want to use for your metric. In this case, I select the event "Add to Cart".

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### **Step 6: Submit the metric**

Submit the metric and your custom DAU metric is now created!

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