Description
The User Retention Dashboard helps you understand how well users continue engaging with your product after signing up. It tracks retention for both all users and new users, so you can monitor whether users are coming back over time and identify changes in retention behavior across daily, weekly, and monthly periods.Create User Retention Dashboard
To create the dashboard, go to Dashboards, select the User retention template, and fill out the setup form.- Dashboard name The name of the dashboard. This helps you identify the dashboard, especially if you create multiple retention dashboards for different products, audiences, or segments.
- Sign-up event The event that represents when someone becomes a new user. This event defines the starting point for new user retention reports. It allows the dashboard to measure how many newly signed-up users return after their first interaction with the product.

Report groups and report purposes
- New user retention
- New user retention rate
Note: The retention percentage shows Week 1 retention for the selected period. To view a different retention period, edit the report, update the retention period, and save your changes.
- Daily new user retention trend
- Weekly new user retention trend
- Monthly new user retention trend

Userpilot calculates the New User Retention reports based on the sign-up event selected during the dashboard setup.This event is used as the starting point because it defines when a user becomes a new user. From there, the retention reports measure whether those users come back and perform the returning event within the selected retention period.
- Overall platform user retention
- User retention rate
- Daily user retention trend
- Weekly user retention trend
- Monthly user retention trend

Note: Userpilot includes new sign-up users within the Overall User Retention reports. These reports measure general product return behavior by checking whether users perform any event and then return to perform any event again.
Report card behavior
Each report card is designed to support quick exploration and deeper analysis. The report title is clickable and opens the detailed report view. Users can also reorder reports using drag and drop, allowing them to personalize the dashboard based on their workflow and priorities. For Trend, Funnel, and Retention reports, a table view icon is available. When clicked, it shows a breakdown table for the selected events. Each report action menu includes:- Download as PNG
- Edit
- Refresh
- Duplicate
- Remove report

Dashboard actions
Within the header, you can:- Add content: You can add an existing report to the dashboard or create a new report and add it directly.
- Share: Use the three dots in the top-right corner to share the dashboard via email with teammates.
- Refresh: Click the refresh icon in the top-right corner to update the dashboard data (available every 10 minutes).
- Action menu - Duplicate and delete.
