1. To open the steps panel, click an empty space in the dashboard canvas in the dashboard designer.Tip Click next to a section in the steps panel to add a step of thattype. This feature is available for all steps, except apex, soql, and multiple-datasetsteps.
2. Click Create Step.
3. Select the dataset that contains the data that you want to include in the step. Enter the name of the dataset in the search box if your dataset isn’t easy to find.The explorer appears, showing the Count of Rows measure, by default.
4. In the explorer, click Untitled Step and enter the step label.Analytics creates the step ID from the label. After you create the step, you can’t change the step ID. Analytics refers to steps by their ID so dashboards don’t break if you change the labels.
5. To write a custom SAQL query, click .The SAQL editor appears, showing the current SAQL query.
6. Edit the SAQL query, as needed.The SAQL editor provides contextually smart, auto-completion suggestions. For more information about SAQL queries, see the Analytics SAQL Reference.
7. Click Run Query to validate the query.The Done button enables if the query is valid.
8. Click Done.Analytics adds the step to the steps panel, making it available for use by other widgets in the dashboard.
9. Save the dashboard.