# Get started with dashboard prompts

Perform the following steps to add prompts to your dashboard:

1. In the dashboard page, select **Edit** (the pencil icon), which will make the **Objects** pane appear.
2. Under **General Settings**, select **Prompts**.

   The **Prompts** pane appears on the right. No prompts are listed if this is the first time you are assigning prompts.
3. To display a prompt toolbar to users of the dashboard, enable **Show Prompt Toolbar**.

   The prompt toolbar appears at the top of the dashboard.
4. Click the **Add** button to start adding prompts.

   The Prompts dialog box appears.
5. In the Prompts dialog box, enter a display name for the control label, such as `Region`.
6. Enable **Display Name as Control Label** if you want users to see the display name in the prompts toolbar.
7. Select your control type.

   Control types define how your prompt values are selected, such as in a drop down list or as a radio button or check box.

   The table below contains a description of each control type.

   | Control Type     | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
   | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   | **Drop-down**    | Users select a value from a drop-down list of options.                                                                                                                                                        |
   | **List**         | Users select a value from a scrolling list. This prompt control type allows users to make multiple selections.                                                                                                |
   | **Radio button** | Users click a radio button to choose a value. You can set the radio buttons to display vertically or horizontally.                                                                                            |
   | **Check box**    | Users select a check box to choose a value. This prompt control type allows users to make multiple selections within a set of check boxes. You can set the check boxes to display vertically or horizontally. |
   | **Button**       | Users click a button to choose a prompt value. This prompt control type allows users to make multiple selections within a set of buttons. You can set the buttons to display vertically or horizontally.      |
   | **Text field**   | Users manually enter a text string or number into a text field. You can specify maximum characters allowed within the text box and the width of the text box itself.                                          |
   | **Date picker**  | Users examine values based on calendar dates.                                                                                                                                                                 |

Your dashboard now has a prompt.