# Guides

Understand how Explore's custom metrics and attributes come together. These five guides walk you through how they're built and how to make them work for your dashboards.

1. [Getting Started with Custom Metrics in Explore](/content/best-practice/zendesk-explore-custom-metrics/guides/getting-started-custom-metrics-zendesk-explore/index.html)  
2. [Getting Started with Custom Attributes in Explore](/content/best-practice/zendesk-explore-custom-metrics/guides/getting-started-custom-attributes-zendesk-explore/index.html)  
3. [Using IF, THEN, AND, OR, and ENDIF in Explore](/content/best-practice/zendesk-explore-custom-metrics/guides/using-if-then-and-or-endif-zendesk-explore/index.html)  
4. [How to Combine Multiple Attributes into a Single Reporting Field](/content/best-practice/zendesk-explore-custom-metrics/guides/combine-multiple-attributes-zendesk-explore/index.html)  
5. [Five Custom Talk Metrics That Give You the Numbers You Really Need](/content/best-practice/zendesk-explore-custom-metrics/guides/five-custom-talk-metrics-zendesk-explore/index.html)

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