General question about creating segments

Question

I have read the documentation for creating segments, but I still don't completely understand.  I understand there are two segment types: Dynamic and Static.  The static is built using an import from a csv located on S3.  My understanding is that list is immutable and cannot be added to.  I believe that I need to have a dynamic segment since I will be adding/ removing users all the time and maybe updated the track attributes to be used in filter.  
  
I also see that you can add endpoints (users) from the commandline/SDK, but I don't see a parameter to assign them to a segment.  
  
My question is this, how to generate a base segment to be used for a dynamic segment without importing which I understand to be static and then how to add endpoints to the segment?  I am just unclear how to setup and it seems the document is clear to me when it comes to creating a dynamic segment.  
  
Any help is appreciated, thanks

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Thank you Brent,    
This helped alot, "it automatically adds those endpoints to the segment".  
  
Just to validate, I can start with a static and use that to build my dynamic?  
  
Thanks again,  
Heath

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Hi Heath,  
  
Yes, that's correct!   
  
Thanks,  
  
Brent

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Hi hivie,    
  
When you create your segment, you have to choose a segment to base it on. You can also base the new segment on several segments, or all of your segments. Think of the segment or segments that you choose here as the entire universe of potential customers for the dynamic segment that you want to create.  
  
Next, you can add filters to refine the segment. For example, if you want your new segment to only include users in the United States who have used your app within the last 30 days, you could add an endpoint-based filter. For the filter attributes, choose **Country**, and then choose **United States**. The filter options are limited to the values that are present in the base segment. (Note: this paragraph assumes that you're using the web-based Amazon Pinpoint console to create new segments.)  
  
As you continue to add endpoints to Amazon Pinpoint, make sure they include the attributes that your segment uses as filters. When Amazon Pinpoint detects new endpoints that meet the filter criteria for your segment, it automatically adds those endpoints to the segment.  
Hope this helps. Thanks for using Amazon Pinpoint!  
  
Brent @ AWS

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