Data and Analytics Management in Salesforce

Welcome back to the Salesforce Admin Certification workshop on Day 6. in this session/post we will cover Data and Analytics Management in Salesforce which covers 11% of Salesforce Admin Certification. The following are the main topics which cover in this section.

Data Management in Salesforce

1. Data Import Wizard

  • Tool available inside Salesforce.
  • User can import upto 50000 records at a time.
  • Can prevent duplicate records.
  • Supported object
    • Account
    • Contact
    • Lead
    • Solution
    • Campaign Member
    • Person Account
    • Custom objects

Data Export (csv backup)

  • Weekly or monthly data can be exported
  • We can export data manually or schedule for once in a week or month.
  • Weekly export is not available in developer edition.

2. Data Loader in Salesforce

  • Installation is required on user’s system.
  • Can load more upto 5 million (5,000,000) record.
  • Support object’s which are not supported by data import wizard

Learn more about Data loader here.

Data Loader vs Data Import Wizard

Data Loader vs Data Import Wizard

Analytics Management in Salesforce

1. Report

  • Report is a powerful tool to analyze Salesforce data and answer business question.
  • Report type is used in creating report.

2. Report Type

  • Two type of report types , Standard & Custom.
  • Report type determines which object and fields can shown in report.
  • In custom report type we choose 1 primary object and upto 3 child object

3. Type of reports

Learn more about report type in Salesforce.

  • Tabular Report
    • Simplest type of report. Just like excel sheet.
  • Summary Report
    • When we apply row wise grouping on tabular report, it become summary report.
    • Most commonly used report.
  • Matrix Report
    • When we apply row and column grouping both.
  • Joined Report
    • Allows you to create 2 or more reports in same display screen to compare data.

4. Dashboard

  • Dashboard helps to show data of more than 1 report and represent in graphical way.
  • 20 component can be added on Dashboard.
  • We can set people view as data in dashboard.
  • If people view set as running user, it is known as dynamic dashboard.
  • User can subscribe to dashboard, to get information automatically.

Data and Analytics Management Video

YouTube video

Twist Your Mind

  • ApexHours is looking into backup methods.Which set of small and large data backup methods are available in native Salesforce? Ans: Data Loader, Weekly Data export, Report Download
  • ApexHours wants to add charts to a Salesforce dashboard. What are three standard chart types that are available? Ans: Table, Gauge,Bar                       
  • ApexHours is importing data and has many records that do NOT meet the data validation criteria. Ans: import will fail but only for invalid data

Amit Chaudhary
Amit Chaudhary

Amit Chaudhary is Salesforce Application & System Architect and working on Salesforce Platform since 2010. He is Salesforce MVP since 2017 and have 17 Salesforce Certificates.

He is a active blogger and founder of Apex Hours.

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16 Comments

  1. Hi Amit,
    Thank you very much for “FREE Salesforce Admin Certification Training”. I completed “Day 6: Data and Analytics Management” Session. It is really very helpful for new members who are willing to build their career in Salesforce like me. I am preparing for the Salesforce Admin certification exam under your guidance from Apexhours blog and YouTube channel.

  2. Thanks Artist & Amit for arranging session
    Data management – Data import, Export
    Analytics – Reports, Dashboard..
    It’s really helpful in project Administration tasks & exam preparation.

  3. Thanks for the session. Help me to clear out some doubt which I am facing while preparing Admin certification.

  4. Thank you very much Appex Hour for arranging insightful session regarding
    Data management – Data import, Export
    Analytics – Reports, Dashboard..
    It’s really helpful in project Administration tasks & exam preparation.

  5. Thank You very much Apex hours for arranging session
    Data management – Data import, Export
    Analytics – Reports, Dashboard..
    It’s really helpful in project Administration tasks & exam preparation.

  6. Hi Team, i have completed watching the session on you tube in the apex hours channel for the topic data and analytics management day6 .It was great

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