Chapter 8: Generating Data Analytics with Reports and Dashboards

In this chapter, we will look at the features and capabilities available to generate data analytics in Salesforce Lightning.

You will learn about the options that exist for generating reports and how standard reports can be created using standard report types. You will discover how to configure custom report types, which allow the type of report found in standard report types to be enhanced and extended.

You will discover how you can build dashboards to visually represent the data in your Salesforce organization and learn how dashboards can be scheduled and configured to show the data from the perspective of either a named user or the logged-in user.

Finally, you will be presented ...

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