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title: "Which are the various dashboard components in Salesforce?"  
description: "Which are the various dashboard components in Salesforce?"  
author: "Aaron Johnson"  
published: 2018-01-29  
updated: 2018-01-29  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33711/which-are-the-various-dashboard-components-in-salesforce  
category: "salesforce"  
tags: ["salesforce", "dashboards"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Which are the various dashboard components in Salesforce?

Which are the various [dashboard](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34007/reports-and-dashboard-limitations-in-salesforce) [components](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/604/what-are-the-components-of-struts) in [Salesforce](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12736/exploring-the-usage-and-benefits-of-salesforce-for-businesses)?

## Answers

### Answer by Tarun Gautam

Salesforce provides various Dashboard components to view and analyze your data. Dashboards and Charts of Salesforce are a very helpful visual representation of the reports because charts and dashboards are much faster to look at and understand than reading a report.

## Here are explained various Dashboard components:

### Charts: This is used to show data graphically. There are a variety of chart types to choose.

### Types of Salesforce Charts:

**Horizontal and Vertical Bar Chart** -**Line Chart -** this chart is best for showing data over time**Pie / Donut Chart -** both the charts are used to compare a group of data to the total**Funnel Chart -** this chart is best for sales opportunities**Scatter Chart -** this chart helps to visualize the correlation between values on a report

### Table: this chart is used for showing report data in column form using the Table.

### Metric: this chart is used for displaying a single key value – it is possible to click empty text field next to grand total and enter the metric label directly on components.

**Gauge:** this chart is used for showing a single value within a range of custom values. Visualforce Page: this chart is used for creating a custom component or showing information not available in another component type.

### Custom S – component: this contains the content that is run or displayed in a browser like Excel file, ActiveX Control, Java applet or custom HTML web form.

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