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ADM-201 · Question #172

The VP of sales at DreamHouse Realty has requested a dashboard to visualize enterprise sales across the different teams. The key piece of data is the total of all sales for the year and the progress…

The correct answer is D. Gauge. To display a single value representing total sales for the year and its proximity to an enterprise sales goal, a Gauge dashboard component is the most effective choice.

Submitted by femi9· Apr 18, 2026Data and Analytics Management

Question

The VP of sales at DreamHouse Realty has requested a dashboard to visualize enterprise sales across the different teams. The key piece of data is the total of all sales for the year and the progress to the enterprise sales goal. What dashboard component will effectively show this number and the proximity to the total goal as a single value?

Options

  • ADonut
  • BStacked Bar
  • CTable
  • DGauge

How the community answered

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  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
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  • D
    94% (33)

Why each option

To display a single value representing total sales for the year and its proximity to an enterprise sales goal, a Gauge dashboard component is the most effective choice.

ADonut

A Donut chart shows proportions of a whole, useful for displaying category breakdown, but not a single value against a goal.

BStacked Bar

A Stacked Bar chart compares multiple groupings across categories, better for showing trends or comparisons rather than a single value against a goal.

CTable

A Table component displays data in a grid format, which is good for detailed numbers but not for a quick visual representation of progress towards a single goal.

DGaugeCorrect

A Gauge component is specifically designed to show a single key performance indicator (KPI) within a range, clearly indicating progress towards a target or goal, making it ideal for visualizing total sales against an enterprise sales goal.

Concept tested: Dashboard component selection for KPIs

Source: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.dashboards_component_types.htm&type=5

Topics

#Salesforce Dashboards#Dashboard Components#Data Visualization#Goal Tracking

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