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Salesforce Analytics Interview Questions check how you go beyond standard reports with CRM Analytics, Tableau and Data 360. This is Part 23 of our 25-part series, with questions on datasets, dashboards, data prep, KPIs and design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This part builds on Part 7<\/a> on reports and dashboards. Our reporting snapshots guide<\/a> and Data 360 guide<\/a> cover the steps in between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Use These Salesforce Analytics Interview Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First, learn when standard reports are enough and when a business needs more. Next, learn the main words for each product, such as dataset, lens, recipe and workbook. Then practise explaining a dashboard design, because interviewers often ask you to sketch one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Salesforce<\/a>
How Salesforce Analytics Interview Questions build up: data, prepare, show, then act.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Salesforce Analytics Interview Questions on When Reports Are Not Enough<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Study with Reports and Dashboards<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. What are the limits of standard reports and dashboards?<\/li>\n\n
  2. When does a business need CRM Analytics?<\/li>\n\n
  3. When does a business need Tableau?<\/li>\n\n
  4. What is the difference between operational and strategic reporting?<\/li>\n\n
  5. How do you join Salesforce data with data from other systems?<\/li>\n\n
  6. What is a KPI?<\/li>\n\n
  7. How do you choose the right KPIs with a business team?<\/li>\n\n
  8. What is a leading indicator versus a lagging indicator?<\/li>\n\n
  9. What is a metric versus a dimension?<\/li>\n\n
  10. How do you check that a KPI uses the right data?<\/li>\n\n
  11. Scenario: leaders want five years of trend data in one chart. What do you suggest?<\/li>\n\n
  12. Scenario: a manager wants a report that joins sales and finance data. Which options would you give?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    \"Salesforce<\/a>
    Standard reports compared with CRM Analytics in Salesforce Analytics Interview Questions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    CRM Analytics Basics Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    1. What is CRM Analytics?<\/li>\n\n
    2. What was CRM Analytics called before?<\/li>\n\n
    3. Define a dataset.<\/li>\n\n
    4. What is a lens?<\/li>\n\n
    5. What is a CRM Analytics dashboard?<\/li>\n\n
    6. Define a CRM Analytics app.<\/li>\n\n
    7. What licences does CRM Analytics need, at a high level?<\/li>\n\n
    8. What are prebuilt analytics apps?<\/li>\n\n
    9. How do users see CRM Analytics dashboards on a record page?<\/li>\n\n
    10. How is CRM Analytics different from a standard dashboard?<\/li>\n\n
    11. What is SAQL, at a high level?<\/li>\n\n
    12. What is an Einstein Discovery story, at a high level?<\/li>\n\n
    13. How do you share a CRM Analytics dashboard with a team?<\/li>\n\n
    14. Scenario: sales wants a pipeline dashboard with drill-down by region and rep. How do you build it?<\/li>\n\n
    15. Scenario: a dashboard is slow with 50 million rows. What do you check?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Salesforce Analytics Interview Questions on Data Prep and Sync<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      1. What is a recipe in CRM Analytics?<\/li>\n\n
      2. Briefly, what is a dataflow, at a high level?<\/li>\n\n
      3. What is data sync?<\/li>\n\n
      4. How often can data sync run?<\/li>\n\n
      5. How do you bring in data from outside Salesforce?<\/li>\n\n
      6. What is a join in a recipe?<\/li>\n\n
      7. What is an append in a recipe?<\/li>\n\n
      8. How do you clean data in a recipe?<\/li>\n\n
      9. What is a computed field?<\/li>\n\n
      10. What is a filter node in a recipe?<\/li>\n\n
      11. Define an output node.<\/li>\n\n
      12. How do you schedule a recipe?<\/li>\n\n
      13. Scenario: a dataset shows yesterday’s numbers, but users want live data. How do you explain it?<\/li>\n\n
      14. Scenario: a recipe fails every night. Where do you look?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Security in Analytics Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

        Study with Sharing Rules<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        1. Does CRM Analytics follow Salesforce sharing?<\/li>\n\n
        2. What is a security predicate?<\/li>\n\n
        3. What is sharing inheritance in CRM Analytics?<\/li>\n\n
        4. How do you control who sees an analytics app?<\/li>\n\n
        5. How do you hide sensitive fields from a dashboard?<\/li>\n\n
        6. Explain how you check what a user sees in a dashboard.<\/li>\n\n
        7. What is row-level security?<\/li>\n\n
        8. How do you test analytics security as another user?<\/li>\n\n
        9. Scenario: a rep can see other teams’ numbers in a CRM Analytics dashboard. What do you fix?<\/li>\n\n
        10. Scenario: leaders must see all data, reps only their own. How do you set it up?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          Salesforce Analytics Interview Questions on Tableau Basics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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          1. What is Tableau?<\/li>\n\n
          2. What is a Tableau workbook?<\/li>\n\n
          3. Explain the difference between Tableau Desktop and Tableau Cloud.<\/li>\n\n
          4. How does Tableau connect to Salesforce?<\/li>\n\n
          5. What is a Tableau dashboard?<\/li>\n\n
          6. What is Tableau Pulse, at a high level?<\/li>\n\n
          7. When is Tableau better than CRM Analytics?<\/li>\n\n
          8. What is Tableau Prep, at a high level?<\/li>\n\n
          9. What is a Tableau extract?<\/li>\n\n
          10. How do you embed a Tableau view in Salesforce?<\/li>\n\n
          11. Who usually builds Tableau dashboards?<\/li>\n\n
          12. Scenario: data teams use Tableau, and sales uses Salesforce. How do you bring them together?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

            Data 360 and Insights Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

            Study with Data 360<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            1. What is Data 360?<\/li>\n\n
            2. What was Data 360 called before?<\/li>\n\n
            3. Define a data stream.<\/li>\n\n
            4. What is a unified profile?<\/li>\n\n
            5. What is a calculated insight?<\/li>\n\n
            6. Define a segment.<\/li>\n\n
            7. How can Data 360 data show in Salesforce reports or pages?<\/li>\n\n
            8. What is identity resolution?<\/li>\n\n
            9. What is an activation in Data 360?<\/li>\n\n
            10. How does Data 360 help AI features?<\/li>\n\n
            11. Scenario: marketing wants one view of a customer across web, app and CRM. What do you suggest?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

              Salesforce Analytics Interview Questions on Dashboard Design<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

              Study with Dynamic Dashboards<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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              1. What makes a good dashboard?<\/li>\n\n
              2. How many components should a dashboard have?<\/li>\n\n
              3. Which chart type is best for trends?<\/li>\n\n
              4. Which chart type is best for comparing parts of a whole?<\/li>\n\n
              5. When should you use a table instead of a chart?<\/li>\n\n
              6. How do you design a dashboard for leaders versus for reps?<\/li>\n\n
              7. What are dashboard filters?<\/li>\n\n
              8. How do you get users to actually use a dashboard?<\/li>\n\n
              9. How do you test a dashboard before launch?<\/li>\n\n
              10. What is a drill-down?<\/li>\n\n
              11. What is a gauge chart best for?<\/li>\n\n
              12. How do you show a target line on a chart?<\/li>\n\n
              13. Scenario: a dashboard has 20 charts, and no one uses it. How do you fix it?<\/li>\n\n
              14. Scenario: the CEO wants one page that shows company health. What do you put on it?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                Salesforce Analytics Interview Questions FAQ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                Do admins need CRM Analytics skills?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

                Only for roles that list it. But every admin should know what it is and when a business needs it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Is Tableau part of Salesforce?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

                Yes, Salesforce owns Tableau. It is a separate product with its own licences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Official Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n