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Learning Force.com Application Development

You're reading from   Learning Force.com Application Development Use the Force.com platform to design and develop real-world, cutting-edge cloud applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782172796
Length 406 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Chamil Madusanka Chamil Madusanka
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with Force.com FREE CHAPTER 2. Building the Data Model 3. Building the User Interface 4. Designing Apps for Multiple Users and Protecting Data 5. Implementing Business Processes 6. Data Management on the Force.com Platform 7. Custom Coding with Apex 8. Building Custom Pages with Visualforce 9. Analytics as a Service with the Force.com Platform 10. E-mail Services with the Force.com Platform 11. Building Public Websites with Force.com Sites 12. Deploying the Force.com Application A. Force.com Tools Index

Dashboards


Dashboards are the graphical representation of report data. Dashboards are shown on the home page of your organization. You can have up to 20 dashboard components on the home page. The advantage of the dashboard is that you can visualize the data of multiple reports on a single page and schedule the dashboard for e-mail distribution. This is the easiest way to see the entire organization in a single view. The dashboard shows data as of the last time the dashboard was refreshed.

Building a dashboard

Building a dashboard in the Force.com platform is much easier because of the dashboard builder, which allows you to drag and drop components and data sources quickly and comprehensively. Before we create the dashboard, identify the dashboard builder tool in the Force.com platform. It mainly consists of three panes:

  • Components: There are five types of dashboard components: charts, tables, gauges, metrics, or Visualforce page/components. You can drag and drop the particular components in...

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