Instant Stardom How to Build Executive Dashboards

Instant Stardom: How to Build Executive Dashboards Steve Settelmayer, Neff Rental Kevin Sherman, salesforce.com New System Administrators

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Agenda Welcome & Introductions Report Management Dashboard Management Motivating with Dashboards Jump start with the AppExchange The next level: Excel, Crystal and more…

Would You Drive at Night Without Headlights? Understand how Reports and Dashboards can help you monitor business goals & performance Understand how Dashboards can be used to motivate and promote success Walk away with specific deployment tips and tricks

Reports Types and Uses Tabular Tabular reports are the simplest and fastest way to list your data Quick Lists w/out summarization Summary Summary reports list your data with subtotals and other summary information. Avg. Sales per Rep, Total $ Oppty’s Matrix Matrix reports list summaries of your data in a grid against both horizontal and vertical criteria Sales per Rep per FY by FQ

Where to Start? Out-of-the-Box Reports - Standard reports across all objects that should be the basis for your custom reports Account and Contact Reports Opportunity Reports Sales Reports Lead Reports Support Reports Campaign Reports Administrative Reports Activity Reports Product and Asset Reports Custom Report Wizard – 6 easy steps Predefined reports

Reports—Creating Custom Reports 1. Select data source Custom objects too! Predefined Relationships between objects FY and then by FQ Acct and then sub-acct Sales Manager and then Rep Record Counts, Avg., Highs/Lows 2. Select report type 3. Select columns to summarize and define custom formulas 4. Select Grouping

Reports—Creating Custom Reports Custom fields located towards the bottom. Don’t forget dynamic date filters! Save for last. “ and ” = Default filter. Use advanced filters link and “()” to create “ or ” filters 5. Select fields (columns) to include 6. Order the fields (columns) 7. Set filter criteria 8. Create chart

Reports - Best Practices Canned reports (most commonly used, starting point for customizing) Train users to understand the difference between SAVE and SAVE AS Create/manage report folders and access Develop folder & report naming conventions Regional Sales Report Folder SE Pipeline, US Marketing, EMEA Lead Gen, etc. Save your reports as your browser “Favorites” Review Tips and Hints for Custom Reports and Maximizing Report Performance cheat sheet

Turn the lights on with Dashboards!

Dashboard Basics Based on custom reports 20 elements per dashboard Click to drill into underlying report Can be refreshed anytime Results based on Running User Data has to be there to report on it. Field created, info entered. Reports only as good as the data they are based on.

Benefits of Dashboards Aggregate multiple report results for easier digestion Provide recognition, foster competition (leader board), provide motivation (wall of shame) Requires time upfront to setup; requires less time to maintain long term Help organizations communicate strategy, monitor and adjust the execution of strategy, and deliver insights to all Standardize the information management decisions are based upon

The Components Chart Pie, Line, Vertical or Horizontal ex. Stacked or Side by Side Table Sort by label or value with max values displayed ex. Leader board/Top Reps Metric Stackable with colors ex. Compare multiple reports Gauge Custom breakpoints and colors ex. Quota or Goal attainment

Dashboard - Best Practices Setting Up Identify users who will have “Manage Dashboards” permission User folders to organize dashboards and control visibility Ensure that underlying reports are accessible to the run time user Deploying Develop reports and dashboards in personal folders, save to public folders when ready Leverage reports that use “My Team” filters Clone dashboards and change the run time user Create dashboards for others or temporarily grant required permissions

Dashboard - Best Practices Using Right-click on an individual dashboard graphic to send as an attachment “Email picture …” Add your dashboard to the home page – show top three elements Manage from the application for improved adoption Pipeline Review Calls Board Presentations Departmental Reviews Individual Performance Reviews (One on One’s)

Steve Settelmayer VP of Sales and Marketing [email_address]

Company Introduction Template In top 10 largest construction equipment renters in US 140 sales reps coast to coast 140 inside sales support 68 branch offices 6 person outbound call center INDUSTRY: Equipment Rental EMPLOYEES: 1,000 GEOGRAPHY: United States PRODUCT(S) USED: SFA, Marketing, Offline Edition, 2 AppExchange Installs # USERS: 317 LOGIN RATE: 95%

Importance of Dashboards Keeps everyone focused on key components of success Aids quick spot up of problem areas Helps identify pipeline problems before they impact revenue

Construction Activity Dashboard Provides visibility into construction activity from corporate level down to an individual zip code

Business Development Dashboard Keeping tabs on our outbound call center while I travel is a snap with the dashboard we built

Recruiting Manager Downloaded from AppExchange and quickly customized to meet our specific needs

Importance of Dashboards We started with a Sales Activity Dashboard in salesforce.com then added Construction Activity Business Development Delivery Survey Hiring Other departments have followed our lead and created their own dashboards on our intranet Training Dashboard Down Equipment

THANK YOU STEVE!!!! Clap, Cheer, Standing Ovation!!

Jump Start with the AppExchange User Adoption Dashboards Usage, Data Quality, Business Performance

Jump Start with the AppExchange Service And Support Dashboards Customer, Rep, KPI, Executive Overview

Jump Start with the AppExchange Sales KPI Dashboard

Jump Start with the AppExchange Lead and Opportunity Management Dashboards

Advanced Options The Excel Connector (for PE and EE) Bi-directional synching between Excel and Salesforce.com Partner Solutions on the AppExchange & on-site in the Partner Pavilion Crystal Reports Report Pack Datascope More coming from Business Objects, Omniture, Forcelogix, Visual Mining, JasperSoft, Celequest The Reporting and Dashboard Blog

Dreamforce ’06 Analytics Sessions Session Meet the PM – Roadmap Overview Mashboard Shootout Introducing Analytics Mashboards Information Peer Pressure How to Create Top Sales Dashboards Best Practices for Competitive Pipeline Analysis Bulking Up: Large Data Migration, Replication, and Analytics Instant Stardom: How to Build Executive Dashboards Advanced Reporting and Dashboards for Executive Visibility The Path to Achieving 100% Adoption Manage What You Measure: Lessons from Dashboard Pros Hands-On with Executive Reports and Dashboards Track General General IT Sales Execs Sales Opps AppX Developers New Sys Admin EE Sys Admin PE Sys Admin Large Enterprise Deployment Also Visit the Partner Pavilion for Innovative Analytics Solutions Some of these sessions may have already been presented. Look for the archived presentation on www.successforce.com in the days following the conference.

Steve Settelmayer VP of Sales and Marketing Kevin Sherman Sr. Customer Success Manager QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION On-off questions can be answered on-site at the Success Clinic Booths!!!

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