# Context-aware reports, dashboards and billing analytics

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How to put record-scoped report charts and URL-filtered reports in front of users, what dynamic and static dashboards show and can't do, how snapshots and summary formulas build trend and ratio KPIs, which asset fields power lifecycle KPIs, and what the Billing Analytics dashboards show and need.

- Certification: Salesforce Revenue Management Consultant
- Exam section: Agentforce Revenue Management Platform Concepts
- Study guide: https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/revenue-management-consultant

**Official exam objective:**

> Design context-aware dashboards and key performance indicators (KPIs) using native Salesforce reporting tools.

## What the exam expects

- Put a KPI in the context of the record a user is viewing: a Report Chart component with a record filter, or a report opened with URL filter parameters.
- Choose between a dynamic and a static dashboard, and name what each can't do (subscriptions, scheduled refresh, licence-type viewing limits, running-user exposure).
- Build trend and ratio KPIs with reporting snapshots and summary formulas.
- Pick the Revenue Management field behind a lifecycle KPI (asset action Business Category and Change in MRR, Total Lifecycle Amount).
- Match each Billing Analytics dashboard to its audience, and state its licence and setup requirements.

Key terms: **Report Chart component** (a report's chart on a Lightning page); **dynamic dashboard** (shows each viewer only the data they can access); **running user** (whose access a static dashboard uses); **reporting snapshot** (scheduled copy of report results into a custom object); **summary formula** (formula over grouped, summarized values); **Billing Central** (home of the Overview and Invoices dashboards).

## Key facts

| Fact | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Report Chart filter | Supported only on record pages | [Lightning Page Components](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.lightning_page_components.htm&language=en_US&type=5) |
| Report Chart folder | Doesn't work with My Personal Custom Reports | [Lightning Page Components](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.lightning_page_components.htm&language=en_US&type=5) |
| URL filter parameter | fv0 = first filter; standard filters excluded | [Filter Reports with URL Parameters](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=reports_filter_url.htm&language=en_US&type=5) |
| Dynamic dashboard limits | No subscriptions, no scheduled refresh, no private folder | [Dynamic Dashboards](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?language=en_US&type=5&id=sf.dashboards_dynamic_overview.htm) |
| Dynamic dashboard count | 5 Enterprise, 10 Unlimited and Performance, 3 Developer | [Dynamic Dashboards](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?language=en_US&type=5&id=sf.dashboards_dynamic_overview.htm) |
| View as any user | View All Data | [Dashboard Data Visibility](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?language=en_US&type=5&id=sf.dashboards_view_as_considerations.htm) |
| Snapshot schedule | Daily, weekly or monthly into a custom object | [Reporting Snapshots](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.data_about_analytic_snap.htm&language=en_US&type=5) |
| Summary formula | Needs at least 1 grouping | [Summary Formula Column](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.building_custom_summary_formulas.htm&language=en_US&type=5) |
| Business Category | Required, not customizable, for reporting | [AssetAction](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.revenue_lifecycle_management_dev_guide.meta/revenue_lifecycle_management_dev_guide/sforce_api_objects_assetaction.htm) |
| Billing Analytics licences | Revenue Cloud Advanced + Revenue Cloud Billing | [Billing Analytics Dashboards](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.revenue_intelligence_billing_analytics_dashboards.htm&language=en_US&type=5) |

## Check yourself

- Why does a Report Chart filter on a Lightning page require a record page?
- When does a dynamic dashboard stop counting toward the org limit after you delete it?
- Which Asset fields reflect only the current asset state period?
- What does the first URL filter parameter look like, and do standard filters count?

## Sources

- [Use Billing Analytics Dashboards](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.revenue_intelligence_billing_analytics_dashboards.htm&language=en_US&type=5)
- [Billing Account Overview](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.billing_account_overview.htm&language=en_US&type=5)
- [Standard Lightning Page Components](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.lightning_page_components.htm&language=en_US&type=5)
- [Filter Reports with URL Parameters in Lightning Experience](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=reports_filter_url.htm&language=en_US&type=5)
- [Dynamic Dashboards](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?language=en_US&type=5&id=sf.dashboards_dynamic_overview.htm)
- [Dashboard Data Visibility Considerations](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?language=en_US&type=5&id=sf.dashboards_view_as_considerations.htm)
- [Report on Historical Data with Reporting Snapshots](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.data_about_analytic_snap.htm&language=en_US&type=5)
- [Add a Summary Formula Column to a Report](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.building_custom_summary_formulas.htm&language=en_US&type=5)
- [AssetAction](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.revenue_lifecycle_management_dev_guide.meta/revenue_lifecycle_management_dev_guide/sforce_api_objects_assetaction.htm)
- [Asset](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_objects_asset.htm)
- [Revenue Management License Comparison](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.revenue_licenses_areas_and_features.htm&language=en_US&type=5)

## About the full unit

The "Core concepts", "Exam traps" and "Worked scenario" sections of this unit, its 13 linked practice questions, and unlimited timed mock exams are included with the Revenue Management Consultant pack (USD $19): https://www.certifyforce.com/practice-exams