With the increasing database from different organizations, there is a need for efficient tools to inspect all the data. A cloud-based data analytics tool, Einstein Analytics dashboard, is the salesforce solution for every organization. The analytics tool offers brilliant reporting capabilities and gives the freedom to explore complex and large amounts of datasets effectively.
Einstein Analytics by Salesforce, now known as Tableau CRM, a business analytics platform, optimizes and delivers flexible analytics to the CRM. You can use it for any data and with different sources of data and ensure smooth analytical operations for any industry. It provides Salesforce users with AI-driven analytics and actionable insights in the workflow.
Created in 2016, September as the core product of Salesforce, Einstein Analytics software brings image recognition into the suite products of Salesforce. The goal here is to provide the marketing and sales department an extensively detailed view of sales prospects and about the consumers. All the data delivered by Einstein Analytics integration helps and supports the organizations and reduces the consumer service troubles. It also helps in predicting the status of a consumer in the sales cycle and all the information related to which way the consumer wants to communicate. Did you know that Einstein is integrated into numerous Salesforce products and makes the Salesforce smarter by using artificial intelligence.
The Einstein Analytics by Salesforce is data-driven, modeling-ready and production-ready and reduces manual work. The Einstein Analytics is available through marketing cloud, app cloud, community cloud, service cloud and sales cloud.
As a reporting analyst, you might have to face various limitations while using other Salesforce dashboards. However, with Einstein Analytics, there are no such limitations, and you can take the liberty to build it the way you want. If you are also planning to use this platform, here’s your guide on how to access, create, and deploy the Einstein Analytics dashboard.
Why use Einstein Analytics?
Einstein Analytics provides the organization with the required data and reports accurate data. Here are various other benefits-
- Useful insights for business
- Helps in understanding and identifying various business trends in the market
- Increases revenue
- Helps in identifying problems in performance
- Beneficial for internal audits
- It can be checked from the dashboard directly once deployed
How to access the Einstein Analytics dashboard?
Used for data exploration, Einstein Analytics is integrated well with the salesforce, where your users might not even be aware that they are on to it. Users can access the Einstein Analytics through the analytics section or the analytics studio app. However, one may require license and users’ permission as they are defined on the salesforce user record, which is given via permission set on salesforce.How to create an Einstein Analytics dashboard?
The Einstein Analytics dashboard is made up of multiple widgets. On the dashboard, you can analyze and explore different widgets. Though the most useful feature of this dashboard is faceting, To create an Einstein Analytics dashboard, here are the steps you should follow-
- Build a dataset
- Make a lens
- Now create your dashboard using different templates
- Add widgets to your dashboards
- Now run a performance check to ensure smooth operation
Steps to create Einstein analytics dashboard-
- Click on the analytics studio
- Select create dashboard
- Choose a blank dashboard in the designer section
- Your dashboard is ready
- Now you can show the data in the form of graphs and can use various charts such as pie, funner, horizontal, or vertical
How to deploy the Einstein Analytics dashboard?
You are not expected to manually copy and then paste the data. If you’re doing this in Salesforce, you’ll be supported with various metadata APIs, which you can use to deploy numerous components in one go. Some of the tools which can help you in deploying the metadata are workbench, eclipse, visual studio code, changesets and more.
You will have to use two orgs. The first org will be your retrieval source, and the other will be for your deployment. You can simply do the data retrieval from one and then deploy it in the other org. Ensure that your retrieval/deployment has managed analytics and API enabled, and then check if it has modified all data permits to ensure successful deployment.
Steps to start deployment-
- Manage your analytics
- Enable the API
- Modify metadata through API functions
Since salesforce is quite brilliant, it will inform you first-hand if there’s any deployment error. For example, if there’s an error, you will receive an error notification saying ‘no dataset found’. If there’s an error, check it thoroughly and then restart the process. Not that you have the metadata in your zip folder or in target org, you are ready to begin.
Create, retrieve and now deploy
Please note that you can deploy the majority of the dataset but not all, as some might need to be retrieved and deployed manually. Make package.xml to suit your requirements and create further post-migration steps. If you are using tools such as a workbench, they will get you a set of metadata types to ease the process. Ensure to check the window of dataset edit to avoid discrepancy.
Once your package.xml is ready, here’s the initial phase of deployment-
- Login in your workbench by using your org’s source credentials
- Upload your package.xml code in the retrieval window
- Select the next button
- Select the retrieve button
- Download the zip folder
- Now login in your workbench id by using your credentials of target org
- Drop your zip folder in the deploy tab
- Select the next tab
- Check whether you are in the right org as the deployments are permanent
- Select deploy
- Your dashboard is now deployed and ready
Built on the flexible and robust security architecture, the Einstein Analytics is one of the safest platforms for the organizations to use. More than 150,00 companies around the globe are benefitting from this platform launched by Salesfoce. Used for visualization, getting business insights and exploring data, Einstein Analytics is built to meet all your business requirements in one go.
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