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Difficulty: MediumDashboard Design, Components, and Dynamic Filters

A Salesforce Administrator is configuring an operations dashboard to track key metrics across several departments. The Operations Director asks the administrator to add interactive filters so users can dynamically refine the dashboard by Region, Industry, Rating, and Account Type. When attempting to add the fourth filter criterion, the system prevents the administrator from adding it. Which limit constraint explains why the administrator cannot add the fourth filter?

  1. A Salesforce dashboard can have a maximum of 3 dashboard filters configured at one time.Answer
  2. B
    Dashboard filters can only be created if the running user has system administrator profile permissions.
  3. C
    The source reports used in the dashboard components must originate from a single custom report type to support more than 2 filters.
  4. D
    Dashboard filters override individual record-level security and are restricted when viewing data as a dynamic running user.

Answer

A Salesforce dashboard allows a maximum of 3 dashboard filters to be added per dashboard.
In Salesforce, each dashboard can support up to a maximum of 3 dashboard filters. When an administrator reaches this limit, additional filter fields cannot be added regardless of object types or permissions.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the requested configuration requirement
The user requested adding 4 distinct interactive filters (Region, Industry, Rating, and Account Type) to a single dashboard.
Understanding what the administrator is attempting to configure helps pinpoint which governor limit applies.
2
Evaluate standard Salesforce Lightning dashboard limits
Salesforce enforces a maximum limit of 3 dashboard filters per dashboard (with each filter allowing up to 50 filter options).
Determining standard platform capabilities confirms why the fourth filter cannot be added.

Key Concept

Dashboard Dynamic Filter Limits
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