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# Data Settings for Dashboard Metric Components

The settings on the Component Data tab define how your dashboard metric component gets and manages the data it displays.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Salesforce Classic</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Group</strong> (View Only), <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

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          <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d39479e77 ">To create dashboards:</td>

          <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d39479e77 ">Run Reports AND Create and Customize Dashboards</td>

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          <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d39479e77 ">To edit and delete dashboards that you created:</td>

          <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d39479e77 ">Run Reports AND Create and Customize Dashboards</td>

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          <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d39479e77 ">To edit and delete dashboards that you created in public folders:</td>

          <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d39479e77 ">Edit My Dashboards</td>

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          <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d39479e77 ">To edit and delete dashboards that you didn’t create in public folders:</td>

          <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d39479e77 ">Manage Dashboards in Public Folders</td>

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          <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d39479e77 ">To create, edit, and delete dynamic dashboards:</td>

          <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d39479e77 ">Manage Dynamic Dashboards</td>

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| Setting | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Values | Choose what to display as values for your pie chart, donut chart, funnel chart, gauge, or metric. To use the second grouping or summary field defined in the source report’s chart, select **Auto**. When the source report has a chart, Auto picks the values used by the chart. In gauges and metrics, Auto shows the value of the first summary field. |
| Display Units | Choose a scale for displaying your chart values. For table components, this setting applies only to the first column. For best results, choose Auto to let Salesforce select appropriate units. |
| Drill Down to | Select where users go when they click a dashboard component: the full source report for the dashboard component; the source report filtered by the group, X-axis value, or legend entry they clicked; the detail page for a chart or table element, axis value, or legend entry; or a URL that you specify. (You can't use URLs that begin with “mailto:” or “javascript:”.) Filtered and record detail page drill-down are disabled when viewing dashboard charts with more than 200 values. |

#### See Also

- [Formatting Settings for Dashboard Metric Components](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.dashboards_component_metric_format_settings.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "A metric component displays one value at a point in time. Use color to help users make sense of the data in the metric component.")