Tableau and CRM Analytics Whitepaper
WHITEPAPER Tableau and CRM Analytics: Choosing the Tool That’s Right for Your Organization and Use Case CRM Analytics and Tableau? CRM Analytics vs. Tableau? Many Salesforce customers still have questions when it comes to which tool (or combination of analytics tooling) is right for them. How do you know how to approach, or rethink, your […]
Whitepaper: Salesforce Data Cloud: Your Wish Granted for Customer 360… If You Know Where to Begin

WHITEPAPER Salesforce Data Cloud: Your Wish Granted for Customer 360… If You Know Where to Begin If you’re using Salesforce today, you already know its capabilities as a customer relationship management (CRM) platform. But with the launch of Salesforce Data Cloud and the evolution of its Customer Data Platform (CDP) to deeply integrate with both […]
Inside the Salesforce Data Cloud Spring 2023 Release and New Starter Pack

Contributors: Braden Larmon, Rick Arnett, and Patrick Scherder Salesforce Data Cloud is an evolution of Salesforce CDP that more completely connects Salesforce and third-party data. This will enable a true 360-degree view of the customer and personalized engagement at scale — essentially helping you get more out of customer data across multiple Salesforce orgs without […]
AnalyticsKata: How to Create a MadLibs Game in CRM Analytics

My favorite way to learn CRM Analytics is by building solutions that do not resemble dashboards. At Atrium, we have used these “CreativeKatas” (aka AnalyticsKatas — get to know more with our first one introducing AnalyticsKatas) to encourage our team to push the platform beyond the traditional dashboard implementation. Today, I will walk you through […]
7 Steps to Ensure Internal Adoption of a Modern BI Architecture
Creating a data-driven culture is essential for companies to stay competitive. By leveraging data to inform decision-making, companies can gain a significant advantage over their competitors by improving operational efficiency, and driving growth. However, building a data-driven culture is not a simple task, and requires a concerted effort from all levels of the organization. Even […]
CRM Analytics Recipes: Data Connections vs. Direct Data
If you’ve worked with data recipes in CRM Analytics, you’re no doubt very familiar with the process of inputting data from Salesforce into CRM Analytics. First, the process begins with adding your data connections on the “Connections” tab of the Data Manager. Here, you’ll add the objects, fields, and filters for the Salesforce objects you […]
A Guide to Evaluating Financial Services Cloud if You Already Have Salesforce
A lot has changed since Salesforce first released Financial Services Cloud (FSC) in 2015. At first it was primarily a standardized data model with a couple of lightning web components to help illustrate relationships and an advisor’s daily view. Salesforce has iterated on it in the years since and added a host of new functionality, […]
Introducing AnalyticsKatas: Challenges to Help You Skill up in CRM Analytics
In your journey to learn CRM Analytics, have you ever felt like there was a gap between an idea and the solution? You wanted to implement a really cool feature, but couldn’t find the right guide to get you there. Something beyond Trailheads and help articles… Enter AnalyticsKata. What is a Kata? A kata is […]
How HDA Quickly Supported Flood Victims With Improved Salesforce Infrastructure
Housing Development Alliance, Inc. (HDA) is a nonprofit affordable housing developer located in East Kentucky. With fewer than 50 employees, their mission is to use the power of housing to transform lives and build a brighter future for their community. To date, they have helped roughly 3,000 low-income people in rural Southeastern Kentucky become homeowners, […]