Various Salesforce dashboard components are explained below:
Gauge: It is used for showing a single value within a range of custom values.
Metric: This is used for displaying a single key–value pair. It is possible to click the empty text field next to the grand total and enter the metric label directly on the components. All metrics placed above and below one another in the dashboard column would be displayed as a single component.
Other dashboard components are explained below:
Table: The report data can be shown in a column form using a t
Visualforce page: It is used for creating a custom component or showing information not available in other component types.
Custom S-component: This contains the content that is run or displayed in a browser like an Excel file, ActiveX Control, Java applet, or custom HTML web form.