Service-Con-201 Service Cloud Solution Design Practice Question
A customer service manager wants to see a count of cases created each day broken down by channel (Phone, Email, Web). Which report format should be used?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Matrix or Summary Report
Matrix or Summary reports in Salesforce allow grouping by rows and columns (e.g., date by channel).
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Dashboard component grid view
Why it's wrong here
Dashboards display report visualizations, they are not report creation formats themselves.
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Tabular Report
Why it's wrong here
Tabular reports are simple flat lists and cannot display grouped matrix summaries.
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Joined Report without common blocks
Why it's wrong here
Joined reports display multiple separate report blocks, which is unnecessary for a single object grouping requirement.
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Matrix or Summary Report
Why this is correct
Summary and matrix reports group data by rows and columns to display multi-variable metrics like cases by date and channel.
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