Salesforce Analytics-DA-201 Exam - Topic 1 Question 10 Discussion

Actual exam question for Salesforce's Analytics-DA-201 exam

Question #: 10
Topic #: 1

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You have the following chart that shows the cumulative of sales from various dates.

You want the months to appear as shown in the following chart.

What should you do?

AConvert the date to Exact Date

BConvert the date to Continuous

CSelect Show Misting Values for the dale

DConvert the date to Attribute

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Suggested Answer: B

To ensure the dates are shown in a continuous axis, you should convert the date to a continuous field. This will display the months in a sequence without any breaks, which is needed for showing a trend over time like the cumulative sum of sales.

by Lennie at Jan 05, 2026, 05:16 AM

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Charlesetta

6 days ago

Hmm, I'm not sure about this one. Converting the date to Attribute seems like it could work, but I'm not confident.

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Keva

11 days ago

The chart looks great, but I'm not sure why the months are out of order. Maybe we need to adjust the date formatting?

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Yvette

16 days ago

B) Convert the date to Continuous is the correct answer.

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Marion

21 days ago

I think selecting Show Missing Values could be useful, but I don't recall if it directly changes how the months are displayed.

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Cory

26 days ago

I'm a bit confused about the difference between Attribute and Continuous dates. I hope I can remember which one is needed for this type of visualization.

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Deja

1 month ago

I remember a practice question where we had to adjust date formats, and I feel like converting to Exact Date was the answer there.

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Leonora

1 month ago

I think converting the date to Continuous might help, but I'm not entirely sure if that's the right choice for this chart.

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Ernie

1 month ago

Okay, I think I've got a strategy here. Since the question is asking us to get the months to display in a specific way, the "Convert the date to Continuous" option seems like the most logical choice. That should help the dates display in a more readable format, which is what we're aiming for. I'd give that a try first and see how it goes.

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Shantay

2 months ago

I'm a bit confused by this one. The question doesn't give us a lot of context about the data, so it's hard to know for sure which option is the best. I'd probably start by trying the "Convert the date to Continuous" option and see if that gets me the desired result. If not, I might try the other options as well.

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Dorian

2 months ago

Okay, let's think this through. The goal is to get the months to display as shown in the second chart, so I'm thinking the "Convert the date to Continuous" option might be the way to go. That should help the dates display in a more readable format.

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Eve

2 months ago

Hmm, this one seems a bit tricky. I'd probably try converting the date to Continuous first, since that seems like it might be the best way to get the months to display properly. But I'm not totally sure, so I might also consider the other options just to see what happens.

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Twanna

2 months ago

I think I'd start by looking at the data and trying to understand the format of the dates. The question mentions "cumulative sales from various dates", so I'm guessing the dates are in some kind of non-standard format that needs to be converted.

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