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Count Unique Values in Report Results

Count Unique Values in Report Results

See how many distinct values a column in your report returns with a unique count.

Required Editions

Available in: Lightning Experience
Available in: Essentials, Group, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions
User Permissions Needed
To add a unique count to a report saved in a private folder: Create and Customize Reports
To add a unique count to a report saved in a private or public folder: Report Builder OR Report Builder (Lightning Experience)

When you add a unique count to a column, it shows the number of unique column values in report results. Duplicate values aren’t counted.

  1. While editing a report in the report builder, find the column for which you want to count unique values.
  2. Click the more actions icon | Show Unique Count.
  3. Click Save.

A count of unique values appears as a grand total for the whole report and as a subtotal for each group.

Example
Example Opportunity reports often list multiple opportunities with the same account. Add a unique count to the Account Name column to see how many individual accounts values appear in the report.
A unique count showing how many distinct accounts appear in report results

To remove the unique count, click the more actions icon | Hide Unique Count.

As you get ready to count unique values in report results, take note of these limitations.

  • Each report supports up to three unique counts.
  • Lightning table dashboard widgets don’t support unique counts.
  • Null values, displayed as a dash (-), are counted as a unique value.
  • Fields of these data types don't support unique counts:
    • Blobs
    • Clobs
    • Encrypted fields
    • Multi-select picklist
    • Text area, including long text area and rich text area
 
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