How to do opportunity conversion rate analysis in Salesforce.com

Jens Hutzschenreuter
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29.05.2022

If you’re a sales manager, tracking and analyzing key performance indicators (KPIs) is crucial for the success of your team. One important KPI is the opportunity conversion rate, which measures the percentage of opportunities that are converted into won deals. In this blog post, we’ll show you how to do opportunity conversion rate analysis in Salesforce.com, the popular customer relationship management (CRM) platform. Whether you’re a seasoned Salesforce user or new to the platform, you’ll learn how to set up and use the opportunity conversion rate report to track and optimize your team’s sales performance.

Make sure you have opportunity stage history activated

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The activity history helps you to track changes made to the opportunities

Use Salesforce reports (Salesforce classic)

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Seelct the correct report type “Opportunity history”

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Select the correct opportunity filters

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Select Matrix report type

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Analyse From Stage and To Stage in the Matrix / Pivot report

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Matrix shows you the conversion steps

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The diagonale shows you the amount of conversions from stage to stage

Analyse step by step

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Read it: from stage prospecting to qualification: 5 opps did this change

Important: select Salesforce Classic to edit the report

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To wrap up, analyzing the opportunity conversion rate can provide valuable insights for sales managers looking to improve their team’s performance. This blog post has outlined the steps for setting up and utilizing the opportunity conversion rate report in Salesforce.com. By using this report, you can gain a deeper understanding of your team’s sales process and pinpoint areas that may need improvement. Whether you are a seasoned Salesforce user or just getting started with the platform, this report can help you make data-driven decisions and drive better results for your organization.

Why should I do a conversion analysis in Salesforce?

Typically you perform this analysis in case you want to understand your sales funnel better and derive learnings in how to optimize your sales operations.

How long does a conversion analysis in Salesforce take?

Depending on how messy your data is in Salesforce between 15 min and 60 min. 120 min, if you need to clean multiple stage changes in the data.

Jens Hutzschenreuter

Jens Hutzschenreuter

Jens is a previous B2B Sales leader (Groupon, ryd), ex-Management Consultant with Boston Consulting Group and is now supporting ~50 B2B sales organizations annually in developing systems, structure and processes to scale an organization up to 250 sellers.