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Quota Attainment

The percentage of assigned sales quota that a rep or team has achieved within a period.

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Business Question Answered

Are reps and teams on pace to hit their revenue targets?

What This Tells You

Individual and team-level performance against target, and quota-setting accuracy.

What It Does Not Tell You

Whether quotas themselves were set realistically — widespread over- or under-attainment often signals a quota-design problem, not a performance one.

Formula & Example Calculation
Actual Bookings / Assigned Quota × 100

Numerator

Actual Bookings

Denominator

Assigned Quota

Example

A rep with a $1M annual quota books $850,000 through Q3. Quota Attainment = 85%.

Recommended Dimensions & Segments
RepTeamSegmentTenure

Recommended visualization: Distribution of attainment % across reps, with 100% threshold line

Technical Implementation Notes

Prorate quota for ramping reps and mid-period hires/departures to avoid understating true attainment.

Data Quality Checks
  • Confirm quota assignments are current and reflect any mid-period territory changes
Common Pitfalls
  • Comparing attainment across reps without adjusting for ramp status or territory changes
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Metadata
Funnel StageRevenue
Owner RoleVP Sales
CadenceMonthly
Data Sources
CRMCompensation/ICM system
Tags
performancecompensation