# Rank on the metric you already log

What is a sales leaderboard is a rank on one metric and one window, filled by work the crew already logged. Knockdesk is field sales software that keeps Today, This Week, This Month, and All Time on Compete, plus Competition and Custom boards. A whiteboard rewritten at lunch is not that rank.

## A marker board cannot catch the knock that landed after lunch

You feel it when the TV still says Maya 38 and the desk already has 42 knocks. What is a sales leaderboard is the same rank the phone already wrote. Leave that signed-in page open if the room needs a display. There is no public link. A photo of the sheet is yesterday's order.

**Today.** The DAILY board. Use it when the room only cares about this shift.

**This Week.** The WEEKLY board. A blitz lives here, not on a lunch rewrite.

**This Month.** The MONTHLY board. Use it when the pay period is the argument.

**All Time.** The ALL_TIME board. The season rank, not this afternoon.

## Today says Maya first. The whiteboard still says 38.

Today on knocks. Maya 42, Jordan 31, Riley 28. The whiteboard still shows Maya 38 because four knocks landed after lunch and nobody held the marker. This Week on the same crew can reorder the three if Jordan already had a heavier Monday. Same names. Different window. Write the window out loud before anyone reads first.

| Board | Order | What the room believes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Today on the desk | Maya 42, Jordan 31, Riley 28 | The knocks they logged |
| Whiteboard after lunch | Maya 38, then a guess | Four missing knocks |
| This Week | Can differ from Today | Monday still sits in the week |
| Empty window | Nobody has scored yet | The board says so. It does not invent a rank. |

## A sales leaderboard is not a contest, and it is not kudos

A sales contest is a scored game with a format, a prize, and a live window. Kudos is a teammate making a good door public. The leaderboard is the rank. Competition boards sit on a live game. Custom boards are a metric and window an admin sets. The formula for the knock does not change because a TV is on.

**Contest.** Nine formats on Compete. Head to head stays invite only. That is a game, not the season board.

**Kudos.** A shout from a teammate. It can sit near the board. It does not replace the rank.

**Display.** The same signed-in Leaderboards page on a TV. No public display link.

## How Knockdesk tracks it

Open Compete, then Leaderboards, and pick Today, This Week, This Month, or All Time. Competition and Custom boards also exist. Ranks fill as reps log activity. An empty window says nobody has scored yet. Full desk is on the pricing page.

## Keep going from the rank

- [Field sales glossary](/glossary): The hub this term opens from.

- [Sales leaderboards](/features/sales-leaderboards): Today, This Week, This Month, All Time, and that same page on a TV.

- [Compete](/compete): The desk that holds the board and the games beside it.

- [Sales gamification](/features/sales-gamification): Points and badges the board can rank, separate from the window.

## FAQ

### What is a sales leaderboard?

A sales leaderboard is a rank on one metric and one window, filled by work the crew already logged. A whiteboard is not that rank.

### What windows does Knockdesk have?

Today, This Week, This Month, and All Time. Competition and Custom boards also exist in the product.

### Is a sales leaderboard the same as a contest?

No. A contest is a scored game with a format and a prize. The leaderboard is the rank. A Competition board can sit on a live game.

### Can I put the board on a TV?

Leave the signed-in Leaderboards page open on the display. There is no public link and no separate TV mode.

### What if nobody has scored?

The board says nobody has scored yet. It does not invent a first-place name.

### Who can filter by team?

An admin can filter All teams or one team. A sales manager already sees the reps on the teams they lead.

### How much does Knockdesk cost?

Full desk is on the pricing page. A free trial is not open.