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Salesforce Platform App Builder Certification Guide

By : Paul Goodey GP, Goodey
Book Image

Salesforce Platform App Builder Certification Guide

By: Paul Goodey GP, Goodey

Overview of this book

Do you want to be able to confidently design and build apps that support business processes within the Lightning Platform? Salesforce Platform App Builder Certification Guide not only helps you to do this, but also prepares you for the certification exam. The book starts by describing the core capabilities of the Lightning Platform. You'll learn techniques for data modeling to design, build, and deploy apps without writing code and achieve rapid results with the declarative capabilities that the Lightning Platform provides. Next, you'll explore utilities for importing and exporting data and the features available in the Lightning Platform to restrict and extend access to objects, fields, and records. You'll also be able to customize the Salesforce Lightning Experience user interface (UI) and build functionality for custom buttons, links, and actions. Later, this certification study guide will take you through reporting and the social and mobile features of the Lightning Platform. Finally, you’ll get to grips with Salesforce build environments and deployment options. By the end of this Salesforce book, you'll not only have learned how to build data models, enforce data security, and implement business logic and process automation, but also have gained the confidence to pass the Platform App Builder exam and achieve Salesforce certification.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
1
Section 1: Introduction to the Lightning Platform Core
5
Section 2: Behind the Scenes
11
Section 3: A Step Closer to the Exam

Understanding Salesforce data analytics options

In previous chapters, we have covered various mechanisms that involve the use of data such as the design and build of a data model, the importing and exporting of data, and the securing of access to data. The data in the Lightning Platform and Salesforce CRM is a fundamental aspect of the customer relationship management business application. Without data, the Lightning Platform provides very little business benefit.

Data analytics provides the facilities to analyze data that exists or has been generated within a system. By analyzing the data in the Lightning Platform and supporting systems, you can produce reports and dashboards that help to determine metrics, discover hidden insights, and improve business process and overall performance measures.

In the Salesforce suite of data analytics products, there are various options available for carrying out a range of analysis and reporting. These products are either provided out of the...