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Salesforce Platform App Builder Certification Guide

By : Paul Goodey GP, Goodey
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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

Exam objectives – Business Logic and Process Automation

To complete the Business Logic and Process Automation section of the Certified Platform App Builder exam, app builders are expected to be able to carry out the following:

  1. Describe the capabilities of and use cases for record types.
  2. Describe the capabilities of and use cases for formula fields.
  3. Describe the capabilities of, use cases for, and implications of roll-up summary fields.
  4. Describe the capabilities of and use cases for validation rules.
  5. Describe the capabilities of and use cases for approval processes.
  6. Describe the capabilities of and use cases for workflows, Flow, and Process Builder.
  7. Given a set of business requirements, recommend a solution to automate business processes.
  8. Describe the ramifications of field updates and the potential for recursion.

    Reference: Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder Exam Guide

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