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Salesforce Data Architect Certification Guide

By : Aaron Allport
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Salesforce Data Architect Certification Guide

By: Aaron Allport

Overview of this book

The Salesforce Data Architect is a prerequisite exam for the Application Architect half of the Salesforce Certified Technical Architect credential. This book offers complete, up-to-date coverage of the Salesforce Data Architect exam so you can take it with confidence. The book is written in a clear, succinct way with self-assessment and practice exam questions, covering all the topics necessary to help you pass the exam with ease. You’ll understand the theory around Salesforce data modeling, database design, master data management (MDM), Salesforce data management (SDM), and data governance. Additionally, performance considerations associated with large data volumes will be covered. You’ll also get to grips with data migration and understand the supporting theory needed to achieve Salesforce Data Architect certification. By the end of this Salesforce book, you'll have covered everything you need to know to pass the Salesforce Data Architect certification exam and have a handy, on-the-job desktop reference guide to re-visit the concepts.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
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Section 1: Salesforce Data Architect Theory
9
Section 2: Salesforce Data Architect Design
15
Section 3: Applying What We've Learned – Practice Questions and Revision Aids

Accounts and Contacts

Two of the core objects in core platform clouds (such as Sales Cloud and Service Cloud) are Account and Contact. These two objects deserve a chapter of their own to describe the special behavior that the Salesforce platform gives to them.

In this chapter, we will cover the Account and Contact model, including Person Accounts and the Contacts to multiple Accounts enablement implications, Account Skew, and the implications this has on the performance of queries and reports. We’ll also look at the objects in the standard Salesforce data model that are associated with Accounts and Contacts.

By the end of this chapter, you’ll understand the Account and Contact data model, including what happens when personal accounts are enabled. You’ll also understand the implications and considerations for enabling the Contacts to multiple Accounts feature. Furthermore, you’ll understand the objects that are associated with Account and Contact. Lastly...