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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)
1
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

Data APIs and Apex

In this chapter, we’re going to explore the various Salesforce Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that relate to data operations. Understanding the various APIs and Apex operations is important in rounding out your knowledge of the programmatical capabilities of the Salesforce platform as it relates to data operations. When taking the exam, you may get quizzed on hypothetical scenario questions that involve answering based on use of a Salesforce API or the use of Apex code to achieve a certain data operation. Therefore, this is crucial in rounding out your knowledge as a Salesforce Data Architect. In this chapter, we’re also going to look at Apex facilities relating to data, including database operations, working with batch data methods, and asynchronous Apex.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • How to call an API
  • Lightning Platform Data APIs
  • Apex Database operations
  • Batch Apex
  • Asynchronous Apex
  • ...