AppExchange and external software that facilitates data backup and restoration
When working with data backup and restoration on the Salesforce platform, naturally, there are developers and software vendors that have explored how far data backup and restoration extend beyond the native platform offerings provided by Salesforce. As is the norm for many use cases on the platform, such as industry-specific extensions to business logic for a given industry vertical, there are also AppExchange packages and full-blown external software that support data backup and restore operations.
For example, Salesforce Backup and Restore is a paid add-on to your Salesforce subscription that facilitates regular, automatic backups of the data and metadata held within your Salesforce instance. Those backups can then be used to restore data and metadata to your Salesforce instance as required, irrespective of the operations that necessitated the action in the first place, such as human error.
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