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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

Practice questions

  1. A single source of truth is otherwise known as what?
  2. What is the source of record MDM implementation method?
  3. What's the difference between a consolidated golden record and the coexistence of the golden record when implementing MDM?
  4. In a simple point-to-point integration between Salesforce and one other system, where should the ID of the record in the other system (as linked to the Salesforce record) live?
  5. If no external registry is available and external system IDs are not to be stored in Salesforce, yet Salesforce is connected through a middleware to other systems, where is the ideal place to store record ID associations?

Answers

  1. A golden record.
  2. A single system being used by everyone for access to the same single set of information.
  3. A consolidated golden record is the initiator of change in connected systems. The coexistence of the golden record means any connected system may initiate a data update (bi-directional...