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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

Considerations for implementing a compliant data model

The Salesforce Certified Data Architect credential syllabus talks about implementing a compliant data model in the context of data governance. As Salesforce Data Architects, it is on us to ensure that we can recommend an approach for designing a data model that conforms to the compliance standards that are set out in regulations such as the following:

  • General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), European Union
  • California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), United States
  • Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA), Japan
  • Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD), Brazil
  • Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), Canada

This includes going over the various options available for identifying, classifying, and protecting sensitive data.

We’ll look at one such regulation now, namely the GDPR.

What is the GDPR?

The GDPR is the European data protection law that defines...