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Salesforce Data Architecture and Management

By : Ahsan Zafar
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Salesforce Data Architecture and Management

By: Ahsan Zafar

Overview of this book

As Salesforce orgs mature over time, data management and integrations are becoming more challenging than ever. Salesforce Data Architecture and Management follows a hands-on approach to managing data and tracking the performance of your Salesforce org. You’ll start by understanding the role and skills required to become a successful data architect. The book focuses on data modeling concepts, how to apply them in Salesforce, and how they relate to objects and fields in Salesforce. You’ll learn the intricacies of managing data in Salesforce, starting from understanding why Salesforce has chosen to optimize for read rather than write operations. After developing a solid foundation, you’ll explore examples and best practices for managing your data. You’ll understand how to manage your master data and discover what the Golden Record is and why it is important for organizations. Next, you'll learn how to align your MDM and CRM strategy with a discussion on Salesforce’s Customer 360 and its key components. You’ll also cover data governance, its multiple facets, and how GDPR compliance can be achieved with Salesforce. Finally, you'll discover Large Data Volumes (LDVs) and best practices for migrating data using APIs. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-versed with data management, data backup, storage, and archiving in Salesforce.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
1
Section 1: Data Architecture and Data Management Essentials
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Section 2: Salesforce Data Governance and Master Data Management
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Section 3: Large Data Volumes (LDVs) and Data Migrations

Customer 360

You may have noticed that the organizational structure of enterprises is often reflected in the way digital transformation is talked about and implemented. Everyone realizes the need to keep pace with the changing business and regulatory environment and transform their business to stay competitive. However, at the time of implementation, for example, a division selling large mining trucks will implement its own quoting solution when there was already a solution that was used by the construction division. The rationale may be that the construction business is so different from the mining business that it requires its own quoting solution. With more and more organizations realizing the importance of business and enterprise architecture, we may see fewer of these types of scenarios playing out, but nonetheless, they remain a reality and present good examples of how silos are formed and ultimately reflected in digital products that a company creates.

This siloing of IT...