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Salesforce Data Architect Certification Guide

Salesforce Data Architect Certification Guide

By : Aaron Allport
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Salesforce Data Architect Certification Guide

Salesforce Data Architect Certification Guide

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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
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Section 2: Salesforce Data Architect Design
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Section 3: Applying What We've Learned – Practice Questions and Revision Aids

Migrating Large Data Volumes to Salesforce

When loading LDVs (hundreds of thousands or millions of records) into Salesforce, there are various tools and considerations to keep in mind. Firstly, the Application Programming Interface (API) used to load the data into Salesforce can make a huge difference. The Bulk API can be used to load lots of data in parallel (by setting it to parallel mode). This can cause record-locking issues, whereby records cannot be loaded as their parent is locked. However, typically, this results in a faster load time compared to loading data in one batch at a time (known as serial mode). A way to reduce the likelihood of getting record-locking issues is to order the records to be loaded by the parent record IDs. Thinking purely in terms of performance, the Bulk API in parallel mode is the fastest way to load millions of records into Salesforce in the shortest amount of time. An external ID field can be used to avoid duplicates while importing records, as the...

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