Free Official Salesforce Certified Data Architect Study Guide

Course Content

Introduction

Overview of Salesforce Certified Data Architect Exam

Chapter 1: Data Modeling/Database Design

Techniques and Considerations for Designing a Data Model for the Customer 360 Platform

Designing a Scalable Data Model that Respects the Current Security and Sharing Model

Capturing and Managing Business and Technical Metadata

Comparing Big Objects vs. Standard/Custom Objects in a Salesforce Data Model

Techniques to Avoid Data Skew in a Salesforce Data Model

Chapter 2: Master Data Management

Techniques, Approaches, and Considerations for Implementing Master Data Management Solutions

Establishing a “Golden Record” or “System of Truth” for the Customer Domain in a Single Org

Consolidating Data Attributes from Multiple Sources

Capturing and Maintaining Customer Reference & Metadata for Business Rules

Chapter 3: Salesforce Data Management

Optimizing Salesforce License Types to Leverage Standard and Custom Objects

Ensuring Data Consistency in Salesforce

Creating a Single View of the Customer on the Salesforce Platform

Designing Strategies to Consolidate and Leverage Data from Multiple Salesforce Instances

Chapter 4: Data Governance

Designing a GDPR Compliant Data Model

Identifying, Classifying, and Protecting Personal and Sensitive Information

Designing and Implementing an Enterprise Data Governance Program

Chapter 5: Large Data Volume Considerations

Designing a Data Model that Scales with Large Data Volume and Ensures Performance

Creating a Data Archiving and Purging Plan for Effective Data Storage Management

Understanding and Using Virtualized Data in Salesforce

Chapter 6: Data Migration

Techniques and Methods for Ensuring High Data Quality at Load Time

Techniques for Improving Performance When Migrating Large Data Volumes into Salesforce

Techniques and Considerations for Exporting Data from Salesforce