Salesforce Certified Platform Integration Architect Preparation Details
The Salesforce Certified Platform Integration Architect credential validates your ability to design secure, scalable integrations across the Salesforce Platform. This guide maps every exam objective to official Salesforce documentation covering integration patterns, APIs, and security. You can also explore more Salesforce certification study guides on the Salesforce Certification category to keep building your skills.
Salesforce Certified Platform Integration Architect Materials
| Coursera | Salesforce Integration With External Systems Part 1 |
| Udemy | Salesforce Platform Integration Architect ExamPrep |
Evaluate the Current System Landscape: 8%
Given a set of business requirements, identify the current system landscape and determine what standards, limitations, boundaries, and protocols exist.
Execution Governors and Limits
API Request Limits and Allocations
Given an existing system landscape, analyze for constraints and/or pain-points to satisfy a business requirement(s).
Execution Governors and Limits
Introduction to Bulk API 2.0 and Bulk API
Given a set of requirements, evaluate the authentication and authorization needs based on the system landscape.
Evaluate Business Needs: 11%
Given a use case, identify functional and non-functional requirements needed for integration.
Execution Governors and Limits
API Request Limits and Allocations
Based on a given integration requirement, identify and classify data into Confidential/Secure/Public.
Data Classification Metadata Fields
Set Up Data Classification Metadata
How Shield Platform Encryption Works
Given a use case, identify key factors for CRM success that should be included as integration requirements.
API Request Limits and Allocations
Given a use case, identify the business growth and regulatory factors that can impact choice of integration solutions.
How Shield Platform Encryption Works
Data Classification Metadata Fields
Translate Needs to Integration Requirements: 22%
Given an existing system landscape diagram, create an inventory of the systems and integration patterns.
Work with External Data Sources
Given a use case and business process, evaluate system and process constraints.
Execution Governors and Limits
API Request Limits and Allocations
Introduction to Bulk API 2.0 and Bulk API
Analyze Total API Requests Consumption and Limits in Salesforce
Given a use case, identify integration security/authentication/authorization requirements.
Create Named Credentials and External Credentials
Given a use case, identify performance needs (volumes, response times, latency) and propose appropriate integration solutions that will meet business requirements.
Introduction to Bulk API 2.0 and Bulk API
Platform Events Developer Guide
Execution Governors and Limits
Design Integration Solutions: 28%
Given a use case, identify the integration pattern that meets business requirements.
Platform Events Developer Guide
Given a use case, define the components which create a solution that meets business requirements.
Given a use case, identify the trade-offs, limitations, and constraints that meet the proposed solution.
Execution Governors and Limits
API Request Limits and Allocations
Analyze Total API Requests Consumption and Limits in Salesforce
Given a use case that includes technical requirements, constraints, or drivers, specify the appropriate Salesforce application programming interface(s) (API) for the proposed solution.
Introduction to Bulk API 2.0 and Bulk API
Platform Events Developer Guide
Given a use case that includes technical requirements, constraints, or drivers, determine the standards, components, techniques, and security mechanism that should be used.
Build Solution: 23%
Given a use case that includes technical requirements, constraints, or drivers, identify the considerations when designing and implementing an API(s), both Salesforce as an API provider and Salesforce as an API consumer.
Given a use case, identify the considerations when choosing the right option in making an outbound call to an external system.
Named Credentials as Callout Endpoints
External Services Considerations
Given a use case, describe what should be considered when building a scalable solution.
Introduction to Bulk API 2.0 and Bulk API
Execution Governors and Limits
Given a use case, determine error handling for different integration options.
Considerations for Publishing and Subscribing to Platform Events with Apex
Given a use case, create a security solution for inbound or outbound integrations.
Create Named Credentials and External Credentials
Given a use case, identify the factors needed to build resilience in an integration solution for system updates.
Keep Your External Data Current with Change Data Capture
Considerations for Publishing and Subscribing to Platform Events with Apex
Maintain Integration: 8%
Given an integration maintenance use case, identify performance monitoring needs for integration requirements.
What does Event Monitoring do?
Analyze Total API Requests Consumption and Limits in Salesforce
Given a use case, identify the appropriate error handling, escalation, and recovery procedures for a failed integration.
Considerations for Publishing and Subscribing to Platform Events with Apex
Manage Real-Time Event Monitoring Events
Given a use case, identify reporting needs for integration monitoring.
Real-Time Event Monitoring Data Streaming
What does Event Monitoring do?
Manage Real-Time Event Monitoring Events
Wrapping Up Salesforce Certified Platform Integration Architect
This study guide walked through every domain of the Salesforce Certified Platform Integration Architect exam, from evaluating system landscapes to designing and maintaining secure integrations. Working through each linked resource will help you build the hands-on integration architecture skills the exam expects. You can also explore more Salesforce certification study guides on the Salesforce Certification category to keep building your skills. Have a question or tip? Leave a comment below.
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