

Can you get them to use Chatter with customizations? Data Modeling and Management: 22% of the exam or ~13 questions Do you know how to account for that?Ĭhatter is great, but only if people use it. Some small enough to fit in their pockets. When you can’t find the solution on Salesforce, visit the App Exchange.ĭo you understand roles, profiles, sharing rules, and how to manage logins?ĭo you know enough to experiment with reports and dashboards, and will you share them correctly? Salesforce Fundamentals: 23% of the exam or ~14 questions The % refers to the approximate portion of questions on the exam that will cover that topic. To explain what it is, I’d like to describe the individual test sections.


The Platform App Builder Cert is ultimately designed to test your ability to build an application inside of Salesforce.

As such, when we build something for users to access and interact with inside of Salesforce, we’re essentially building an application. So, what is it? Apple did a pretty good job branding the word “app” as a mobile application for the iPhone, but an app is really just anything you interact with on a device that has a processor in it. You’ve probably guessed since the title that I’m referring to the Platform App Builder certification. This cert simply asks you to show an understanding of the very principles that Salesforce operates on. This cert doesn’t ask that you code anything, it doesn’t ask that you translate security models into weird sharing groups for community cloud, and it doesn’t require you to learn the 180 degree switch in framework that is marketing cloud. That said, one of my favorite certs to see in a peer is far from the hardest. We’ve all seen a Certified Admin who took the test 5 times and finally passed it. Of course, some certs are harder than others. They had to prove real knowledge in front of a board of experts which is no small task. While there is merit to both arguments, you won’t find many certified technical architects in the latter category. It says they are all more or less meaningless. There is another school of thought around certs. Often in the Big #(who can keep up with how many there are today) category, certs are a prerequisite for employment and they count during selection. There are several schools of thought around certifications in the Salesforce world, as there are in many IT segments.
