Salesforce Integration-Architect - Salesforce Certified Platform Integration Architect (Plat-Arch-204)

The system requirement is to expose data from the on-premise applications to Salesforce for a more unified user experience in real-time. The possible actions that can fulfill this requirement are:

Answer B is valid becausedeveloping custom APIs on the company’s network that are invokable by Salesforce can allow Salesforce to access the data from the on-premise applications in real-time. However, this action requires opening a firewall port or using a reverse proxy to allow Salesforce to communicate with the on-premise APIs securely3

AnswerC is valid because deploying MuleSoft to the on-premise network and designing externally facing APIs to expose the data can also enable Salesforce to access the data from the on-premise applications in real-time. MuleSoft is an integration platform that can connect various systems and applications using APIs and standard protocols. MuleSoft can also handle security, orchestration, transformation, and other integration aspects.

Answer A is not valid because developing an application in Heroku that connects to the on-premise database via an ODBC string and VPC connection is not a real-time solution. Heroku is a cloud platform that can host web applications and services, but it cannot expose data from an on-premise database directly to Salesforce. To use Herokufor this purpose, an ETL tool or a middleware solution would be needed to synchronize the data between the on-premise database and Heroku, which would introduce latency and complexity to the integration.

Answer D is not valid because running a batch job with an ETL tool from an on-premise server to move data to Salesforce is also not a real-time solution. ETL stands for extract, transform, and load, which is a process of moving data from one system to another in batches. ETL toolscan be used for data migration or integration, but they cannot provide real-time access to data from on-premise applications to Salesforce. ETL tools also have limitations on data volume, frequency, and reliability.

1: Bulk API Limits 2: Bulk API Features 3: Integrating with Salesforce using Custom Web Services : MuleSoft Overview : Heroku Overview : ETL Overview

Option D is correct because Platform Shield Encryption allows you to encrypt standard fields and use them in workflow rules. Platform Shield Encryption uses AES 256-bit encryption to protect sensitive data atrest, while preserving platform functionality12

Option A is incorrect because Cryptography Class is a set of Apex methods for creating digests, message authentication codes, signatures, and encryption. It does not provide a way to encrypt standard fields or use them in workflow rules3

Option B is incorrect because Data Masking is a feature that replaces sensitive data in sandboxes with dummy data. It does not encrypt data in production or allow the use of encrypted data in workflow rules45

Option C is incorrect because Classic Encryption is a feature that encrypts custom fields with 128-bit AES encryption. It does not support standard fields or workflow rules67

Event Monitoring is used to track user activity, such as loginsand running reports, but it is not related to Platform Events. Subscribe to an AssetTokenEvent stream to monitor OAuth 2.0 authentication activity is also not related to Platform Events. When an event definition is deleted, it’s permanently removed and can’t berestored. This means that the event definition and its associated data are no longer available for subscribers or queries.

Using an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) to determine which shipping service to use, and transform requests to the necessary format is a good solution because it can provide routing, transformation, mediation, and orchestration capabilities for integrating different services. An ESB can also abstract the complexity and heterogeneity of the services from the client application, which simplifies the integration. Using Outbound Messaging to requestcosts and delivery times from Shipper delivery services with automated error retry is not a good solution because Outbound Messaging is a Salesforce-specific feature that uses SOAP web services, which may not be compatible with all shipping services. UsingAPEX REST Service to implement routing logic to the various shipping service is also not a good solution because it can introduce performance and scalability issues, as well as increase the maintenance cost and complexity of the code. Using Enterprise Service Bus user interface to collect shipper-specific form data is not a valid option because an ESB does not have a user interface component. Reference: Salesforce Integration Architecture Designer Resource Guide, page 16-17

This is because Bulk API is a RESTful API that is optimized for loading or deleting large sets of data asynchronously. By processing jobs in parallel mode, you can take advantage of the multiple resources available on the Salesforce platform and speed up the data load. The other options are not suitable for this scenario because:

B, Contact Salesforce support to schedule performance load, is not a valid option as Salesforce does not offer such a service. You are responsible for optimizing your own data load performance.

C, Use Bulk API to process jobs in serial mode, is a slower option than parallel mode as it processes one batch at a time. This is only recommended when you have dependencies betweenrecords or when you want to preserve the order of records.

D, Use Bulk API to process jobs in high performance mode, is not a valid option as there is no such mode in Bulk API. You can only choose between parallel and serial modes.

Named Credentials and Two way SSL are two security methods that an integration architect can leverage within Salesforce to secure the integration with an external system via HTTPS request. Named Credentials are a type of metadata that store authentication settings for accessing external services. They allow you to specify the URL of a service,the authentication protocol, and the credentials for accessing the service. Two way SSL is a type ofmutual authentication that requires both the client and the server to present their certificates to each other. This ensures that both parties are who theyclaim to be, and that the communication is encrypted. Two way SSL can be configured in Salesforce by uploading a certificate and a private key, and associating them with a named credential. References: Certification - Integration Architect - Trailhead, [Named Credentials], [Mutual Authentication]

Answer A is valid because the Remote Process Invocation fire and forget pattern allows sending a message from Salesforceto the ERP system without waiting for a response or acknowledgement. This enables near real-time integration and reduces the latency and complexity of the integration. The Flow Builder is a low code tool that can be used to invoke an Apex actionthat makes the HTTP callout to the REST endpoint on insert of the order object12

Answer C is valid because the Change Data Capture feature allows capturing changes in Salesforce data and publishing them as eventsto a streaming channel. The middleware can subscribe to the channel and receive the events that contain the order details. The replay Id is a unique identifier for each event that can be used by the middleware to resume from the last processed event in case of failures or interruptions. This ensures reliable and consistent integration between Salesforce and the ERP system3

Answer B is not valid because the Outbound Messaging feature uses SOAP messages to send notifications to external systems based on workflow rules. This requires configuring a SOAP endpoint and a WSDL file for the ERP system, which may not be compatible with the REST endpoint requirement. Moreover, Outbound Messaging does not guarantee delivery or order of messages, which may affect the accuracy and timeliness of the integration.

Answer D is not valid because the Platform Event feature allows publishing custom events from Salesforce to external systems or vice versa using a publish/subscribe model. However, this requires creating a platform event object and defining its fields and permissions, which may notbe a low code solution. Moreover, using the record type as the platform event name may not be a valid or meaningful option, as record types are used to define different business processes or user interfaces for an object.

1:Remote Process Invocation—Fire and Forget 2: Invoke an Apex Class That Makes a Callout 3: Change Data Capture : Replay Events Using Middleware : Outbound Messaging Implementation Guide : Platform Events Developer Guide

Leverage Change Data Capture to track changes to the Contact object and write a CometD subscriber on the homegrown application. This solution meets the requirements of keeping Salesforce and the homegrown application synchronized for consistency, using event-driven and asynchronous integration. Change Data Capture is a feature that allows you to receive near real-time notifications of changes to Salesforce records, such as inserts, updates, deletes, and undeletes. You can use Change Data Capture to track changes to the Contact object, and publish them as events to an event bus. CometD is a protocol that allows you to subscribe to events from the event bus using a streaming API. You can write a CometD subscriber on the homegrown application, and use it to receive the events and update the customer data accordingly. References: Certification - Integration Architect - Trailhead, [Change Data Capture Developer Guide], [Streaming API Developer Guide]