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Monday, June 8, 2020

Tips for passing Salesforce B2B Commerce Administrator Certification

Motivation behind this


Yesterday (7th June,2020), I have successfully passed B2B Commerce Administrator certification. Now a days, there will be lot of opportunities on B2B Commerce space which motivates me to learn this.

Right now, there are very limited guidance for preparing B2B Commerce Cloud certification, that's why thought of sharing this. Here are few tips to pass this exam.

Exam Outline


  • Prerequisite: There are no prerequisites for taking this exam
  • Exam Format: 50 multiple-choice questions
  • Time allotted to complete the exam: 90 minutes
  • Passing score: 70%
  • Registration fee: 200 USD
  • Delivery options: Online proctored or onsite proctored delivery. 
  • Results: Provided immediately after exam submission as on-screen text and by email.
  • See the Salesforce Accredited B2B Commerce Administrator Exam Guide for more information about this credential.

I have given myself three weeks of time frame around 60 hours to learn and prepare for this certification and happy to see me passed.




Preparation

  • Completed Salesforce B2B Commerce Basics trailhead module.
  • Getting a org, since I am working for Salesforce ISV Partner so got an org to explore on this. You can install B2B Commerce package at your Developer Edition to explore it.
  • Install package from this Link
  • Link to Partner Navigator (available for Salesforce Partners) B2B Commerce Learning Path
Here is the coverage of Deck Videos:




One Stop Resource



Core Data Model


User and Account Data 

This diagram shows how a community user is related to Account and Storefront.


Pricing and Entitlement

CC Account Group is driving pricing and products which customer can see.



User Presentation

One of the important data models on how Product, Categories, Promotions are related and what are the objects related to internationalization.


Topics to Consider for Exam


I have categorized the topics as follows, for easy reference I have mentioned wiki as hyperlink.


    • Home Page:How to define Spotlight Products, Featured Products, Effective Accounts, Different Widgets.
  • Buyer Accounts and Other Storefront users:
    • Account GroupsAccount groups determine the products and prices your customers see.
    • Effective Accounts : Ability for an user to choose Accounts to browse through the product and place order.
    • CSR Guide : Ability for a Customer Service Rep to login on behalf of Customer.
  • Product and Pricing: This section is most important, there are lots of question with different combinations.
    • Products : Check different types of combinations like Bundles, Kits, Dynamic Kits, Aggregated, Assembly and how products are defined, how pricing is defined, which Component is used for maintaining relationships. Following diagram gives more clarity.


    • Price Lists : How the price lists is defined, check Pricing Strategies Tier based Pricing, Subscription Pricing, Attribute Driven Commerce.



    • Category Product Spec Filter : which helps to Customer to find products.
    • Promotions : How the promotions can be defined, what are the image sources, what the points to be considered for multiple languages.
    • Contract Pricing : Why it is important to link with CC Price Group instead of CC Account Group.

    • Coupons : What types of discounts we can offer, what is the rule types and where Coupons can be applicable or not applicable.
  • Localization: How to localize Storefront, User and Object Localization
  • Seller Market Place : Configuring sellers
Hope, it will help you to prepare for this exam.

Monday, October 23, 2017

Tips for passing Data Architecture & Management Designer (SU'17)

Today (22nd Oct'2017), I have successfully passed Data Architecture and Management Designer (SU17) and acquired Salesforce certified Application Architect credential.

I have faced total 60 questions. Unlike Sharing and Visibility exam there are no additional questions. It has taken around 100 hours of preparation mostly one and half months time frame.






Exam Objective

The Salesforce Certified Data Architecture and Management Designer exam has the following characteristics:
  • Content: 60 multiple-choice/multiple-select questions* (2-5 unscored questions may be added)
  • Time allotted to complete the exam: 90 minutes (time allows for unscored questions)
  • Passing Score: 67%
  • Registration fee: USD 400, plus applicable taxes as required per local law
  • Retake fee: USD 200, plus applicable taxes as required per local law
  • Delivery options: Proctored exam delivered onsite at a testing center or in an online proctored environment. Click here for information on scheduling an exam.
  • References: No hard-copy or online materials may be referenced during the exam.
  • Prerequisite: None

Preparing myself

Before I started my preparation, I have prepared a document and noted down all the points and advice mentioned by these guys. Thanks to all of them.


Topics I have received on Exam


  • Strategies for data migration, data archieval
  • How to resolve timeout issues
  • Skinny table
  • PK Chunking
  • Use of Bulk API
  • Use of rollup summary
  • Different types of locking and how to overcome those
  • Master data management
  • Reports and Dashboards
  • Integration with external system
  • Validation rule, workflow rule, outbound message.
  • Indexing
  • Use of External Ids
  • Use of AppExchange product and third party ETL tool
  • Field History tracking
  • Metadata API.
  • Analytic snapshot.
By the way, Salesforce recommended training guide doesn't cover 100% areas of the exam. Around 10-15% of the questions were outside of the material which I could assume so far.