Salesforce Consultant Education-Cloud-Consultant Release Date

Data Integration and Analysis:

Data Cloud(formerly known as Salesforce Customer 360 Data Manager) is designed for ingesting, harmonizing, and analyzing data from multiple sources.

It provides a centralized platform to manage batch data from Education Cloud and other systems.

Capabilities of Data Cloud:

Data Ingestion: Ability to import data from various sources including Education Cloud, ERP systems, and other databases.

Data Harmonization: Standardizes and merges data to create a unified view.

Data Analysis: Offers tools to analyze and visualize the harmonized data for insights.

Implementation Steps:

Enable Data Cloud: Work with Salesforce support to enable Data Cloud for your org.

Configure Data Sources: Set up connections to the various data sources.

Define Data Models: Create data models to harmonize data from different systems.

Setup Data Integration: Configure data integration processes to regularly ingest and update data.

Analyze Data: Use Data Cloud's analytics tools to generate insights from the unified data.

References:

Salesforce Documentation:Salesforce Data Cloud

Program Enrollment is an EDA object that tracks the enrollment of a student in a specific program or course of study. It can store information such as the program name, start and end dates, status, and credits earned. The consultant should use this object to meet the requirement of tracking new students and their current course of study for the Undergraduate Admissions office. References: [Salesforce Education Cloud Academy: Consultant Fundamentals], [EDA Data Model]

The initial step that the consultant should take when planning to integrate Salesforce with the Student Information System (SIS) is B. Define the process1. This means that the consultant should identify the business requirements, use cases, and scenarios that the integration should support, such as data synchronization, data transformation, data validation, error handling, etc. The consultant should also determine the scope, frequency, direction, and volume of the data exchange, as well as the security and performance considerations2.

A. Disable Trigger Handler records and C. Use the Data Import Wizard are not valid steps for the initial integration planning. Disabling Trigger Handler records is a step that may be required when installing the Education Data Architecture (EDA) package in an existing Salesforce org, as it can prevent conflicts with existing triggers and workflows3. However, this is not related to the integration with the SIS. Using the Data Import Wizard is a tool that can be used to import data from external sources into Salesforce, such asaccounts, contacts, leads, etc4. However, this is not a step for the initial integration planning, but rather a possible option for the data migration or loading.

he consultant should discuss with the school that Person Accounts must be enabled as a compatibility consideration for using EDA and creating Giving Pages. Person Accounts are a feature that allows users to store information about individual people who are not associated with an Account, such as donors or applicants. Person Accounts are required for using EDA and creating Giving Pages, because they enable users to track donations and payments from individual donors. Accounting Subledger is not installed, but rather purchased separately. Elevate is not incompatible with Advisor Link, but rather integrates with it. Gift Entry Manager is not required, but rather optional. References:

https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.accounts_person_behavior.htm &type=5

https://www.salesforce.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Elevate-and-Giving-Pages.pdf