Salesforce Certified Platform Data Architect (Plat-Arch-201) Exam - Topic 3 Question 62 Discussion

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Question #: 62
Topic #: 3

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Universal Container (US) is replacing a home-grown CRM solution with Salesforce, UC has decided to migrate operational (Open and active) records to Salesforce, while keeping historical records in legacy system, UC would like historical records to be available in Salesforce on an as needed basis.

Which solution should a data architect recommend to meet business requirement?

ALeverage real-time integration to pull records into Salesforce.

BBring all data Salesforce, and delete it after a year.

CLeverage mashup to display historical records in Salesforce.

DBuild a chair solution to go the legacy system and display records.

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Suggested Answer: C

According to theUsing Mashupsarticle on Salesforce Developers, one of the techniques for deploying large data volumes is to use mashups to display historical records in Salesforce. The article states that ''Mashups are a way to display data from an external system within a Salesforce page without copying or synchronizing the data. Mashups use a combination of Visualforce, Apex callouts, and JavaScript code that runs in the browser. Mashups are useful when you want to display large amounts of read-only data that is stored outside of Salesforce.'' Therefore, a data architect should recommend this solution to meet the business requirement of UC.

by Sarina at Jul 04, 2025, 08:44 AM

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Devon

2 months ago

Building a chair solution? Sounds complicated and unnecessary!

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Fletcher

2 months ago

Wait, why would they delete data after a year? That seems risky!

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Lewis

3 months ago

Option C sounds like a smart move for accessing historical data.

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Emilio

3 months ago

Definitely leaning towards Option C for the mashup approach.

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Emilio

3 months ago

I disagree, real-time integration (Option A) is more efficient!

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Jennifer

3 months ago

Option B seems risky since deleting data after a year could lead to compliance issues. I feel like leveraging a mashup, as in option C, might be the safest approach.

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Britt

3 months ago

I’m leaning towards option D, but I’m a bit confused about what a "chair solution" really means. Is it a typo or a specific term?

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Josefa

4 months ago

I think we practiced a similar question where real-time integration was mentioned. Option A could work, but it might not be the best for accessing historical data on demand.

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Brandon

4 months ago

I remember discussing the importance of keeping historical records separate during our study sessions. Option C seems like a good fit, but I'm not entirely sure about the technical feasibility.

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Justine

4 months ago

The mashup option sounds interesting, but I'm not sure how well that would integrate with the Salesforce UI and user experience. I'll need to explore the technical details of that approach.

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Miriam

4 months ago

Bringing all the data into Salesforce and deleting it after a year seems risky from a data retention perspective. I'll want to understand the business requirements around historical data access more before recommending that.

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Arletta

4 months ago

I think the real-time integration approach could work well, but I'm concerned about the performance impact and potential for data latency. I'll need to dig into that further.

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Raul

5 months ago

Hmm, I'm a bit confused by the "chair solution" option. I'm not sure what that means, so I'll need to research that one more.

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Shenika

5 months ago

This seems like a straightforward integration problem, but I'll need to think through the pros and cons of each option carefully.

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Lucy

7 months ago

Bringing all the data into Salesforce and then deleting it after a year? That sounds like a recipe for disaster. What if we need that historical data down the line?

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Robt

5 months ago

Bringing all the data into Salesforce and then deleting it after a year? That sounds like a recipe for disaster. What if we need that historical data down the line?

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