Education-Cloud-Consultant Salesforce Certified Education Cloud Consultant Exam (SP24) Questions and Answers

The consultant should leverage the existing flow Sample: Application Auto Admit to automatically admit applicants if they meet certain criteria for the community college that would like to use Admissions Connect. A flow is a tool that allows users to automate business processes by guiding users through screens, collecting data, or executing actions. Sample: Application Auto Admit is an existing flow in Admissions Connect that allows users to automatically admit applicants if they meet certain criteria, such as GPA or test scores. The consultant can leverage the existing flow Sample: Application Auto Admit to automatically admit applicants if they meet certain criteria for the community college that would like to use Admissions Connect by configuring and customizing the flow to match their admission requirements and policies. Creating a new flow, activating the ApplicantCommunityHomePageController Apex class, or developing a custom trigger that checks the submission deadline against the current date are not things that the consultant should do to automatically admit applicants if they meet certain criteria for the community college that would like to use Admissions Connect. References:

• https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.flow.htm&type=5
• https://www.salesforce.org/products/admissions-connect/overview/

The consultant should consider Program Management Module as a Salesforce solution to track program costs within its budget and related revenue streams each program brings to the school for the school for continuing education. Program Management Module is a product that allows users to manage programs, services, or interventions for their constituents. Program Management Module can help the school for continuing education track program costs within its budget and related revenue streams each program brings to the school by using features such as Programs, Services, Service Deliveries, or Service Reports. The consultant can also leverage other tools such as reports, dashboards, or formulas to track and analyze program costs and revenue streams. Accounting Subledger, Grants Management, or Marketing Cloud are not Salesforce solutions that can track program costs within its budget and related revenue streams each program brings to the school for the school for continuing education. References:

• https://www.salesforce.org/products/program-management-module/overview/
• https://powerofus.force.com/s/article/PMM-Overview

The consultant should use a custom index to resolve the issue of taking a long time to search and generate list views for the large online university’s Salesforce environment that has a large volume of records and uses EDA. A custom index is a feature that allows users to create an index on a field that is not indexed by default, such as a custom field, a long text area field, or a multi-select picklist field. A custom index can help improve the performance and speed of queries and list views that use the indexed field as a filter. The consultant should identify the fields that are frequently used in searches and list views, and request Salesforce Support to create a custom index on them. MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Data Loader error logs, and Table-Driven Trigger Management are not features that can resolve the issue of taking a long time to search and generate list views for the large online university’s Salesforce environment that has a large volume of records and uses EDA. References:

• https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.customize_index.htm&type=5
• https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.salesforce_large_data_volumes_bp.meta/salesforce_large_data_volumes_bp/ldv_deployments_infrastructure_indexes.htm

Affiliation Mappings are used to automatically create and populate the Primary Affiliation field on the Contact record based on the Account record type of the related Affiliation. For example, if a Contact has an Affiliation with an Account of record type “Academic Program”, the Primary Affiliation field on the Contact record will be populated with that Account name. The consultant can go to Affiliation Mappings in EDA Settings to configure which Account record types should trigger this behavior and which fields should be used to store the Primary Affiliation. References:

• Education Data Architecture Basics - Unit 3: Affiliations and Relationships
• EDA Documentation - Affiliation Mappings

The Trailblazer Community is a resource that the consultant can recommend for best practices and tips on Salesforce data governance. The Trailblazer Community is an online platform where customers can connect with other Salesforce users, experts, and partners, and share their knowledge and experience. The Trailblazer Community also provides access to groups, events, blogs, webinars, and resources related to various topics, including data governance. The IdeaExchange, the Partner Community, and the AppExchange are not resources that provide best practices and tips on Salesforce data governance. References:

• https://trailblazer.salesforce.com/
• https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/trailblazer_community_basics

The Education Data Architecture (EDA) allows you to map fields from the Affiliation object to the Contact object, so that when an Affiliation record is created or updated, the mapped fields are automatically populated on the Contact record. This way, you can track the primary chapter of an alumni on the Contact record without creating a custom field or record type23

The consultant should create a Student Case record and an Administrative Account record to set up a student in Student Success Hub. Student Case is an object that represents a student’s request for assistance or support from an advisor or a counselor. Student Case can be used to track various information about a student’s issue, such as status, priority, category, or resolution. The consultant should create a Student Case record for each student who needs assistance or support from Student Success Hub. Administrative Account is an account model that allows users to store information about individuals who are related to an educational institution, such as students, faculty, staff, or alumni. Administrative Account can be used to track various information about an individual, such as name, email, phone, or address. The consultant should create an Administrative Account record for each student who is enrolled in the educational institution. Creating a User record or a Household Account record are not steps to set up a student in Student Success Hub. References:

• https://www.salesforce.org/products/student-success-hub/overview/
• https://powerofus.force.com/s/article/SSHub-Student-Cases
• https://powerofus.force.com/s/article/EDA-Accounts

To enable external users to create and edit reports, the consultant should grant them the necessary permissions on their profile. The Create and Customize Reports permission allows users to create new reports and edit existing ones. The Report Builder permission allows users to use the report builder tool to design reports. The Edit My Reports permission allows users to edit reports that they own or have access to. The consultant should enable these permissions on the Volunteers profile to meet the requirement of the director of advancement. References: [Salesforce Education Cloud Academy: Consultant Fundamentals], [Report Permissions for External Users]

A Contact and Account report can be used to segment business school alumni by Household who work for Fortune 500 companies using Cross Filters. The report can filter Contacts by their Primary Affiliation to the business school and their Household Account Name, and then use a Cross Filter to show Accounts with Account Type equals Fortune 500. A Contact and Affiliations report can show the affiliation details of Contacts, but not their Household information. A Contact and Relationships report can show the relationship details of Contacts, but not their Account Type. References:

• https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.reports_cross_filters.htm&type=5
• https://powerofus.force.com/s/article/EDA-Reports

Mass Actions allow advisors to send follow-up emails to multiple students at once from the Student Success Hub. Queue Management is a feature that helps advisors prioritize their tasks and appointments, not send emails. Alerts are notifications that appear on the Student Success Hub to inform advisors of important events or actions, not send emails. References:

• https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.advisor_link_mass_actions.htm&type=5
• https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.advisor_link_queue_management.htm&type=5
• https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.advisor_link_alerts.htm&type=5

Salesforce Data Mask is a solution that the consultant can recommend to ensure that student information remains private in a sandbox environment. Salesforce Data Mask allows the consultant to anonymize or delete sensitive data in a sandbox, such as names, emails, phone numbers, and addresses. Salesforce Data Mask also preserves the data relationships and functionality, so the sandbox can still be used for staff training. Formula Fields, Event Monitoring, and Salesforce Shield are not solutions that can keep sensitive information anonymous in a sandbox. References:

• https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.data_mask.htm&type=5
• https://www.salesforce.com/products/platform/features/data-mask/

A Salesforce system admin is a role that should participate in the Salesforce Center of Excellence (COE) for the business school that will implement Salesforce for its MBA recruitment and admissions. A Salesforce system admin is a person who configures, maintains, and supports the Salesforce platform, ensuring that it meets the needs and requirements of the users and stakeholders. A Salesforce system admin is also responsible for managing user access, security, data quality, reports, dashboards, workflows, and integrations2. A Salesforce system admin can provide valuable input and feedback to the COE, as well as execute the tasks and projects assigned by the COE.

A university technology vice president and a president of the university are not roles that should participate in the Salesforce COE for the business school. A university technology vice president is a person who oversees the overall IT strategy, budget, and operations of the university, but may not have direct involvement or expertise in the Salesforce platform3. A president of the university is a person who leads the academic, administrative, and financial affairs of the university, but may not have direct involvement or expertise in the Salesforce platform4. These roles may be consulted or informed by the COE, but they are not part of the COE team.

The consultant should ask about the success metrics for the project to understand the goals and expectations of the Career Services department and how to measure them. This will help the consultant design a solution that aligns with the department’s vision and needs. Which users need system admin access and what is the estimated project budget are questions that can be asked later in the project planning or execution phase, not during the discovery session. References:

• https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/education-cloud-basics/education-cloud-discovery
• https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/education-cloud-basics/education-cloud-project-planning

The consultant should recommend to disable address-related Trigger Handler records for the university that uses EDA to manage its prospective and current students and has the student Contact Mailing Address fields and records populated in Salesforce through an integration with an external system. Trigger Handler records are records that control the behavior of EDA triggers and can be disabled or enabled as needed. Disabling address-related Trigger Handler records can help prevent duplicate or conflicting address records from being created or updated by EDA when the student Contact Mailing Address fields and records are populated in Salesforce through an integration with an external system. Disabling all EDA and custom Trigger Handler records, setting record-level trigger firing based on the Account record type, or setting the Default Account Model to Administrative are not recommendations for the university that uses EDA to manage its prospective and current students and has the student Contact Mailing Address fields and records populated in Salesforce through an integration with an external system. References:

• https://powerofus.force.com/s/article/EDA-TDTM
• https://powerofus.force.com/s/article/EDA-Addresses

The EDA Data Dictionary is a document that provides information about the EDA objects and fields, and how they relate to each other. The consultant can reference this document to map the information from the legacy system to the corresponding EDA objects and fields in Salesforce. The other options are not documents that can help the consultant complete this task. References:

• https://powerofus.force.com/s/article/EDA-Data-Dictionary

The consultant should map Salesforce custom objects to EDA objects to prepare for installing EDA into an existing Salesforce org. This means identifying which custom objects in the existing org have similar or equivalent functionality as EDA objects, and mapping their fields and relationships accordingly. This will help the consultant determine which custom objects can be replaced by EDA objects, which custom objects need to be integrated with EDA objects, and which custom objects need to be retained as they are. Choosing a middleware tool to integrate EDA, building applicable API customizations, and exporting all existing Salesforce data are not tasks that the consultant should do to prepare for installing EDA. References:

• https://powerofus.force.com/s/article/EDA-Migrate
• https://www.salesforce.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Education_Cloud_Migration_Guide.pdf

User contest and post go-live recap are two communication examples that the consultant can recommend to send after implementation. User contest is a type of communication that encourages users to participate in a competition or a challenge related to using Salesforce, such as completing a certain number of tasks, earning badges on Trailhead, or submitting feedback or ideas. User contest can help increase user engagement, adoption, and satisfaction with Salesforce. Post go-live recap is a type of communication that summarizes the results and outcomes of the implementation project, such as key achievements, lessons learned, success stories, or next steps. Post go-live recap can help celebrate the project completion, acknowledge the project team and stakeholders, and provide guidance for future improvements. Teaser email and project sponsor profile are two communication examples that the consultant can recommend to send before implementation. References:

• https://www.salesforce.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Education_Cloud_COE_Guide.pdf
• https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/change_management/change_management_communicate

Ownership data skew is what the consultant should discuss with the university, because it is a potential performance issue that can occur when a large number of records are owned by a single user. In this case, the Integration User owns over one million Contact records, which can cause slow or failed queries, reports, or list views. The consultant should advise the university to distribute the ownership of the records among multiple users or queues to avoid ownership data skew. API call limits, account data skew, and OAuth token limits are not relevant to this scenario. References:

• https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.data_skew_ownership.htm&type=5
• https://developer.salesforce.com/blogs/engineering/2012/04/avoid-account-data-skew-for-peak-performance.html

Appointment Scheduling is a solution that the consultant can recommend to meet the requirement of providing career advice to current students and alumni via phone, email, or face-to-face. Appointment Scheduling is a feature that allows users to create and manage appointments with customers or clients from Salesforce. Appointment Scheduling can be used to offer different types of services, such as career advice, tutoring, or counseling. Appointment Scheduling also integrates with calendars, email notifications, and reports. Success Teams, Queue Management, and Assignment Rules are not solutions that can meet the requirement of providing career advice to current students and alumni via phone, email, or face-to-face. References:

• https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.appointment_scheduling_overview.htm&type=5
• https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/appointment-scheduling

The first step that the consultant should take when integrating Salesforce with the Student Information System (SIS) is to identify the integration layers, which are the components that define how data is exchanged between the systems, such as the data model, the data format, the data transport, and the data security. This will help the consultant understand the scope and complexity of the integration project and choose the appropriate tools and methods. Disabling Trigger Handler records and using the Data Import Wizard are steps that can be taken later in the project execution or testing phase, not initially. References:

• https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/education-cloud-basics/education-cloud-integrations
• https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.data_loader_disable_triggers_workflow.htm&type=5
• https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.data_importer.htm&type=5

An app on the AppExchange is a solution that the consultant can recommend to extend the Salesforce environment to support event management functionality. The AppExchange is a marketplace where customers can find apps that provide additional features and solutions for Salesforce. There are many apps on the AppExchange that offer event management capabilities, such as registration pages, ticketing, and agenda-building. The consultant can help the Advancement department choose an app that meets their needs and budget. Elevate and Giving Pages, Gift Entry Manager, and Event Monitoring are not solutions that can provide event management functionality. References:

• https://appexchange.salesforce.com/appxStore?type=App&keyword=event%20management
• https://www.salesforce.org/blog/event-management-apps-for-nonprofits-and-higher-ed/

The student number is the external ID that the consultant should recommend to match spreadsheet information with the Salesforce Contact record. The external ID is a field that uniquely identifies a record and can be used to match records from different data sources. The student number is a unique identifier for each student that can be used to match the spreadsheet information with the Contact record in Salesforce. The email address, company name, and company phone are not unique identifiers for each student and cannot be used as external IDs. References:

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

The data should be imported in the order of Account, Term, Program Enrollment, and Course records for the career center that plans to use Student Success Hub and is preparing to import student data. The order of data import is important to ensure that the data is consistent and accurate in Salesforce and that the relationships between the objects are maintained. The data should be imported in the order of Account, Term, Program Enrollment, and Course records because these objects have dependencies or lookups to each other. For example, a Program Enrollment record has a lookup to an Account record and a Term record, and a Course record has a lookup to a Term record. Importing the data in this order can help avoid errors or missing data. Course, Course Offering, Program Plan, and Affiliation records or Account, Term, Course, and Course Offering records are not correct orders of data import for the career center that plans to use Student Success Hub and is preparing to import student data. References:

• https://powerofus.force.com/s/article/EDA-Data-Import
• https://powerofus.force.com/s/article/EDA-Program-Enrollments

Trailhead is a resource that the consultant can recommend for training users to learn basic Salesforce functionality at their own pace and track lesson completion. Trailhead is an online learning platform that provides interactive and gamified content on various Salesforce topics, such as products, features, skills, and best practices. Trailhead also allows users to earn badges and points as they complete modules and projects, and track their progress and achievements. Trailhead is free and accessible to anyone who wants to learn Salesforce. Power of Us Hub, Trailblazer Community, and Salesforce Einstein are not resources that provide training on basic Salesforce functionality. References:

• https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/home
• https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/trailhead_basics

The first thing that the consultant should do to assess the situation is to document solution requirements from the groups involved. This will help the consultant understand the current state, pain points, goals, and needs of each group that uses or will use Salesforce, and how they relate to each other. This will also help the consultant determine whether EDA is a suitable solution for all groups, or whether some customization or integration is needed. Submitting a Salesforce Support case to merge orgs, installing EDA into one of the production environments, and creating a new Salesforce org using EDA as the foundation are not good first steps, because they do not involve gathering requirements from the stakeholders, and they may cause data loss or disruption. References:

• https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/education-cloud-basics/education-cloud-basics-discovery
• https://powerofus.force.com/s/article/EDA-Migrate

The impact of creating a Contact without a parent Account is that Contacts are public to all users, potentially sharing sensitive data. This is because Contacts without a parent Account are considered as private contacts, and they do not follow the sharing rules of the Account object. Private contacts are visible to all users in the same role or above, regardless of the Contact owner or the organization-wide default settings. This can expose sensitive student information to users who should not have access to it. Contacts without a parent Account are not private only to the record owner, at risk of ownership data skew, or require manually creating a related Affiliation record to enable sharing. References:

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

Table-Driven Trigger Management (TDTM) is a tool to manage the code in Salesforce and control how Apex behaves5. TDTM allows the consultant to easily rearrange the order of things via a table in the Salesforce interface (hence, the “Table-Driven” in TDTM)6. With TDTM, the consultant can tell the Apex trigger: do X first, then Y, then Z, without writing any code6. TDTM is part of the Education Data Architecture (EDA) and can be accessed from EDA Settings5. References:

• 5: Table-Driven Trigger Management (TDTM) Overview - Salesforce7
• 6: Table-Driven Trigger Management and Why it Matters8

The consultant should recommend to manage course payments in the transaction system as a data management strategy for course payment information. This means that the course payment information will not be stored or processed in Salesforce or Pardot, but rather in a separate system that is designed for handling transactions. This can help the system admin keep Salesforce clean and focused on CRM data for reports and automation, and avoid data duplication, integration issues, or security risks. Migrating course payments to Pardot and Salesforce, managing course payments in the transaction system and Pardot, or integrating course payments from Salesforce to the transaction system are not data management strategies that can help the system admin keep Salesforce clean and focused on CRM data for reports and automation. References:

• https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.data_management.htm&type=5
• https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/data-management

TDTM is a framework that allows administrators to customize the behavior of Education Data Architecture (EDA) by defining triggers, classes, and custom settings2. One of the benefits of TDTM is that it controls the order in which operations execute, which can improve performance and avoid conflicts or errors2. For example, TDTM can ensure that account names are updated before affiliations are created, or that contact roles are deleted before opportunities are closed2. References: Salesforce Education Cloud Academy: Consultant Fundamentals, [TDTM Documentation]

The consultant should recommend Marketing Cloud as a solution to meet the requirement of consolidating efforts to track online engagement for its annual Giving Day on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for the institution. Marketing Cloud is a product that allows users to create and manage personalized and targeted marketing campaigns for customers or prospects. Marketing Cloud can help the institution consolidate efforts to track online engagement for its annual Giving Day on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by using features such as Social Studio, Social Listening, or Social Analytics. Campaign Influence, Salesforce Inbox, or Pardot are not solutions that can meet the requirement of consolidating efforts to track online engagement for its annual Giving Day on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for the institution. References:

• https://www.salesforce.com/products/marketing-cloud/overview/
• https://www.salesforce.com/products/marketing-cloud/social-media-marketing/

Pathways and Plan Requirements are two components that the consultant can recommend to meet the requirement of providing a way for students and advisors to picture academic options more clearly and visualize degree requirements. Pathways is a component that allows users to create and manage academic plans for students, such as majors, minors, or certificates. Pathways can help students and advisors picture academic options more clearly by showing the courses and requirements needed to complete an academic plan. Plan Requirements is a component that allows users to define and group the requirements for an academic plan, such as credits, courses, or electives. Plan Requirements can help students and advisors visualize degree requirements by showing the progress and status of each requirement for an academic plan. Success Plans and Path are not components that can meet the requirement of providing a way for students and advisors to picture academic options more clearly and visualize degree requirements. References:

• https://www.salesforce.org/products/student-success-hub/overview/
• https://powerofus.force.com/s/article/SSHub-Pathways
• https://powerofus.force.com/s/article/SSHub-Plan-Requirements

The consultant should refer to the existing sample student demographic dashboard to report out basic student demographic information for the primary school that has implemented K-12 Architecture Kit. The sample student demographic dashboard is a dashboard that comes with K-12 Architecture Kit and shows information about students’ demographics, such as gender, ethnicity, grade level, or school. The sample student demographic dashboard can help the primary school report out basic student demographic information by using features such as charts, tables, or filters. The consultant can also customize or modify the sample student demographic dashboard to meet the primary school’s specific needs or preferences. Creating a new student demographic dashboard, using the Student Success Hub Tableau Accelerator, or creating a custom Report Type are not things that the consultant should do to report out basic student demographic information for the primary school that has implemented K-12 Architecture Kit. References:

• https://www.salesforce.org/products/k-12-architecture-kit/overview/
• https://powerofus.force.com/s/article/K12-Dashboards

The consultant should design the Salesforce environment to meet the requirement of tracking accommodations made for students’ disability and accessibility needs by leveraging the Attribute object. The Attribute object is an object in EDA that allows users to store information about a Contact’s characteristics, preferences, or needs, such as language, ethnicity, or disability. The consultant can leverage the Attribute object to track accommodations made for students’ disability and accessibility needs by creating Attribute records for each student and associating them with their Contact records. Using the Behavior Response object, configuring a custom object, or creating custom fields on the Contact object are not ways to design the Salesforce environment to meet the requirement of tracking accommodations made for students’ disability and accessibility needs. References:

• https://powerofus.force.com/s/article/EDA-Attributes
• https://powerofus.force.com/s/article/EDA-Attributes-Create

The consultant should discuss with the Association how they can configure Relationships to track alumni connections, and leverage a third-party app to support event management, as two Education Cloud considerations. Relationships is a feature that allows the Association to create and manage connections between Contacts in EDA. Relationships can be used to track various types of connections, such as family, friends, mentors, or board members. A third-party app is an application that provides additional features and solutions for Salesforce. There are many third-party apps on the AppExchange that offer event management capabilities, such as registration pages, ticketing, and agenda-building. The consultant can help the Association choose an app that meets their needs and budget. Using Grants Management to track alumni scholarships, or installing Insights Platform to understand alumni data, are not Education Cloud considerations that the consultant should discuss with the Association. References:

• https://powerofus.force.com/s/article/EDA-Relationships
• https://appexchange.salesforce.com/appxStore?type=App&keyword=event%20management

The consultant should discuss the capacity to administer with the school first, because this is a critical factor for a successful implementation and adoption of Salesforce. The capacity to administer means having the resources, skills, and processes to manage and maintain the Salesforce system on an ongoing basis. The consultant should assess whether the school has a dedicated Salesforce administrator or team, or whether they need to hire or train one. The consultant should also advise the school on the best practices and tools for administering Salesforce. Leadership sponsorship, business objectives, and metric identification are important factors for a successful implementation, but they are already given in the scenario, so they do not need to be discussed first by the consultant. References:

• https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/education-cloud-basics/education-cloud-basics-key-stakeholders
• https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/admin_intro

The consultant should confirm that the director has end-user support for the project, because this is a key factor for a successful implementation. End-user support means that the people who will use Salesforce on a daily basis are involved in the project, provide feedback, receive training, and adopt the new system. The other options are already given in the scenario, so they do not need to be confirmed by the consultant. References:

• https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/education-cloud-basics/education-cloud-basics-key-stakeholders
• https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/education-cloud-basics/education-cloud-basics-change-management

The consultant should configure the Advising Pools object in Student Success Hub to meet the requirement of allowing students to schedule an appointment with any financial aid advisor for the Financial Aid department that uses Student Success Hub. The Advising Pools object is an object in Student Success Hub that allows users to create groups of advisors who share a common availability, location, or service. The Advising Pools object can help the Financial Aid department meet the requirement of allowing students to schedule an appointment with any financial aid advisor by creating an Advising Pool record for financial aid advisors and associating it with a Service record for financial aid advising. The consultant can also configure other settings such as availability, location, or capacity for the Advising Pool record. Public Groups, EDA Relationships, or Program Plans are not objects that the consultant should configure in Student Success Hub to meet the requirement of allowing students to schedule an appointment with any financial aid advisor for the Financial Aid department that uses Student Success Hub. References:

• https://www.salesforce.org/products/student-success-hub/overview/
• https://powerofus.force.com/s/article/SSHub-Advising-Pools

Degree visualization is a function that may require a third-party app for Advisor Link. Degree visualization allows advisors and students to see the progress and requirements of a degree program in a graphical way. Advisor Link does not provide this function out of the box, so a third-party app may be needed to achieve it. Success Plans, calendar syncing, and appointment scheduling are functions that are included with Advisor Link and do not require a third-party app. References:

• https://www.salesforce.org/advisor-link/
• https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.eda_advisor_link_features.htm&type=5

The consultant should discuss with the school that K-12 Architecture Kit is built on Nonprofit Success Pack as a consideration about K-12 Architecture Kit when using it to track elementary students and their parents. K-12 Architecture Kit is a product that provides a flexible and scalable data architecture for K-12 schools to manage their student lifecycle. K-12 Architecture Kit is built on Nonprofit Success Pack, which is a product that provides a data architecture for nonprofit organizations to manage their constituents and donors. K-12 Architecture Kit extends Nonprofit Success Pack by adding objects and features such as Contacts, Accounts, Relationships, Affiliations, Attendance Events, or Behavior Responses. The consultant should discuss with the school that K-12 Architecture Kit is built on Nonprofit Success Pack as a consideration about K-12 Architecture Kit when using it to track elementary students and their parents by explaining the benefits and challenges of using Nonprofit Success Pack for a K-12 school, such as data model, terminology, or configuration. It requires Experience Cloud, it is built on EDA, or it is built on Admissions Connect are not considerations about K-12 Architecture Kit that the consultant should discuss with the school when using it to track elementary students and their parents. References:

• https://www.salesforce.org/products/k-12-architecture-kit/overview/
• https://powerofus.force.com/s/article/K12-Architecture-Kit

An ETL tool is an integration approach that the consultant should recommend to populate data from the SIS to Salesforce, and automatically modify the data to correspond to values in Salesforce. An ETL tool is a software application that can extract, transform, and load data from one system to another. An ETL tool can perform data transformations such as mapping, filtering, sorting, and aggregating, to ensure that the data from the SIS matches the values in Salesforce. Lightning Connect, Salesforce Data Import Wizard, and Salesforce Data Loader are not integration approaches that can automatically modify the data to correspond to values in Salesforce. References:

• https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.integration_patterns_and_practices.meta/integration_patterns_and_practices/integ_pat_what_is_etl.htm
• https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/data-integration-strategies

The consultant should recommend Household as the Default Account Model for the university’s Advancement office that plans to implement EDA to manage its alumni, donors, and supporters. Household is an account model that allows users to store information about individuals who are related by family or household relationships, such as spouses or siblings. Household can be used to track various information about an individual or a family unit, such as name, email, phone, address, or total household income. The consultant can help the university set up Household as the Default Account Model in EDA Settings so that a family record will be automatically created when a Contact record is created by staff members. Administrative, Educational Institution, and Person are not account models that can meet the requirement of setting up a system default that will automatically create a family record when a Contact record is created by staff members. References:

• https://powerofus.force.com/s/article/EDA-Accounts
• https://powerofus.force.com/s/article/EDA-Settings

The consultant should recommend Pathways for the academic advisor to review the classes associated with the student’s course of study and ensure the student is on track for graduation. Pathways allow advisors to create and monitor academic plans for students based on their program requirements and course offerings. Academic Program is an object that defines the program of study that a student is enrolled in, but it does not show the classes or progress. Affiliation is an object that tracks the relationship between a Contact and an Account, such as a student and a school, but it does not show the classes or progress. References:

• https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.ssh_pathways.htm&type=5
• https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.ssh_academic_program.htm&type=5
• https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.ssh_affiliation.htm&type=5

Education History is an EDA functionality that the consultant can recommend to track school historical data for tagged outreach and donation opportunities. Education History is a feature that allows the consultant to store information about a Contact’s previous or current education at an educational institution. Education History can be used to track various types of information, such as school name, degree, major, minor, class year, or sports team. The consultant can use Education History to segment and target alumni based on their school historical data. Program Plan, Attribute, and Relationship are not EDA functionalities that can track school historical data for tagged outreach and donation opportunities. References:

• https://powerofus.force.com/s/article/EDA-Education-History
• https://powerofus.force.com/s/article/EDA-Education-History-Create

Salesforce.org releases are approximately two weeks after Salesforce.com releases. This means that Salesforce.org customers can benefit from both platform enhancements and industry-specific solutions in a timely manner. The other options are incorrect because they do not reflect the actual release cadence of Salesforce.org. References:

• https://powerofus.force.com/s/article/SFDO-Release-Schedule
• https://www.salesforce.org/blog/salesforce-org-release-schedule/

Salesforce is the system of record in the Suspect and Prospect stages of the recruitment and admissions process for the university. A system of record is a system that serves as the authoritative source of data for a given entity or process. Salesforce is the system of record in the Suspect and Prospect stages, because it stores and manages information about potential students who have expressed interest or have been identified as targets by the university, such as name, email, phone, or program of interest. The Student Information System (SIS) is the system of record in the Applicant and Matriculated stages of the recruitment and admissions process for the university. The SIS is a system that stores and manages information about students who have applied or enrolled at the university, such as ID, transcripts, test scores, or financial aid. References:

• https://www.salesforce.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Education_Cloud_COE_Guide.pdf
• https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/highered_admissions

The consultant should recommend Journey Builder and Salesforce Campaigns to meet the requirement of managing cohorts of prospective students and automating personalized emails. Journey Builder is a tool that allows users to design and automate customer journeys across channels, such as email, mobile, social, and web. Salesforce Campaigns is a feature that helps users track and measure the effectiveness of marketing initiatives, such as email campaigns, events, webinars, etc. By using Journey Builder and Salesforce Campaigns together, the Admissions office can create and execute targeted email campaigns for different segments of prospective students, based on their interests, preferences, behaviors, and interactions. The email campaigns can also be personalized with dynamic content, such as student names, program names, deadlines, etc. Additionally, the Admissions office can monitor and analyze the performance of the email campaigns, such as open rates, click rates, conversions, etc., and optimize them accordingly. References: Journey Builder Basics, Salesforce Campaigns, Create and Send Targeted Email Campaigns

Email Studio is a Salesforce email marketing tool that allows users to create, send, and track personalized email campaigns and mass communications1. Email Studio also provides features such as email scoring, which measures the engagement level of each email recipient based on their actions, such as opening, clicking, or unsubscribing2. Salesforce Inbox is a Salesforce tool that integrates email applications such as Outlook with Salesforce, allowing users to access CRM data and features from their email inbox3. Salesforce Inbox also enables users to send emails from their Outlook account or from Salesforce using branded email templates4.

Account Engagement is a Salesforce tool that provides insights and recommendations for sales reps to engage with their accounts based on AI analysis of email activity, web activity, and CRM data5. However, Account Engagement is not an email marketing tool that can score email activity from campaigns and mass communications. Salesforce Engage is a Salesforce tool that allows users to create personalized email campaigns using Marketing Cloud templates and track the responses in real time6. However, Salesforce Engage does not integrate with Outlook or allow users to send emails from their email inbox.

References:

• 1: Email Studio Overview - Salesforce
• 2: Email Scoring Basics - Salesforce
• 3: Salesforce Inbox Overview - Salesforce
• 4: Use Email Templates in Inbox - Salesforce
• 5: Account Engagement Overview - Salesforce
• 6: Engage Campaigns Overview - Salesforce

Early Alerts is a functionality in Student Success Hub that the consultant can recommend to meet the requirement of providing assistance to proactively identify student issues as they arise. Early Alerts is a feature that allows users to create and manage alerts for students who may need intervention or support, such as academic, financial, or personal issues. Early Alerts can help college advisors proactively identify student issues as they arise by using features such as Alert Reasons, Alert Statuses, or Alert Assignment Rules. Advising Events, Mass Actions, and Success Plans are not functionalities in Student Success Hub that can meet the requirement of providing assistance to proactively identify student issues as they arise. References:

• https://www.salesforce.org/products/student-success-hub/overview/
• https://powerofus.force.com/s/article/SSHub-Early-Alerts

The consultant should recommend Einstein Prediction Builder for the advancement team to create a tool that helps determine whether they will meet the campaign goal. Einstein Prediction Builder allows users to create custom predictions based on their Salesforce data, such as predicting the likelihood of a donor giving a certain amount or reaching a certain level of engagement. Campaign Influence is a feature that tracks how campaigns influence opportunities, not campaign goals. Tableau Prep Conductor is a tool that automates and schedules data preparation flows, not predictions. References:

• https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.bi_einstein_prediction_builder.htm&type=5
• https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.campaigns_influence.htm&type=5
• https://help.tableau.com/current/prep/en-us/prep_conductor.htm

The integration direction between the systems is one-way integration from the SIS to Salesforce for the IT department that is determining its integration needs between a Salesforce implementation, its SIS, and its housing system. One-way integration is a type of integration that allows data to flow in one direction from a source system to a destination system. The SIS is the source system and Salesforce is the destination system for the contact information and the housing mailing information of the students. The IT department should set up a one-way integration from the SIS to Salesforce to ensure that the data is consistent and accurate in both systems. One-way integration with Salesforce to the housing system, one-way integration with the housing system to Salesforce, or one-way integration with Salesforce to the SIS are not correct integration directions between the systems. References:

• https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/api_basics/api_basics_introduction
• https://www.salesforce.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Education_Cloud_COE_Guide.pdf

Einstein Opportunity Scoring is a reporting solution that the consultant can recommend to help the VP of Development prioritize pledges that are most likely to close. Einstein Opportunity Scoring is a feature that uses artificial intelligence to analyze historical data and assign a score to each Opportunity, indicating how likely it is to be won. Einstein Opportunity Scoring also provides insights and explanations for the score, such as key factors and trends. The VP of Development can use Einstein Opportunity Scoring to sort and filter Opportunities by their score and focus on the ones with the highest probability of closing. Salesforce Maps, Opportunity Funnel Report, and Einstein Forecasting are not reporting solutions that can help the VP of Development prioritize pledges that are most likely to close. References:

• https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.einstein_sales_oppty_scoring.htm&type=5
• https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/einstein_sales/einstein_sales_opportunity_scoring

The consultant should advise that the application form requires OmniStudio as a consideration when using Admissions Connect to process student applications for the Admissions office. OmniStudio is a product that allows users to create and manage digital experiences for customers or constituents. OmniStudio is required to create and customize the application form in Admissions Connect, which is the online form that applicants use to submit their information and documents for admission. The consultant should advise that the application form requires OmniStudio as a consideration when using Admissions Connect to process student applications for the Admissions office by explaining the benefits and challenges of using OmniStudio for creating and customizing the application form, such as flexibility, functionality, or configuration. Admissions Connect requires a third-party app, Experience Cloud is required, or Application Review requires Tableau CRM are not considerations that the consultant should advise when using Admissions Connect to process student applications for the Admissions office. References:

• https://www.salesforce.org/products/admissions-connect/overview/
• https://www.salesforce.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Salesforce.org-Admissions-Connect-Tableau-Accelerator.pdf

The consultant should leverage the Open Date and Due Date fields to meet the requirement of making sure applications are unable to be edited after the submission deadline for the Admissions office that is using Admissions Connect to manage its student application review process. The Open Date and Due Date fields are fields on the Application object in Admissions Connect that allow users to specify when an application is open or closed for submission. The Open Date field indicates the date and time when an application can be submitted by an applicant. The Due Date field indicates the date and time when an application can no longer be submitted by an applicant. The consultant can leverage the Open Date and Due Date fields to meet the requirement of making sure applications are unable to be edited after the submission deadline for the Admissions office that is using Admissions Connect to manage its student application review process by configuring and customizing these fields to match their application deadlines and policies. Creating custom Open Date and Due Date fields, developing a custom trigger that checks the submission deadline against the current date, or activating the ApplicantCommunityHomePageController Apex class are not functionalities that the consultant should use to meet the requirement of making sure applications are unable to be edited after the submission deadline for the Admissions office that is using Admissions Connect to manage its student application review process. References:

• https://www.salesforce.org/products/admissions-connect/overview/
• https://www.salesforce.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Salesforce.org-Admissions-Connect-Tableau-Accelerator.pdf

 The consultant should explain that one of the reasons why key stakeholders might participate in a Center of Excellence is that it standardizes the data definitions for the university. A Center of Excellence is a group of people who provide leadership, guidance, and best practices for a specific area or domain. A Center of Excellence can help standardize the data definitions for the university by creating and maintaining a common vocabulary and understanding of what data means, how it is used, or how it is measured across different departments or units. Standardizing the data definitions can help improve data quality, consistency, and accuracy for the university. It ensures data is owned by one group or it ensures feature requests will be implemented are not reasons why key stakeholders might participate in a Center of Excellence for the university. References:

• https://www.salesforce.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Education_Cloud_COE_Guide.pdf
• https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/org-change-management

Einstein Prediction Builder is a solution that the consultant can recommend to help the Admissions Department determine the likelihood that accepted students will enroll at its school. Einstein Prediction Builder is a feature that allows users to create custom predictions based on their Salesforce data, using artificial intelligence. Einstein Prediction Builder can be used to predict various outcomes, such as churn, retention, conversion, or enrollment. The Admissions Department can use Einstein Prediction Builder to create a prediction field on the Opportunity object that indicates the probability of an accepted student enrolling at the school. Advisor Link Pathways, Tableau Prep Builder, and Einstein Next Best Action are not solutions that can help the Admissions Department determine the likelihood that accepted students will enroll at its school. References:

• https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.einstein_prediction_builder.htm&type=5
• https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/einstein_prediction_builder_basics

Chatter is a collaboration tool that allows users to share information, files, and feedback with each other. It can also be used to publicly recognize and reward early adopters who are using Salesforce effectively and demonstrating best practices. This can help motivate other users to adopt Salesforce and increase their engagement and productivity. Chatter can also facilitate peer-to-peer learning and support among users, as well as provide feedback and insights to the project team and sponsors. References:

• Education Cloud Basics - Unit 5: Drive Adoption and Measure Success
• Salesforce Help: Chatter Overview

The consultant should identify resource availability as a critical factor for the Advancement office’s new Salesforce environment going live during a major capital fundraising campaign. Resource availability refers to the amount and type of resources that are needed and available for a project, such as staff, time, budget, or equipment. Resource availability is a critical factor for the Advancement office’s new Salesforce environment going live during a major capital fundraising campaign, because it can affect the project scope, timeline, quality, and success. The consultant should assess and plan for resource availability to ensure that the project can be completed and delivered without compromising the fundraising campaign. Technical complexity, staff cross-training, and cost of the implementation are not critical factors for the Advancement office’s new Salesforce environment going live during a major capital fundraising campaign. References:

• https://www.salesforce.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Education_Cloud_COE_Guide.pdf
• https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/project-management-basics/project-management-basics-plan