# Designing within data sync, recipe and dataflow limits

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The CRM Analytics limits a data design must respect (row allocation by licence, the 24-hour run limit, concurrency, data sync objects, external uploads, Bulk API use, templated-app caps) and the design patterns that keep a solution under them.

- Certification: Salesforce CRM Analytics and Einstein Discovery Consultant
- Exam section: Admin/Configuration
- Study guide: https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/crm-analytics-and-einstein-discovery-consultant

**Official exam objective:**

> Given a scenario, use CRM Analytics to design a solution that accommodates data sync/dataflows/recipes limits.

## What the exam expects

- Size a data design against the licence's row allocation, the per-dataset row limit and the Developer Edition cap.
- Decide which jobs count toward the 24-hour dataflow and recipe run limit and how concurrency differs by licence and org type.
- Design data sync within its object limit and its one-sync-per-object rule, and sequence syncs before the recipes that read them.
- Keep external data uploads, Bulk API use and templated-app contracts within their limits.
- Choose the design lever (multi-output recipe, fewer schedules, data sync, a dataflow feeding a recipe) that removes the limit pressure.

Key terms: **row allocation** (total rows all registered datasets may hold, set by the licence mix); **24-hour run limit** (60 counted dataflow and recipe runs in a rolling window); **data sync** (scheduled extraction staged for recipes and dataflows); **External Data API job** (one upload into a dataset); **SFDC_Local** (the connection to the org's own Salesforce data).

## Key facts

| Fact | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Row allocation | Plus 10 billion, Growth 100 million, Extra Data Rows 100 million each; all registered datasets combined | [CRM Analytics Limits](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_limits.htm&language=en_US&type=5) |
| Developer Edition | 250,000 data rows, 5 concurrent queries | [CRM Analytics Limits](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_limits.htm&language=en_US&type=5) |
| 24-hour run limit | 60 dataflow and recipe runs; runs under 2 minutes, data sync and CSV uploads don't count | [CRM Analytics Limits](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_limits.htm&language=en_US&type=5) |
| Concurrent dataflow runs | 2 in Plus production; 1 in sandbox or Growth production | [CRM Analytics Limits](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_limits.htm&language=en_US&type=5) |
| Maximum run time | 48 hours per recipe or dataflow | [CRM Analytics Limits](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_limits.htm&language=en_US&type=5) |
| Data sync objects | Up to 100; one sync per object | [Data Sync Limits](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_integrate_replication_limits_limitations.htm&language=en_US&type=5) |
| Data sync job duration | 24 hours local, 12 hours remote; 3 concurrent syncs | [CRM Analytics Limits](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_limits.htm&language=en_US&type=5) |
| External data jobs | 50 per dataset per rolling 24 hours; 40 GB per file, 50 GB per 24 hours | [CRM Analytics Limits](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_limits.htm&language=en_US&type=5) |
| Bulk API | Local input connection doesn't count; external Salesforce connection does | [CRM Analytics Limits](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_limits.htm&language=en_US&type=5) |
| Sales and Service Analytics apps | 10 custom objects and one dataflow per app (contractual) | [CRM Analytics Limits](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_limits.htm&language=en_US&type=5) |
| Recipe outputs | A recipe can have more than one Output node | [Output Node](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_integrate_recipe_output_results.htm&type=5&language=en_US) |

## Check yourself

- Why does buying another Sales Analytics licence raise a Growth org's row total while the one bundled with Growth does not?
- When does a data load job that was scheduled but never started get cancelled?
- How many rows can a single dataset hold in an org with 10 billion allocated rows?
- Why do dataflows without data sync run longer as more of them read Accounts?

## Sources

- [CRM Analytics Limits](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_limits.htm&language=en_US&type=5)
- [Data Sync Limits and Considerations](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_integrate_replication_limits_limitations.htm&language=en_US&type=5)
- [Pre-Pull Data for Recipes with Data Sync](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_integrate_replication.htm&language=en_US&type=5)
- [Why Should I Use Recipes Instead of Dataflows?](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_integrate_prepare.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
- [Output Node: Write Recipe Results to a Dataset or External System](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_integrate_recipe_output_results.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
- [Nodes for Data Prep Recipes](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_integrate_recipe_nodes_overview.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
- [Learn about CRM Analytics Platform Licenses and Permission Sets](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_help_setup_general.htm&type=5&language=en_US)

## About the full unit

The "Core concepts", "Exam traps" and "Worked scenario" sections of this unit, its 13 linked practice questions, and unlimited timed mock exams are included with the CRM Analytics and Einstein Discovery Consultant pack (USD $19): https://www.certifyforce.com/practice-exams