Setup38% of the exam
Setup Home account, feature and data settings
What each Setup Home area of Marketing Cloud Engagement is for: Setup Assistant, Limits and Guidelines, Account Settings versus User Preferences, the Feature Settings tools (Calendar, Tags, SSL certificates, Event Notification Service, BrandBuilder, Web Analytics Connector, Manage Parameters), Account Login Access, Data 360 governance permissions and data retention.
Describe the features in Setup Home.
~7 min read · 19 practice questions ·
What the exam expects
- Name the Setup Home area for a requirement: Setup Assistant, Limits and Guidelines, Account Settings or User Preferences.
- Match each Feature Settings tool to its job: Types of Data Usage, Calendar, SSL certificates, ENS, BrandBuilder, Web Analytics Connector, Manage Parameters, Tags.
- Explain Account Login Access: default, user level and expiry.
- Recognize what Data 360 Data Governance needs before it covers Engagement objects.
- Archive first, then apply data retention, when old data must be kept.
- Key terms: Feature Settings (per-feature settings); ENS (event notifications to your own system); Account Login Access (time-limited Support login); data retention (periodic removal of data extension records).
Key facts
Setup Assistant outcome
- Detail
- Configures a new account, builds a data structure, ends with create, send and track an email
Account Settings path
- Detail
- Setup > Company Settings > Account > Account Settings
User Preferences defaults
- Detail
- Central Standard Time and en-US until the user changes them
Billing vs standard reports
- Detail
- Standard reports can omit billable usage such as test sends
SSL certificates
- Detail
- One per subdomain; SAP or Private Domain required first
ENS events
- Detail
- Password resets, order confirmations, MFA logins, engagement events, automation alerts
BrandBuilder scope
- Detail
- Set at the top-level account, associate with other business units
Manage Parameters scope
- Detail
- Applied to all messages sent from the business unit
Account Login Access default
- Detail
- On at account level; optional user level; expires or revoked manually
Retention job
- Detail
- Once a day, 4 to 10 hours, delayed under load
Sources for this section (10)
- Setup Assistanthelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Account Settingshelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- User Preferenceshelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Feature Settingshelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- SSL Certificateshelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Event Notification Servicehelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- BrandBuilderhelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Manage Parametershelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Account Login Accesshelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Data Retention Guidelineshelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Why might a standard email report show fewer messages than the invoice?
- When does an admin use User Preferences instead of Account Settings?
- Why isn't a Data 360 governance policy applying to Marketing Cloud Engagement objects?
- What does Setup Assistant have the admin do at the end?
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