Salesforce Connector operations, Bulk API and events
What the Salesforce Connector's configuration, Apex, sObject, duplicate-matching and original Bulk API operations expect as input, and how its replay listeners choose where to start, store replay state and consume event quota.
Describe the fundamental features of the Salesforce Connector.
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What the exam expects
- Configure the connector's global element for Apex work: metadata discovery settings and null handling for Apex REST.
- Map an Invoke Apex Rest Method request (path wildcards, body, headers, cookies, query parameters) and build sObject requests that clear fields or convert leads.
- Choose between duplicate-matching operations by whether records already have IDs.
- Sequence original Bulk API operations: jobs, batches, query result IDs and result streams.
- Configure Replay Channel and Replay Topic listeners, predict where they start after a restart, and avoid duplicate event consumption.
Global element: the shared connector configuration holding the connection and settings that every connector instance in the app uses. DataSense: design-time metadata the connector fetches, such as Apex classes and methods. JobInfo / BatchInfo: the objects that identify an original Bulk API job and a batch within it. Replay ID: the identifier Salesforce assigns to each broadcast event so subscribers can replay stored events. Replay listener: the Replay Channel Listener or Replay Topic Listener source (Studio setup, Processing events).
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Key facts
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- Invoke Apex Rest Method only; default
false
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- SOAP and REST switches override Apex Class Names; default
false
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body.URLParameters.ParameterNreplaces the Nth*
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fieldsToNullon Update or Upsert
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- Add
leadId; metadata omits it
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- Existing JobInfo plus sObjects; returns BatchInfo
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- Returns result IDs, not records
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- 72 hours; 24 hours for legacy PushTopic and generic events
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- Overrides Replay option and Replay id
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- Events consumed twice from the user quota
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- 10 TPS on CloudHub and CloudHub 2.0
- When must you fill in the Since field on an On New Object source?
- What range and default does an On New Object source's Query Time Buffer (Seconds) accept?
- Why should you avoid BKS-V1 keystore files with Salesforce Connector?
- Which Salesforce API versions does the connector document Basic authentication for?
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