Salesforce Platform App Builder Credential
The Salesforce Platform App Builder credential is designed for individuals who would like to demonstrate their skills and knowledge in designing, building, and deploying custom applications using the declarative customization capabilities of the Lightning Platform. The candidate can create, manage, and update data models, application security, business logic, and process automation.
Here are some examples of the concepts you should understand to pass the exam:
◉ How to design the data model, user interface, business logic, and security for custom applications
◉ How to customize applications for mobile use
◉ How to design reports and dashboards
◉ How to deploy custom applications
Purpose of this Exam Guide
This exam guide is designed to help you evaluate if you are ready to successfully complete the Salesforce Platform App Builder exam. This guide provides information about the target audience for the certification exam, recommended training and documentation, and a complete list of exam objectives - all with the intent of helping you achieve a passing score. Salesforce highly recommends a combination of on-the-job experience, course attendance, and self-study to maximize your chances of passing the exam.
Audience Description
The Salesforce Platform App Builder credential is intended for an individual who has experience developing custom applications on the Lightning Platform, including practical application of the skills and concepts noted in the exam objectives below.
The Salesforce Platform App Builder generally has 6 months to 1 year of experience building applications on the Lightning Platform and/or on a similar technology platform.
The Salesforce Platform App Builder candidate has the experience, skills, and knowledge outlined below:
◉ Familiarity with the capabilities of the Lightning Platform
◉ Awareness of Salesforce license types and related considerations
◉ Ability to design applications to support business processes and reporting requirements
◉ Familiarity with capabilities and customization used to enhance the mobile user experience
◉ Familiarity with the Salesforce development environments and the options available to deploy applications and manage changes on the Lightning Platform
◉ Comprehension of the resources listed in this exam guide and the additional required study materials provided by Salesforce
A candidate for this exam is not expected to be able to administer Sales Cloud or Service Cloud, have programmatic development experience (Apex, Visualforce, etc.), design custom interfaces using Visualforce, or design custom Lightning components using Apex or JavaScript.
Salesforce DEV-402 Exam Summary:
| Exam Name | Salesforce Platform App Builder |
| Exam Code | DEV-402 |
| Exam Price | Registration fee: $200 USD Retake fee: $100 USD |
| Duration | 105 minutes |
| Number of Questions | 60 |
| Passing Score | 63% |
| Recommended Training / Books | Trailhead Virtual Bootcamp for Platform App Builder (TVB403) Certification Preparation for Platform App Builder (CRT403) Declarative Development for Platform App Builders Extended (DEX-403E) |
| Sample Questions | Salesforce DEV-402 Sample Questions |
| Recommended Practice | Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder Practice Test |
Salesforce Platform App Builder Syllabus:
| Section | Objectives | Weights |
| Salesforce Fundamentals | - Given a scenario, identify the boundaries of declarative customization and the use cases for programmatic customization. - Identify common scenarios for extending an org using the AppExchange. - Apply features and capabilities available to restrict and extend object, record, and field access. - Given a set of business requirements, determine the appropriate sharing solution. - Identify the features and capabilities available when creating reports, report types, and dashboards. - Given a set of requirements, determine the appropriate global, object-specific actions and layouts to optimize the Salesforce mobile user experience. - Describe the customizations and use cases for Chatter. |
23% |
| Data Modeling and Management | - Given a scenario, determine the appropriate data model. - Given a scenario, explain the capabilities of the various relationship types and the implications of each on record access, user interface, and reporting. Given a scenario, determine the considerations when selecting or changing a field data type. - Explain the capabilities and considerations of the schema builder. - Given a scenario, determine the options and considerations when importing and exporting data, including the capabilities of external data sources. |
22% |
| Business Logic and Process Automation | - Given a scenario, demonstrate the use of formula fields to meet stated business requirements. - Given a scenario, determine the capabilities, use cases, and implications of roll-up summary fields. - Given a scenario, demonstrate the use of validation rules to meet stated business requirements. - Given a scenario, determine the capabilities and use cases for approval processes. - Given a scenario, determine the capabilities and use cases for workflow, Flow, and Process Builder. - Given a set of business requirements, recommend a solution to automate business processes while avoiding errors in automation. |
28% |
| User Interface | - Describe the user interface customization options. - Demonstrate the capabilities and use cases for custom buttons, links, and actions. - Given a scenario, determine the declarative options available for incorporating Lightning Components in an application. - Describe the programmatic customizations available for incorporating custom Lightning Components in an application. |
17% |
| App Deployment | - Given a set of business requirements, recommend a solution for key milestones and considerations when managing the application lifecycle and various types of Sandboxes. - Given a use case, demonstrate knowledge, viability, and troubleshooting when using change sets. - Describe the use cases and considerations when using unmanaged and managed packages. - Given a scenario, determine the appropriate deployment plan. |
10% |
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