Salesforce Certified Data Architect — Question 64

Northern Trail Outfitters (NTO) operates a majority of its business from a central Salesforce org. NTO also owns several secondary orgs that the service, finance, and marketing teams work out of. At the moment, there is no integration between central and secondary orgs, leading to data visibility issues.
Moving forward, NTO has identified that a hub-and-spoke model is the proper architecture to manage its data, where the central org is the hub and the secondary orgs are the spokes.
Which tool should a data architect use to orchestrate data between the hub org and spoke orgs?

Answer options

• A. A middleware solution that extracts and distributes data across both the hub and spokes.
• B. Develop custom APIs to poll the spoke org for change data and push into the hub org.
• C. Develop custom APIs to poll the hub org for change data and push into the spoke orgs.
• D. A backup and archive solution that extracts and restores data across orgs.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because a middleware solution is specifically designed to facilitate data integration and distribution between multiple systems, making it ideal for the hub-and-spoke model. Options B and C involve creating custom APIs, which can be complex and may not provide the seamless integration required. Option D focuses on backup and archival processes, which do not address real-time data integration needs.