Salesforce Certified Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect — Question 43

Universal Containers are concerned that after each release, reports and dashboards seem to roll back to previous versions. Executives spend many hours crafting these dashboards to perfectly meet their needs, and are now questioning the Salesforce platform’s ability to save things, even data records.

What can the Salesforce architect advise to stop the rollbacks from happening?

Answer options

• A. Use a third-party data warehouse.
• B. Back up all the reports just before the release, then reimport them after the release.
• C. Ensure report metadata is exported daily and that it is merged into the developer branches before the next release.
• D. Remove the executive’s ability to change reports, and only allow developers to do that.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C because regularly exporting report metadata and merging it into developer branches ensures that changes are preserved and not lost during releases. Option A does not address the issue directly related to report rollbacks, while B is a reactive solution rather than a preventive measure. Option D limits executive input, which may not be a viable long-term solution for maintaining report integrity.