Salesforce Certified Integration Architect — Question 4

Universal Containers (UC) is a large printing company that sells advertisement banners. The company works with third-party agents on banner initial design concepts. The design files are stored in an on-premise file store that can be accessed by UC internal users and third party agencies. UC would like to collaborate with the third-party agencies on the design files and allow them to view the design files in the community.
The conceptual design files size is 2.5 GB.
Which solution should an integration architect recommend?

Answer options

• A. Use Salesforce Files to link the files to Salesforce records and display the record and the files in the community.
• B. Define an External Data Source and use Salesforce Connect to upload the files to an external object. Link the external object using Indirect lookup.
• C. Create a custom object to store the file location URL: when a community user clicks on the file URL, redirect the user to the on-premise system file location.
• D. Create a Lightning component with a Request and Reply integration pattern to allow the community users to download the design files.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

Option C is the correct choice as it allows community users to access the design files directly through a URL, which is suitable given the large file size and on-premise storage. Options A and B do not adequately address the file size and accessibility requirements, while Option D introduces unnecessary complexity without directly solving the file access issue.