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Salesforce Certified Platform Integration Architect

Salesforce certification for architects, analysts and application managers designing secure, scalable integrations within the Lightning Platform.

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Salesforce Certified Platform Integration Architect Exam
Applicability
Current official credential catalog links the retrieved exam guide; the guide explicitly aligns questions to Summer '23. No official credential, route or exam start/end date is stated in the adopted materials.
Assessment
Pass the proctored closed-reference certification examination; published passing score is 67%.
Eligibility
No prerequisite certification or examination is listed. Audience experience and recommended training describe preparation rather than prerequisite credentials.
Language
English examination selected; the current catalog also offers Japanese, French and Spanish, which are not separately investigated or requested for production.
Scheduling
Register through the official Trailhead Academy certification listing, then select an available online-proctored date and time or a testing-center venue and time slot and complete checkout. Online candidates must review technical requirements, run the system test and meet ID requirements; testing-center candidates must bring ID exactly matching the booking name.

Salesforce Certified Platform Integration Architect Exam

Provider
Pearson VUE; online proctoring through Pearson OnVUE
Format
Proctored multiple-choice/multiple-select examination, onsite or online; no hard-copy or online reference materials permitted.
Exam questions
Total questions: 60–65; Scored questions: 60; Unscored questions: 0–5; The total includes the scored and unscored questions.
Time limit
105 minutes
Passing score
67%
Exam fee
Registration US$400 or JPY¥60,000; retake US$200 or JPY¥30,000; applicable local taxes are additional.
Examination outline
  • Evaluate the Current System Landscape (8%)
    • Identify the system landscape, standards, limitations, boundaries and protocols from business requirements
    • Analyze landscape constraints and pain points against business requirements
    • Evaluate landscape authentication and authorization needs
  • Evaluate Business Needs (11%)
    • Identify functional and nonfunctional integration requirements
    • Classify integration data as Confidential, Secure or Public
    • Identify CRM success factors for integration requirements
    • Identify business growth and regulatory factors affecting integration choices
  • Translate Needs to Integration Requirements (22%)
    • Inventory systems and integration patterns from the existing landscape diagram
    • Evaluate system and business process constraints
    • Identify integration security, authentication and authorization requirements
    • Identify volume, response time and latency needs and propose appropriate integration solutions
  • Design Integration Solutions (28%)
    • Select integration patterns that meet business requirements
    • Define solution components that meet business requirements
    • Identify proposed solution trade-offs, limitations and constraints
    • Specify Salesforce APIs for technical requirements, constraints and drivers
    • Determine integration standards, components, techniques and security mechanisms
  • Build Solution (23%)
    • Design and implement APIs with Salesforce as provider and consumer
    • Consider options for outbound calls to external systems
    • Consider scalable solution construction
    • Determine error handling for integration options
    • Create security solutions for inbound and outbound integrations
    • Build integration resilience for system updates
  • Maintain Integration (8%)
    • Identify performance monitoring needs for integration maintenance
    • Identify error handling, escalation and recovery procedures for failed integrations
    • Identify integration monitoring reporting needs
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