Data 360 Consultant Study Guide
Every topic objective in the Data Cloud Consultant exam explained thoroughly. Topic summaries and sample scenarios to work through. The most efficient way to study the key concepts in the exam.
Last Updated: May 2026
The overview
This is the starting point for your study, covering all of the exam guide objectives.
The Data 360 Consultant Study Guide incorporates all 22 Objectives within all 6 Sections of the official Salesforce Certification Exam Guide.
What's included?
- Covers all 6 Sections of the official Salesforce Certification Exam Guide
- Explains in detail all objectives within each section (a total of 22 objectives)
- Topic summaries that you can use to learn the topics efficiently
- Explanations in plain English, with screenshots and diagrams (rather than endless, unremarkable text)
- Easy to read bullet points
- Review Flashcards (with questions and answers) for each section
- Includes links to lots of extra resources for further reading
- Scenarios and requirements with sample answers to test your ability to determine solutions
- Unlimited Access and Updates for 12 months
Everything you need to prepare for the Data 360 Consultant Certification
In order to pass the Data 360 Consultant certification, you’ll find that knowledge and experience of the Salesforce platform aren’t enough. You also need to get to grips with the exam itself.
That’s why we created the Data 360 Consultant Study Guide.
Our study guide will help you understand confusing or difficult concepts from the official Salesforce Certification Exam Guide and brush up on your skills – all in a format that’s easy to digest and has been proven to work with thousands of happy customers.
The Data 360 Consultant Study Guide will help you focus on the key points you need to know to pass the exam.
The Salesforce help pages and videos are great when you want to know all the details, but the Data 360 Consultant Study Guide provides a summary of all topics in study guide format.
Why this guide is important?
You need a guide that summarises the key certification objectives in plain English, using examples, diagrams, charts and topic reviews to make sure you’ve cemented your understanding.
Every objective is explained in detail.
The Data 360 Consultant Study Guide includes screenshots, summary points and diagrams to illustrate key concepts, as well as visually explain and demonstrate Salesforce functionality.
Course content
6 sectionsSolution Positioning 5 topics
- Describe Data 360’s key terminology and business value.
- Identify initial use cases for Data 360.
- Articulate Data 360’s foundational role in generative and predictive AI.
- Describe the principles of data ethics and governance.
- Knowledge Check
Data 360 Setup and Administration 5 topics
- Configure Data 360 permissions, permission sets, and organization-wide settings.
- Apply data governance requirements to platform configuration.
- Manage the development lifecycle with available tooling.
- Use tooling to diagnose and troubleshoot common issues.
- Knowledge Check
Data Source Connection and Ingestion 4 topics
- Explain data transformation capabilities within Data 360.
- Describe processes and considerations for data ingestion from varied sources into Data 360.
- Describe Data 360’s data collaboration capabilities, including Zero-Copy.
- Knowledge Check
Harmonization and Unification 3 topics
- Define the purpose, process, and supported use cases of unification.
- Model data in Data 360.
- Knowledge Check
Data Enhancements, Sharing, and Analysis 5 topics
- Demonstrate how to enhance data and build insights on unified data.
- Explain how to reference Data 360 data from other systems.
- View and build reports and dashboards using Data 360.
- Apply predictive and generative AI tooling capabilities of Data 360 to customer scenarios.
- Knowledge Check
Data Activations and Utilization 6 topics
- Define basic concepts of segmentation and use cases.
- Manage segments within Data 360.
- Publish Activations within Data 360.
- Act on data.
- Use Data 360 in Salesforce flows.
- Knowledge Check
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Study guides cover all sections of the official Salesforce Certification Exam Guide, explaining all objectives in detail with topic summaries, explanations in plain English, screenshots, diagrams, easy-to-read bullet points, links to extra resources for further reading, and scenarios with sample answers.
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