ARC-101 practice question 12 of 25

Universal Containers (UC) is a large printing company that sells advertisement banners. The company works with third-party agents on banner initial…

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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 the third party agencies. UC would like to collaborate with the 3rd part agencies on the design files and allow them to be able 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

Correct Answer:

Explanation

The core challenge is providing access to very large (2.5 GB) files stored on-premise for viewing within a Salesforce Community. The most appropriate Salesforce technology for this is Files Connect. Files Connect allows users to browse, search, and share files from external repositories (including on-premise systems via a custom adapter) directly within the Salesforce UI. This approach keeps the file in its original location, bypassing Salesforce's 2 GB file size limit, while providing an integrated viewing experience inside the community. Although the wording in option B is imprecise (e.g., "upload to an external object"), it correctly identifies the governing technology (Salesforce Connect, which includes Files Connect) and the concept of using an External Data Source to federate access to external data/files.

References

1. Salesforce Help

"Files Connect": "With Files Connect

Salesforce users can access

and search external data from systems like Quip

Google Drive

SharePoint

or Box." This establishes the core function of connecting to external file sources. The documentation further explains that custom connectors can be built for other sources

including on-premise systems.

2. Salesforce Help

"File Size and Sharing Limits": "In Salesforce Classic

you can attach files up to 25 MB to a record... In Lightning Experience... you can attach files up to 2 GB." This confirms that Option D is invalid due to the file size constraint.

3. Salesforce Connect Custom Adapter for Salesforce Connect—Developer Guide

"Considerations for the Apex Connector Framework": "You can use the Apex Connector Framework to create a custom adapter for Salesforce Connect... to connect to a back-end system that you want to get data from... For content sources

you can also create a custom connector to any web or cloud-based repository." This officially sanctioned document confirms that a custom connector can be built to integrate an on-premise file store with Files Connect.

4. Salesforce Architects

"Data Integration": The Salesforce integration architecture patterns describe data federation as a key strategy. "Salesforce Connect provides a fast

easy way to connect external data sources with Salesforce... without writing a line of code." Files Connect is the specific implementation of this pattern for unstructured file data

making it the correct architectural choice.

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