“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz Take the quiz (either here or use the PTP software) if you want to use the score to help you decide how much time to spend on this chapter. The letter answers are listed at the bottom of the page following the quiz. Appendix C, found both at the […]

Invalid instanceof One area the exam might try to trip you up on is using instanceof with incompatible types. For example, Number cannot possibly hold a String value, so the following causes a compilation error: public void openZoo(Number time) { if(time instanceof String) // DOES NOT COMPILE System.out.print(time); } If the compiler can determine that […]

Thought experiment In this thought experiment, apply what you have learned. You can find answers to these questions in the next section. You are responsible for creating and tracking resources in Azure for two business units within your organization: HR and Marketing. Your organization has an Enterprise Agreement (EA). Each business unit needs to deploy its […]

Note The order of comparison determined in Step 2 is important. Consider the case where you have three paths—A, B, and C. When Cisco NX-OS compares A and B, it chooses A. When Cisco NX-OS compares B and C, it chooses B. But when Cisco NX-OS compares A and C, it might not choose A […]

Chapter summary Here are some of the key takeaways from this chapter: variables/parameters/functions to create dependencies between resources.

9.5  Test.startTest() and Test.stopTest() Methods The Test.startTest() and Test.stopTest() methods in Salesforce Apex are used to delineate a specific section of code within a test method. This is useful for isolating and measuring the performance of a specific piece of code and for ensuring that asynchronous code, such as Batch Apex or future methods, is […]

Monitor and report spend EA customers can create spending quotas and set notification thresholds through the EA portal. This is in addition to the budget alerts available through the Cost Management and Bill- ing tools of your Azure subscription. An advantage of using the EA portal to configure spend- ing notifications is that a quota […]

With a grasp of Master Data Management (MDM) concepts under our belt, we can now look at Salesforce Data Management. In this chapter, we’ll look at how the Salesforce data model and Salesforce licensing work together. The license types chosen for a solution have an impact on the objects available. This can extend to record […]

Chapter Review The “Your Study Plan” element, just before Chapter 1, discusses how you should study and practice the content and skills for each chapter before moving on to the next chapter. That element introduces the tools used here at the end of each chapter. If you haven’t already done so, take a few minutes […]

Monitor and report spend While Azure Advisor and its cost recommendations provide one method for monitoring spend and unused resources, Azure has many other tools that can help you monitor the cost of your resources and report on that cost. There are several considerations that you must account for when reporting on the cost associated […]