Financial-Services-Cloud Salesforce Financial Services Cloud (FSC) Accredited Professional (AP) Exam (WI25) Questions and Answers

The architect at Cumulus Insurance should be aware of the limitation that the administrator can define up to 300 total sharing rules for each object when using the Role Hierarchy and sharing rules to implement the franchise business model. Sharing rules are a way of granting additional access to records based on criteria, such as record owner, role, or field values. The Role Hierarchy is a way of organizing users into a hierarchy that reflects the reporting structure of the company. The Role Hierarchy and sharing rules can be used together to control the access and visibility of records for different users in Financial Services Cloud. However, there is a limit of 300 sharing rules per object, which means that the administrator may need to use other methods, such as public groups or manual sharing, to grant access to records beyond this limit.

To enable advisors to capture Once-in-a-Lifetime events and prevent users from accidentally creating more than one event of such an event type,the consultant should configure Unique event types. Unique event types are event types that can only be created once for each contact or individual, such as birth, death, or marriage. By using Unique event types, the consultant can ensure that advisors cancapture important life events for their customers and avoid duplication or inconsistency. 

To capture and display commercial customersand their parent companies, Lake Tahoe Bank SF Admin can use the following steps:

Add the Business record type to the Group record type mapper, which is a custom metadata type that defines which record types can be added as members of a group1.

Leverage Groups to capture the majority owner of acommercial customer, which is a business entity that has a stake in another business entity1. Groups are a feature that allows users to create and managehousehold and business relationships1.

Use Account hierarchy to capture minority owners of a commercial customer, which are business entities that have less than 50% stake in another business entity2. Account hierarchy is a feature that allows users to see how accounts are related to each other in a parent-child relationship2.

Link multiple owners to the business entity as a Group, which allows users to see all the stakeholders of a commercial customer in one place1

To troubleshoot the issue of Financial Account Balances not adding up to the Financial Summary field in the related Household, the Admin should take the following steps:

Ensure RollUpByLookup Configuration is Active, which is a custom setting that enables or disables the Rollup By Lookup (RBL) feature. RBLis a feature that allows users to aggregate data from financial accounts and display it at the client and group levels1.

Ensure the reported Household is the Primary Group for the member, which is a field on the Account object that indicates whether an account is the primary group for a contact or an individual. The primary group determines which financial summary fields are displayed on the contact or individual page2. Verified References: 12

Salesforce offers various tools and capabilities to integrate Financial Services Cloud with external systems, such as core banking, insurance, or mortgage platforms. Some of the toolsand capabilities that a consultant can recommend are:

Industry Integration Solutions with the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform: These are prebuilt integration solutions that leveragethe MuleSoft Anypoint Platform to connect Financial Services Cloud with common industry systems, such as Fiserv, FIS, Jack Henry, and Guidewire1. These solutions enable bi-directional data synchronization, orchestration, and transformation between Salesforce and theexternal systems2.

OmniStudio Integration Procedures: These are reusable components that define the logic and sequence of steps for integrating datafrom external sources into Financial Services Cloud3. Integration procedures canbe triggered by events, such as a button click or a record update, and can invoke other components, such as DataRaptors or OmniScripts4.

OmniStudio DataRaptors: These are data transformation components that can extract, load, and manipulate data from various sources, such as Salesforce objects, REST orSOAP web services, or CSV files5. DataRaptors can be used to map data between different formats, perform calculations or validations, or create or updaterecords in Financial Services Cloud6.

The Admin can change the color of important life events to red by using custom CSS in aLightning App Builder theme layout component. This way, the agents can quickly scan the Life Events component and find the information they need without much effort. The color red can draw attention and indicate urgency or importance for certain life events.

To display the most important fields on the side panel of ARC, the Admin mustconfigure the Compact Layout for each object. The Compact Layout is a layout that determines which fields appear in key places in Salesforce such as record highlights areas, list views, lookup dialogs, and global search results. The Admin can use the Compact Layout to select up to 10 fields that are most relevant for each object and display them on the side panel of ARC

The Financial Services Cloud featurethat is most suitable for tracking clients’ hobbies for marketing purposes is Interest Tags. Interest Tags are features that allow users to add tags to contacts or individuals based on their interests or preferences. Users can create custom interest tags or use predefined ones from FSC. By using Interest Tags, the wealth management firm can capture its clients’ hobbies and use them for marketing segmentation or personalization.

The following functions should be added to the Delegated Administrator group for its franchise users:

Unlock users, which is a function that allows delegated administrators to unlock users who have been locked out due to incorrect login attempts or password expiration.

Assign or remove permission sets for users in their delegated groups, which is a function that allows delegated administrators to grant or revoke additional permissions for users in their delegated groups by using permission sets.

Create and manage membership of specified public groups, which is a function that allows delegated administrators to create public groups for sharing purposes and add or remove users from those groups. 

To configure Financial Services Cloud to allow users to relate two business accounts, the administrator should update the Role picklist on the Account-Account Relationship object with new value. The Role picklist is a field onthe Account-Account Relationship object that defines the type of relationship between two accounts, such as Household Member, Business Owner, Trustee, or Friend. The Role picklist is used to filter and display the account-account relationships in the Actionable Relationship Center (ARC). To update the Role picklist, you need to go to Setup > Object Manager > Account-Account Relationship > Fields & Relationships > Role and add or remove values according to your business needs. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article [10] : Salesforce Help Article [11]

The following things must be kept in mind when creating Action Plan Templates:

When creating Action Plan Templates with the UI, you can designate a plan owner different from the plan creator. The plan owner is the userwho is responsible for executing the tasks in the Action Plan. The plan creator is the user who creates the Action Plan Template or the Action Plan from the template. You can assign a different plan owner for each Action Plan Template or Action Plan.

An Action Plan is a run-time instance of the template that allows you to automate the sequence of the tasks you defined in the template. An Action Plan Template is a reusable blueprint that defines the tasks, owners, and deadlines for a common business processor service request. An Action Plan is a specific implementation of the template that applies to a particular target record, such as an account, contact, or opportunity.

When you create an Action Plan from a template for a specific target record, item deadlines are calculated using the start date and date offset defined in the Action Plan Template. The start dateis the date when you create the Action Plan from the template. The date offset is the number of days before or after the start date when each taskis due. You can specify different date offsets for each task in the template. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article 2 : Salesforce Help Article 3 : Salesforce Help Article 4

The following considerations indicate that a new Salesforce org is the better choice for implementing Financial Services Cloud:

The bank wants to use this project as an opportunity to retire customization. A new org will allow the bank to start fresh and avoid carrying over unnecessary or outdated customization that may conflict with Financial Services Cloud features or best practices.

The current implementation is using a product-centric view and the bank wants to move to a customer-centric view. A new org will allow the bank to adopt the Financial ServicesCloud data model, which is designed to provide a holistic view of the customer and their relationships, goals, financial accounts, activities, and interactions.

Existing business capabilities and processes can be redesigned to deliver a higher business impact. A new org will allow the bank to leverage the Financial Services Cloud capabilities, such as Action Plans, Relationship Groups, Rollup By Lookup, Service Processes, etc., to optimize their business processes and enhance their customer experience. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article 6

Intelligent Need-Based Referrals and Scoring is a capability that helps bankers prioritize the most promising referrals by assigning a score based on the client’s needs, preferences, and interactions. It alsohelps bankers route referrals to the best suited specialists or advisors. 

To create a relationship between Rachel and her attorney before assigning the reciprocal role of “Attorney”, the Wealth Advisor should create a Contact-Contact Relationship between the primary member of the Adams Household and the attorney. A Contact-Contact Relationship is a junction object that links twocontacts or individuals and defines their relationship with each other2. By using Contact-Contact Relationship, the Wealth Advisor can capture Rachel’s extended network of relationships with people outside of her household.Verified References: 2

To integrate with an external system, Salesforce needs to have objects and fields that can store the data that will be sent from the external system via an API. These objects and fields should match the data structure and format of the external system as much as possible. Additionally, Salesforce needs to have an integration user and anintegration profile that can enable the connection between Salesforce and the external system. The integration user is a dedicateduser account that has access to the API and can perform data operations on behalf of other users. The integration profile is a custom profile that defines the permissions and settings for the integration user.

The following limitations should be considered before enabling Person Accounts in Financial Services Cloud:

Person Accounts cannot be disabled once they were enabled. Enabling Person Accounts is an irreversible action that affects your data model and user interface. You should carefully evaluate your business needs and test the functionality in a sandbox or developer org before enabling it in production.

Creating a client record via Salesforce Inbox is not supported. Salesforce Inbox is a feature that allows you to access Salesforce data and actions from your email application. However, you cannot use Salesforce Inbox tocreate a client record as a Person Account. You can only create a client record as an Individual Model record using Salesforce Inbox. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article 4 : Salesforce Help Article 5

The following things happen when an opportunity record that has opportunity participants with associated share table entries is set to Private:

The share table records are deleted, which means that any sharing access granted by the opportunity participants is revoked.

The opportunity participant records are not deleted, which means that they still exist on the opportunity record and can be viewed by users who have access to the opportunity. 

Flows provide step-by-step guidance for common service requests, such as change of address, or change of beneficiary, without the need to navigate to different screens. Flows can simplify and streamline the customer onboarding process by automating tasks and collecting information in an easy and intuitive way. You can use Flows to create service requests that capture the customer’s details and update the related records in one place.

Flows enable customers to schedule appointments via customer communities, mobile apps. or websites. Flows can integrate with Experience Cloud sites, mobile apps, or websites to provide self-service options for customers. You can use Flows to create appointment scheduling forms that allow customers to book appointments with the right specialist at the right time and place. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article 3 : Salesforce Help Article 4

Referrals Rollups is a feature that enables users to see all the referrals for the members of a group, such as a branch or a team. It also allows users to filter referrals by status, priority, or owner. 

The criteria for commas and symbols to be displayed correctly on the Financial Account Summary component is that user’s locale must match user’s currency. The locale is a setting that determines how dates, times, numbers, and currencies are formatted and displayed for a user. The currency is a setting that determines how monetary amounts are formatted and displayed for a user. By matching the user’s locale with their currency, FSC can ensure that commas and symbolsare displayed correctly on the Financial Account Summary component according to the user’s preferences and expectations

The following steps should be taken by the consultant to offer a high level of customization to boost user productivity for the wealth management division:

Create a Custom Field Set solely for the Wealth Managers without affecting the Investment Bankers. A Custom Field Set is a construct inFinancial Services Cloud that allows you to define a collection of fields that can be displayed in a Lightning component, such as the Financial Summary or the Financial Account List. You can use Custom Field Sets to customize the fields that are relevant for different user groups or business scenarios, without modifying the underlying data model or page layout. You can create a Custom Field Set by goingto Setup > Object Manager > Financial Account > Field Sets and adding or removing fields according to your requirements.

Assign the Custom Field Set to the Financial Summary component. The Financial Summary component is a Lightning component that displays aggregated financial data for a selected record, such as an account, contact, or opportunity. You can usethe Financial Summary component to provide a holistic view of your client’s financial situation and goals. You can assign a Custom Field Set to the Financial Summary component by using the Lightning App Builder and selecting the Custom Field Set from theComponent Properties panel.

Assign the Custom Field Set To a Lightning component. A Lightning component is a reusable unit of user interface that can be added to any Lightning page, such as record pages, app pages, or Home pages. You can use Lightning components to enhance the functionality and user experience of your pages. You can assign a Custom Field Set to a Lightning component by using the Lightning App Builder and selecting the Custom Field Set from the Component Properties panel. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article 1 : Salesforce Help Article 2 : Salesforce Help Article 3

From the Life Events card, a Wealth Advisor can take the following actions:

Create Lead & Referral: This action creates a lead record for a new prospector a referral record for an existing client based on the life event information.

Request Record Approval: This action initiates an approval process for the life event record to ensure compliance and quality standards.

Create Opportunity: This actioncreates an opportunity record to track the potential revenue from the life event. Verified References: : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud User Guide, page 30. : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud User Guide, page 31. : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud User Guide, page 32.

When using Data Loader to insert new records into Salesforce,if the Account Owner field is not specified in the import file, the default owner will be the user who is logged into Data Loader. In this case, since the administrator is logged into Data Loader with their own credentials, they will be assigned as the owner of all the new Business Account records. This behavior is consistent with the standard Salesforce rule that every record must have an owner.

The following considerations should be considered regarding the data model for the broker web portal:

The Broker Assistant should bemodeled as a Contact. Then, leverage Contact to Multiple Account features if this assistant needs to work for multiple brokers. This is because Contacts are records that represent individuals who are associated with an account. By using Contacts, the consultant can capture the personal information of the broker assistants and relate them to their employers. By using Contact to Multiple Accounts features, the consultant can enable a contact to have relationships with multiple accounts and specify different roles and start and end dates for each relationship.

Brokers need to be modeled as Account and Contact individually, as each broker is a legal entity in Salesforce. Then, use a Group to model their company. This is because Accounts are records that represent business entities or organizations that are involved in business transactions with your company. By using Accounts, the consultant can capture the business information of each broker and treat them as legal entities in Salesforce. By using Contacts, theconsultant can capture the personal information of each broker and relate them to their accounts. By using Groups, which are records that represent collections of accounts or contacts that share financial goals or characteristics, the consultant can modelthe broker company and associate multiple brokers with it

Multicurrency is a feature in Salesforce that allows you to work with multiple currencies in your org. If you enable multicurrency in FSC, you need to consider the following:

When filtering by currency values in reports or list views, users must specify a currency ISO code, such as USD or GBP, before the value. For example, USD500 or GBP300.

When multicurrency is enabled in FSC, advanced currency management is also available. This feature allows you to track historical exchange rates and apply them to opportunities and forecasts.

The most suitable option for Cumulus Cloud Bank to provide its customer service staff with real-time access to customer accounts, including the ability to view current transactions and balances, is to embed custom Lightning web components on the Account and Financial Account pages, and use custom Apex to make callouts to the core system services. This option allows the bank to leveragethe Lightning Platform features and capabilities, such as Lightning web components, Apex, and callouts, to create a seamless and performant integration with their core systems. By using custom Lightning web components, the bank can create custom user interfaces that display the data from the core systems on the Account and Financial Account pages. By using custom Apex, the bank can write code that makes callouts to the core system services using HTTP requests and responses, and handle any authentication, error handling, or data transformation logic.

The following are the building blocks of Flow Orchestration:

Steps: Steps are discrete units of work that can be performed by a user or a system within a flow orchestration. Steps can have different types,such as user input steps, system action steps, decision steps, or subflow steps. Steps can also have different attributes, such as name, description, icon, input variables, output variables, or preconditions.

Stages: Stages are logical groupings of stepsthat represent phases or milestones within a flow orchestration. Stages can have different attributes, such as name, description, icon, entry criteria, exit criteria, or completion actions.

Work Items: Work Items are instances of flow orchestrations that track the progress and status of each execution. Work Items can have different attributes, such as name, description, owner, assignee, due date, priority, status, stage history, or step history. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article [7] : Salesforce Help Article [8] : Salesforce Help Article [9]

The Referral Score is updated when an opportunityassociated with the Referral is Closed Won. The Referral Score is a metric that measures the quality and quantity of referrals that a user creates or receives. The Referral Score is calculated as the number of referrals converted to opportunitiesdivided by the total number of referrals. The Referral Score is displayed in the Referral Summary component on the user’s Home page or record page. The Referral Score is updated whenever a referral is converted to an opportunity or an opportunity is closed as won or lost. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article 2 : Salesforce Help Article 4

Process Builder and Screen Flows are two features thatcan be used to design a business process for identity verification. Process Builder is a tool that allows you to automate business processes by creating workflows that trigger actions based on certain criteria. Screen Flows are a type of flow that guide users through a series of screens to collect and update data. You can use Process Builder to launch a Screen Flow when a customer contacts the bank, and use the Screen Flow to capture and verify the customer’s identity information.References: [Process Automation], [Screen Flows]

To hide highly sensitive Life Events or Business Milestones until they happen, the Admin can hide them on the Events & Business Milestones Lightning Component page properties. The Events & Business Milestones Lightning Component isa component that displays a timeline of life events and business milestones for a client or a group. The Admin can use the page properties to customize the component and select which event types or milestone types to show or hide on the timeline2.Verified References: 2

Rollup By Lookup (RBL) summaries are available for the following objects:

Financial Accounts, which are records that represent financial products or services that a client owns or uses1.

Assets and Liabilities, which are records thatrepresent the value of what a client owns or owes1.

Contacts, which are records that represent individuals who are associated with an account3.

The solution that the consultant should suggest the client explore to improve its clients’ documentation submission and tracking is the Send Documents flow for Retail Banking. The Send Documentsflow for Retail Banking is a prebuilt flow that allows users to send documents requests to clients via email and track the status of the requests in FSC. The flow uses DocuSign eSignature integration to enable clients to sign and return documents electronically. By using the Send Documents flow for Retail Banking, the consultant can help the client streamline and simplify its document management process and improve its customer service agents’ efficiency

The Salesforce Admin can hide sensitive Life Events on the Life Events component on the Lightning Page using the Properties pane. The Life Events component is a Lightning component that displays a timeline of life events and business milestones for aclient or a group. The Admin can use the Properties pane to customize the component and select which event types to show or hide on the timeline.

To add custom icons to the Life Events and Business Milestones, you need to upload them as static resources in Setup > Custom Code > Static Resources. You also need to update the Icon Name field on the Life Event and Business Milestone objects to match the name of the static resource. Verified References: : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud Implementation Guide, page 58.

A Custom Relationship Group is a construct in Financial Services Cloud that allows you to model complex and dynamic relationships between clients and accounts. You can use it to represent collaborative customer business operations that arenot captured by standard household or account structures. Verified References: : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud Implementation Guide, page 67.

 The following considerations should be included when configuring the report with branch management reportable objects:

Bankers with Branches with Opportunities, Accounts, Leads, and Contacts report types are available for creating reports with Branch Unit Related Records. These are standard report types that allow users to create reports that show data from Banker,Branch Unit, Opportunity, Account, Lead, Contact, and Branch Unit Related Record objects.

The reportable objects include Banker, Branch Unit, Branch Unit Related Records, and Branch Unit Customer. These are custom objects that are part of the branch management feature in Financial Services Cloud. Banker is an object that represents a banker or an employee who works at a branch unit. Branch Unit is an object that represents a physical location where bankers provide services to customers. Branch Unit RelatedRecord is an object that represents a record that is related to a branch unit, such as an opportunity, an account, alead, or a contact. Branch Unit Customer is an object that represents a customer who has a relationship with a branch unit.

When Branch Unit is the primary object, the administrator can select Branch Unit Customers or Branch Unit Related Records as related objects. This means that the administrator can create reports that show data from Branch Unit and its related objects by using lookup fields or junction objects

 A possible cause for why theportfolio manager cannot see ARC when trying to set up relationships between two accounts is that he has not been given the permissions that enable users to view and manage ARC. To access ARC, users need to have certain permissions and settings enabled intheir user profile or permission set, such as:

View Setup and Configuration

Customize Application

Manage Custom Permissions

Financial Services Cloud Standard User

Financial Services Cloud Admin If any of these permissions or settings are missing, users maynot be able to see or use ARC properly. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article 5

A Relationship Group is a construct in Financial Services Cloud that allows you to model complex and dynamic relationships between clients and accounts. You can use Relationship Groups to link duplicate client records and create a consolidated view of their financial data, activities, and interactions. You can also use Relationship Groups to sync data between Salesforce and the source system using external IDs and integration tools. Verified References: : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud Implementation Guide, page 67.

To set up the new record types for Person Accounts, the administrator should configure Individual Record Type Mapper custommetadata. The Individual Record Type Mapper is a custom metadata type in Financial Services Cloud that defines how records are created when using certain features, such as Einstein Data Capture or Salesforce Inbox. The Individual Record Type Mapper maps Person Account record types to Individual record types, so that when a new Individual record is created from an email or calendar event, it automatically creates a corresponding Person Account record with the same record type. To configure Individual RecordType Mapper custom metadata, you need to go to Setup > Custom Metadata Types > Individual Record Type Mapper > Manage Records and create a new record for each Person Account record type and its matching Individual record type. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article [8] : Salesforce Help Article [9]

The following FSC features should be part of the solution design for managing confidential deal information and notes sharing among deal teammembers:

Financial Deal Management: Financial Deal Management is a feature in Financial Services Cloud that allows you to track and manage complex deals that involve multiple parties, products, and stages. You can use Financial Deal Management to store confidential deal information such as deal name, amount, status, or participants. You can also use Financial Deal Management to associate opportunities, products, or tasks with a deal.

A suitable use case for Flow Builder is to collect input from internal users with a form placed on a Lightning page or launched by a button. Flow Builder is a tool that allows users to automate business processes by building flows that guide users through screens, executelogic, manipulate data, and interact with Salesforce and external systems. By using Flow Builder, the system administrator can create a flow that collects input from internal users with a form and performs actions based on the input.

Record alerts are a feature of Financial Services Cloud that let users create and display alerts on record pages to highlight important information or actions. Record alerts are based on OmniStudio, a low-code platform for building digital experiences in Salesforce.To access or extend permissions for record alerts in Financial Services Cloud, users need to have one of the following permission sets:

FSC Standard permission set: This permission set grants access to the core features of Financial Services Cloud, including record alerts. Users with this permission set can view and create record alerts on supported objects, such as accounts, contacts, financial accounts, and opportunities1.

FSC Foundations permission set: This permission set grants access to the common features of Financial Services Cloud that are shared across subverticals, such as retail banking, wealth management, and insurance. Users withthis permission set can view and create record alerts on supported objects2.

OmniStudio User permission set: This permission set grants access to the OmniStudio features, such as OmniScripts, DataRaptors, Integration Procedures, and Record Alerts. Users with this permission set can view and create record alerts on any object that has the Record Alert component enabled3.