Salesforce Big Objects-Everything You Wanted to Know

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Everything
You Wanted to Know
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• Handling large data sets is a growing challenging
  task to manage performance and data scalability
  effectively. In order to process and manage such
  large data sets, the right tools are needed to
  keep everything streamlined, relevant, and
  productive.
• For this, Salesforce provides a game-changing
  feature within its platform known as Big Objects.
  The biggest advantage of Big Objects is that it
  does not count against the data storage limit.

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Two Types of Big Objects
Standard Large Objects
These objects are defined and included in
standard Salesforce products to support data
requirements for certain functionalities.
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Custom Large Objects
These objects are defined and implemented via the
Metadata API.
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• In order to define a Custom Big Object, users are
  required to simply create an object file that
  includes

Package
Ant Migration Tool
Object File
Permission Set
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Important points need to be considered when
implementing Big Objects

1. Big Objects only support fields and objects
   permissions.
2. You must use the metadata API to specify or add
   fields to a custom big object.
3. SOQL relationship queries depend upon the lookup
   field from a big object to a standard or
   custom object.
4. Big Objects support custom Salesforce Lightning
   and Visualforce components, and not standard UI
   elements.
5. You can create up to 100 large objects in org.
6. Big Objects do not support transactions that
   contain big objects, standard objects, and custom
   objects.

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Supported Features of Big Objects

• Big Objects can be used in Einstein Analytics but
  not for report builder.
• These objects can be used for securing data and
  access support field and object permissions.
• These objects can be included in managed packages.

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Unsupported features of Big Objects
You cannot use Salesforce triggers, flow,
processes, and data to maintain the amount of
data in a big object.
You cannot track field history on big
objects.
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Use Cases of Custom Big Objects
360 Customer View
Auditing and Tracking
Historical Archives
Extend your Salesforce data model with detailed
information.
Track and maintain a long-term view of
Salesforce.
Track historical data for analysis or compliance
purposes.
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Big Objects is the best solution to Salesforce
data storage challenges

• Big Objects provide a storage solution or option
  that allows you to store less accessible data
  that is no longer used.
• Your unused data will be fine in your Salesforce
  ecosystem without being exposed to external
  systems. This is cost-effective and gives you the
  benefit of storing a huge amount of your
  historical data.

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Thank You