Platform App Builder exam overview
The Platform App Builder certification covers the declarative customization capabilities of the Salesforce Platform as well as the fundamentals of Salesforce. This certification is geared toward candidates who have some experience or familiarity with Salesforce Platform and understand basics such as license types, data storage fundamentals, and platform capabilities.
The Platform App Builder certification overlaps with the Salesforce Certified Administrator and Platform Developer I certifications. If you have experience with either or both, it will certainly help with the concepts covered by Platform App Builder (although neither is required). The administrator certification focuses more on topics related to user management, operations, and the day-to-day support of a Salesforce org. The Platform Developer I certification covers programmatic customization, which is not within the scope of the Platform App Builder certification.
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