Cloud Kicks maintains Inventory in a legacy application. Management wants the information to also be available to view and report on in Saiesforce. Which action should the administrator take to…

The correct answer is A. Create an external object that maps to the inventory application. To make inventory data from a legacy application available in Salesforce, the administrator can create an external object that maps to the inventory application. An external object is similar to a custom object, except that it maps to data that's stored outside your Salesforce…

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Cloud Kicks maintains Inventory in a legacy application. Management wants the information to also be available to view and report on in Saiesforce. Which action should the administrator take to achieve this goal?

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ACreate an external object that maps to the inventory application.
BImport the data into a custom object when needed; delete after it is used.
CBuild a Lightning component and use SFDX to connect to the inventory app.
DUpload an Excel spreadsheet with the data into the Files tab.

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Explanation

To make inventory data from a legacy application available in Salesforce, the administrator can create an external object that maps to the inventory application. An external object is similar to a custom object, except that it maps to data that's stored outside your Salesforce organization. External objects enable users to view and report on external data in Salesforce.

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