Financial-Services-Cloud Salesforce Financial Services Cloud (FSC) Accredited Professional (AP) exam Question and Answers

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 an integration profile that can enable the connection between Salesforce and the external system. The integration user is a dedicated user 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 setting in Action Plans that helps to avoid non working hours, company holidays, and other non working days for deadline calculation is Skip Non-Work Days for Deadlines. This is a custom setting that determines whether to exclude non work days when calculating the due date for action plan items based on the action plan item template duration. By enabling this setting, the Admin can ensure that the deadlines are realistic and achievable

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

• The Broker Assistant should be modeled 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, the consultant 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 model the broker company and associate multiple brokers with it

Enable Compliant Data Sharing for Interaction Summaries, Use Interaction Summary Participants to provide the right access to individuals or groups, and Disable Role-Hierarchy-Based Sharing for Interaction Summaries.

To grant restricted access to users like Bank Tellers who need only limited access to Financial Services Cloud features, the Admin can use Financial Service Cloud Basic permission set license. This license enables user access to a license with contractual restrictions for Financial Services Cloud and provides access to core objects such as accounts, contacts, leads, opportunities, cases, activities, reports, dashboards, and custom objects. This license also provides access to some Financial Services Cloud features such as Action Plans, Actionable Relationship Center (ARC), Branch Management, Complaint Management, Data Consumption Framework (DCF), Discovery Framework (DF), Document Generation (DG), Groups (Householding), Intelligent Document Automation (IDA), Intelligent Need-Based Referrals and Scoring (INRS), Referral Management (RM), Relationship Builder (RB), Relationship Groups (RG), Relationship Map (RM), Timeline (TL). 

Rollup By Lookup (RBL) is a feature in Financial Services Cloud that allows you to display summary calculations of financial account information, such as balances, market values, and cost bases. You can use RBL to roll up financial data to all joint owners’ primary households by doing the following:

• Create custom RBL rules to rollup the joint owner balances using the Joint Owner field on the Financial Account object.
• Enable RBL rules that rollup balances using Financial Account Role for joint owners using the Account Role field on the Account Contact Relationship object. Verified References: : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud Implementation Guide, page 75.

If a client is associated with more than one Household or Group, their records will get rolled up to the household selected by the advisor for record rollups. A Household or Group is a construct in Financial Services Cloud that allows you to group related accounts together and view their aggregated financial data and activities. A client can belong to multiple Households or Groups, but only one of them can be selected as their primary Group for record rollups. The primary Group determines which Household or Group will display the client’s records in its summary components or related lists. The advisor can select or change the primary Group for a client using the Primary Group field on the client’s record page. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article 6

To make sure that Scott’s data is rolling up to the Adams Household, the Banker should make the Adams Household Scott’s primary Group and edit the Activities & Objects to Roll Up. A primary Group is a construct in Financial Services Cloud that allows you to define the main group for a client. You can use primary Group to roll up financial data from all the financial accounts that are related to the client or the group. By making the Adams Household Scott’s primary Group, the Banker can ensure that Scott’s financial data is included in the household summary. The Banker can also edit the Activities & Objects to Roll Up to specify which items, such as financial accounts, goals, or referrals, should be rolled up for Scott. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article 4

To give a group of users access to a Financial Deal, you need to share a financial deal record with a group by adding them as participants to the record from the Financial Deal Participants related list. The Financial Deal Participants related list is a custom related list on the Financial Deal object that allows you to add users, groups, or queues as participants of a financial deal. Participants can have different roles and access levels for a financial deal, such as Owner, Collaborator, Viewer, or Approver. By adding a group as a participant, you can grant access to all the members of that group for a specific financial deal. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article [6] : Salesforce Help Article [7]

A Contact-Contact Relationship is a construct in Financial Services Cloud that allows you to model the relationship between two contacts, such as a business contact and a client that is modeled as a person account. The Reciprocal Role is a field on the Contact-Contact Relationship object that defines how each contact relates to the other. Verified References: : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud Implementation Guide, page 64.

The order of uploading Salesforce objects during an FSC data migration is important to ensure data integrity and avoid errors. The recommended order is:

• Accounts and contacts: These are the core objects that store the basic information about the customers and their relationships. They should be uploaded first to establish the foundation for the FSC data model4.
• Financial accounts: These are the custom objects that store the financial information about the customers, such as balances, interest rates, fees, and transactions. They should be uploaded after the accounts and contacts, and linked to them using lookup fields5.
• Account groups and households: These are the custom objects that group the accounts and contacts based on common attributes or relationships, such as family members or business partners. They should be uploaded after the financial accounts, and linked to them using junction objects6.

References:

• Financial Services Cloud Data Model
• Data Migration Best Practices
• Accounts and Contacts
• Financial Accounts
• Account Groups and Households

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.

The following security settings must be set up in Salesforce to meet the requirements of using out-of-the-box Financial Services Cloud objects and components with minimal custom objects and private record sharing with managerial visibility:

• Organization-wide sharing defaults should be set to meet sharing requirements for all objects in use. Organization-wide sharing defaults are the baseline level of access that users have to records that they do not own or are not explicitly shared with them. You can use organization-wide sharing defaults to specify the default access level for each object, such as Public Read/Write, Public Read Only, or Private. You can also use organization-wide sharing defaults to enable or disable features such as grant access using hierarchies, external access, or external org-wide defaults.
• The Role Hierarchy in setup should be configured to allow for managers to automatically see records of those under them. The Role Hierarchy is a structure that represents the levels of data visibility and access that users have in an organization based on their role or position. You can use the Role Hierarchy to define the roles and subordinates for each user and grant access to records owned by or shared with users below them in the hierarchy. You can also use the Role Hierarchy to control the visibility of dashboards, reports, and territories.
• Custom permission sets and out-of-the-box FSC permission sets should be configured or updated and assigned to all users for the use of FSC components and field-level security. Permission sets are a collection of settings and permissions that give users access to various tools and functions in Salesforce. You can use permission sets to grant additional permissions or access levels to users without changing their profile. You can also use permission sets to control the field-level security for each object and field, which determines whether users can view, edit, or delete data in those fields. Financial Services Cloud provides several out-of-the-box permission sets that grant access to FSC components and features, such as Action Plans, Financial Accounts, or Relationship Groups. You can also create custom permission sets to meet your specific business needs. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article 1 : Salesforce Help Article 2 : Salesforce Help Article 3

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 a client 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.

The following OmniStudio tools should be used to design a solution that meets the requirements for creating a car insurance quote process for the website:

• OmniScripts, which are tools that allow users to create guided, interactive, and intuitive scripts that capture data and execute actions. By using OmniScripts, the consultant can create a script that guides the user through the car insurance quote process and captures the contact and address information, the driver’s age, and the car model and year.
• Integration Procedures, which are tools that allow users to orchestrate data and actions across multiple systems using RESTful APIs. By using Integration Procedures, the consultant can create a procedure that calls the core system service to calculate an insurance quote based on the data provided by the user and returns the quote to the OmniScript.
• Business Rules Engine, which is a tool that allows users to define business logic and validation rules using natural language expressions. By using Business Rules Engine, the consultant can create rules that validate the data entered by the user and enforce any business policies or conditions for the car insurance quote process.

To speed up and simplify Referral creation in Salesforce, the Admin can use Global Action to create Referrals. Global Actions are actions that let users create records without leaving their current page or context. By using Global Actions, the Admin can enable Hank to create Referrals from any page in Salesforce, such as Chatter, Home, or Account pages. The Admin can also customize the layout and fields of the Global Action to capture only relevant information for Referrals

Financial accounts management is a Salesforce Financial Services Cloud feature that enables financial advisors to track and manage client accounts. A financial account is any account managed by a financial institution, such as a bank, an insurance company, or an investment firm. Financial Services Cloud supports many kinds of financial accounts, such as checking accounts, savings accounts, mortgages, credit cards, investment accounts, insurance policies, and more3. Financial advisors can use Financial Services Cloud to view, create, update, and delete financial accounts for their clients, as well as link them to other objects, such as households, goals, referrals, or opportunities4.

References:

• Financial Accounts
• Manage Financial Accounts

To modify a published Action Plan to support an additional task, Jen should use the Action Plan item feature to add an additional task to the published Action Plan. An Action Plan item is a construct in Financial Services Cloud that allows you to add, edit, or delete tasks in an existing Action Plan. You can use Action Plan items to customize your Action Plans according to your specific needs and preferences. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article 1

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 two contacts 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

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.

References:

• About Data Loader
• Mass update Account ownership with Data Loader

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 is a 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

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. RBL is 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

The following referral metrics are tracked with custom components included in Financial Services Cloud:

• Expressed interests: This metric shows the number of referrals that have a specific expressed interest, such as a mortgage, a credit card, or a checking account. You can use this metric to understand the customer needs and interests that generate the most referrals.
• My Top Referrers: This metric shows the top referrers who have created referrals for you, ranked by the number of referrals and the conversion rate. You can use this metric to identify and appreciate your best sources of business.
• Referrals Assigned to me: This metric shows the number of referrals that are assigned to you and their status, such as New, In Progress, or Closed. You can use this metric to monitor and manage your referral pipeline and prioritize your follow-up actions. Verified References: : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud User Guide, page 40. : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud User Guide, page 41. : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud User Guide, page 42.

To display the most important fields on the side panel of ARC, the Admin must configure 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

Identification Document is the Financial Services Cloud object that should be recommended for storing client data on drivers’ licenses and passports. Identification Document is a standard object that represents a document that verifies a person’s identity, such as a driver’s license, passport, or national ID card. You can create identification document records for individual clients and link them to their person accounts. You can also store information such as document type, number, issue date, expiration date, and country of issuance. References: [Identification Document Object], [Manage Identification Documents]

The following processes are part of Claims Management:

• Auto Adjudication, which is a process that allows claims to be processed automatically without human intervention, based on predefined rules and criteria. Auto adjudication can improve the efficiency and accuracy of claims processing and reduce operational costs.
• Reserve Management, which is a process that involves estimating and setting aside funds for future claims payments. Reserve management can help insurers manage their cash flow and solvency and comply with regulatory requirements.
• Payment, which is a process that involves disbursing funds to claimants or providers after a claim has been approved. Payment can involve different methods, such as check, electronic funds transfer, or debit card. Payment can affect the customer satisfaction and retention rate of insurers.

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 steps that 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]

To design the future state business process using FSC features, the administrator should create an action plan with tasks to follow up in 2 days, 2 weeks, and 2 months when an account status is changed to “Customer”. An action plan is a feature that allows users to create templates for common client processes, such as account opening, loan application, or financial review. An action plan template consists of action plan items that define the tasks, subtasks, and deadlines for each step of the process. By creating an action plan with tasks to follow up in 2 days, 2 weeks, and 2 months when an account status is changed to “Customer”, the administrator can automate the email reminder process and track and report on the progress in FSC

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 prospect or 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 action creates 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.

The following value outcomes should the company’s stakeholders expect from implementing Salesforce Financial Services Cloud (FSC):

• Achieved higher CSAT & NPS scores attributed to personalized customer experiences driven by shorter waits due to decreased average case handle times and improved self-service solutions via Einstein Bots for FSC. This outcome means that the company improved its customer satisfaction (CSAT) and net promoter score (NPS) metrics by providing customized and relevant interactions with customers, reducing their waiting time by handling cases more efficiently, and offering self-service options through chatbots powered by artificial intelligence.
• Improved customer onboarding experiences by fast-tracking and simplifying document tracking and approvals via FSC Action Plans. This outcome means that the company enhanced its customer onboarding process by speeding up and streamlining the document management and approval workflow using Action Plans, which are features that allow users to create templates for common client processes, such as account opening, loan application, or financial review.
• Drove Advisor productivity with a daily task list, client life events, opportunities, and aggregated household information directly from the FSC Home Page. This outcome means that the company increased its advisor productivity by providing them with a daily task list that shows their priorities and action items, a client life events component that shows important events in their clients’ lives, an opportunities component that shows potential sales deals, and an aggregated household information component that shows a holistic view of their clients’ financial situation, all on the FSC Home Page

Interaction Summary is the Financial Services Cloud feature that should be recommended in this scenario. Interaction Summary is a standard object that represents a summary of an interaction with a client or a group of clients. It allows the user to capture meeting notes, specify confidentiality level, link related records, and associate interaction participants. Interaction Summary can be created from the Interaction Summary component on a record page or from the New Interaction Summary action on a list view or related list. References: [Interaction Summary Object], [Create an Interaction Summary]

 A possible cause for why the portfolio 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 in their 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 may not be able to see or use ARC properly. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article 5

The consultant should design the FlexCards as follows to meet the requirements:

• Parent FlexCard with multiple Child Flex Cards and Card Actions. A Parent FlexCard is a construct in Financial Services Cloud that allows you to display information from one record in a card-like format on a Lightning page. A Child FlexCard is a construct in Financial Services Cloud that allows you to display information from related records in a card-like format within a Parent FlexCard. A Card Action is a construct in Financial Services Cloud that allows you to perform actions on a record from within a FlexCard, such as edit, delete, renew, or view details. You can use Parent FlexCards, Child FlexCards, and Card Actions to create an agent console that provides a 360-degree view of your customers and enables quick actions on their records. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article [6] : Salesforce Help Article [7] : Salesforce Help Article [8]

Compliant Data Sharing (CDS) is a feature of Financial Services Cloud that lets administrators and compliance managers configure advanced data-sharing rules so that they can improve compliance with regulations and company policies. Some of the things to consider when implementing CDS in Financial Services Cloud (FSC) are:

• CDS in FSC allows record owners to grant access to their records to other FSC users. Record owners can use the Manage Participants component on record pages to share their records with other users who have relevant roles or permissions6.
• CDS can only be applied to FSC objects and Account and Opportunity objects. CDS supports sharing for Account, Opportunity, Financial Account, Financial Holding, Financial Goal, Referral, Relationship Group, Action Plan Template, Action Plan, Action Item Template, Action Item, Interaction Summary, Interaction Summary Participant Role Assignment, Interaction Summary Participant Role Definition7.
• To get the benefits of CDS, administrators must set organization-wide sharing settings for supported objects to the Private access model. This ensures that only record owners and users above them in the role hierarchy have access to the records by default8.

References:

• Compliant Data Sharing
• Work with Compliant Data Sharing

To build the required sharing model for sensitive deal data, the consultant should use the Financial Deal object to capture the deal data and use restriction rules to block user access above the banking associate in the Role Hierarchy. The Financial Deal object is a custom object in Financial Services Cloud that allows you to track and manage complex deals that involve multiple parties, products, and stages. You can use the Financial Deal object to store sensitive deal information, such as deal name, amount, status, or participants. You can also use restriction rules to limit the visibility of Financial Deal records based on criteria such as role, profile, or ownership. Restriction rules can override the organization-wide default sharing settings and block user access to records that they would otherwise be able to see through the Role Hierarchy or other sharing mechanisms. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article 1 : Salesforce Help Article 2

 To model a requirement where more than one person can be joint owners on a Financial Account, the Admin can map additional owners using the Financial Account Role. The Financial Account Role is a junction object that links a contact or an individual to a financial account and defines their role or relationship with that account. By using Financial Account Role, the Admin can add multiple owners to a Financial Account and specify their ownership percentage, primary status, and other details.