Note
Important Update: Data Cloud Consultant Certification Changes
As of March 27, 2026, the official Data Cloud Consultant exam guide has been updated and renamed Data 360 Consultant. This revision introduces significant changes to the exam sections and objectives.
Our team is currently analyzing these updates and will be refreshing our materials over the next four weeks. All updates will be fully reflected in your account by May 15, 2026.
The new exam guide details can be accessed here.
Lessons
Data Cloud Setup and Administration
- Apply Data Cloud permissions, permission sets, and org-wide settings.
- Describe and configure the available data stream types and data bundles.
- Identify use cases for data spaces and create data spaces based on requirements.
- Manage and administer Data Cloud using reports, dashboards, flows, packaging, and data kits.
- Diagnose and explore data using Data Explorer, Profile Explorer, and APIs.
- Knowledge Check
Data Ingestion and Modeling
- Identify the different transformation capabilities within Data Cloud.
- Describe processes and considerations for data ingestion from different sources into Data Cloud.
- Define, map, and model data using best practices and aligning to requirements for identity resolution.
- Use available tools to inspect and validate ingested and modeled data.
- Knowledge Check
Act on Data
- Define activations and their basic use cases.
- Use attributes and related attributes.
- Identify and analyze timing dependencies affecting the Data Cloud lifecycle.
- Troubleshoot common problems with activations including accepted/rejected counts, errors, and not seeing related attributes.
- Use data actions and identify their requirements and intended use cases.
- Knowledge Check