Data 360 Consultant Setup And Administration Practice Question
An administrator needs to ingest data from an external transactional system using the Ingestion API. The API requests are failing with an HTTP 401 Unauthorized error. What is the most likely cause?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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The OAuth bearer token is missing, expired, or generated using incorrect Connected App scopes.
Ingestion API requests require a valid OAuth 2.0 Bearer token generated via a Connected App configured with the correct OAuth scopes for Data Cloud.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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The Ingestion API stream is not assigned to an active Data Space.
Why it's wrong here
Data Space assignment issues result in authorization or routing errors, but missing/invalid tokens cause 401.
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The Ingestion API payload exceeds the maximum batch size of 50 megabytes.
Why it's wrong here
Payload size violations typically return HTTP 413 Payload Too Large, not 401 Unauthorized.
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The OAuth bearer token is missing, expired, or generated using incorrect Connected App scopes.
Why this is correct
HTTP 401 Unauthorized indicates authentication failure, typically due to invalid or expired tokens or missing OAuth scopes.
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The target Data Model Object primary key contains duplicate values.
Why it's wrong here
Duplicate keys result in ingestion processing failures or record discards, not HTTP 401 authentication errors.
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