Sales-Con-201 Data Management Practice Question
A Sales Cloud Consultant is migrating opportunities and needs to ensure that closed-won opportunities retain their historical closed dates without being overwritten by automation. What must the Consultant ensure during data loading?
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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Enable 'Set Audit Fields upon Record Creation' and map the historical CloseDate.
System fields like Closedate and CreatedDate can be populated with historical values if 'Create Audit Fields' is enabled and mapped correctly in Data Loader.
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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Enable 'Set Audit Fields upon Record Creation' and map the historical CloseDate.
Why this is correct
Enabling audit fields allows administrators to load historical CloseDate and CreatedDate values accurately.
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Rely on workflow rules to backdate the opportunity automatically.
Why it's wrong here
Workflow rules cannot dynamically assign arbitrary historical dates from a CSV across millions of records reliably.
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Map CloseDate to the SystemModstamp field.
Why it's wrong here
SystemModstamp is a read-only system-maintained field that cannot be mapped directly.
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Convert opportunities as closed-lost first, then reopen them.
Why it's wrong here
This alters system timestamps and creates erroneous stage history logs.
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