Data 360 Consultant Data Ingestion And Modeling Practice Question
An enterprise ingests orders from three separate e-commerce platforms. Each platform uses a different currency (USD, EUR, GBP). To aggregate total purchase value accurately in Calculated Insights, what must the consultant do during the harmonization and modeling stage?
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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Ensure both the monetary amount and currency ISO code are mapped to standard DMO attributes to enable currency normalization.
To aggregate multi-currency values, consultants must ingest the currency ISO code along with the amount, map them to standard DMO attributes, or normalize currencies into a common base currency using conversion rates.
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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Reject orders not denominated in USD during the S3 batch file upload.
Why it's wrong here
Rejecting non-USD orders results in data loss for international sales.
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Store all monetary amounts as text strings and let SQL queries perform manual string stripping.
Why it's wrong here
Text strings prevent mathematical aggregation in insights.
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Ensure both the monetary amount and currency ISO code are mapped to standard DMO attributes to enable currency normalization.
Why this is correct
Mapping both amount and currency ISO code allows downstream calculations and insights to handle currency conversions properly.
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Hardcode an exchange rate multiplier in an Apex trigger during ingestion.
Why it's wrong here
Apex triggers cannot be used in Data Cloud data streams.
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