Data 360 Consultant Data Ingestion And Modeling Practice Question
An organization wants to ingest data from an external relational database using a zero-ETL integration approach if possible. Which Salesforce feature integrates external data sources into Data Cloud without heavy ETL pipelines?
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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Zero Copy Data Federation (e.g., Snowflake or Redshift Zero Copy)
Zero Copy integrations (such as Snowflake Zero Copy or Amazon Redshift/BigQuery integrations) allow Data Cloud to query external data warehouses directly without duplicating or moving the data physically.
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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Zero Copy Data Federation (e.g., Snowflake or Redshift Zero Copy)
Why this is correct
Zero Copy allows Data Cloud to query external data stores directly without traditional ETL batch loads.
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Manual CSV file export and upload
Why it's wrong here
Manual uploads are classic ETL processes, not zero-ETL.
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Marketing Cloud FTP drops
Why it's wrong here
FTP drops are file-based batch ETL processes.
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Heroku Connect replication triggers
Why it's wrong here
Heroku Connect replicates data physically into Heroku Postgres databases.
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