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what is salesforce cpq certification

by Larry Weber III Published 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago
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The Certified Salesforce CPQ Specialist credential is intended for candidates who have knowledge implementing the Salesforce CPQ solution. This exam focuses on the Salesforce customers, partners, and Salesforce employees who wish to showcase their skills and knowledge in designing, building, and implementing quoting flows through the Salesforce CPQ platform.

The Salesforce CPQ Specialist certification focuses on your knowledge of the Salesforce CPQ platform (formerly known as SteelBrick), it's object model, capabilities, and administration of key features. The scope of this exam is narrow, but you are expected to have a lot of best practice knowledge.

Full Answer

Which Salesforce certification should I Choose?

  • Senior Level
  • 4-5 years (implementing complex security models in Salesforce) + 2-3 years (Salesforce experience)
  • No Prerequisites
  • 400

How to get certified in Salesforce?

  • Virtual, interactive training
  • Expert instructor
  • $200 exam fee included in tuition (N. and S. America locations)

How to solve sales challenges by implementing Salesforce CPQ?

  • Train new team members
  • Retrain existing staff as needed
  • Keep up with Salesforce upgrades and new releases
  • Update sales goals monthly, quarterly, and annually
  • Ensure system data is accurate and complete
  • Check in with clients for quote satisfaction
  • Run reports from the system
  • Do benchmark and strategic planning
  • Provide updates to senior management

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What is CPQ certificate?

Salesforce CPQ Specialist Certification is a proctored exam from Salesforce.com. The exam is proctored by Kryterion and can be taken either onsite or online. The certification exam is made up of 60 multiple choice Questions with 105 Minutes to complete it. Passing score is 65%.

What is CPQ Salesforce?

What is CPQ Salesforce? CPQ Salesforce, or Configure, Price, Quote Software by Salesforce is a sales tool for companies to provide accurate pricing with any given product configuration scenario.

How difficult is Salesforce CPQ certification?

How difficult is the Salesforce CPQ Specialist Exam exam? Skilled Salesforce CPQ specialists are in short supply, regardless of their increasing demand. This is because the Salesforce CPQ Specialist certification is one of the toughest certifications to obtain.

How do I become a Salesforce CPQ certified?

Prerequisite: None required; course attendance highly recommended. As preparation for this exam, Salesforce recommends a combination of: hands-on experience, training course completion, Trailhead trails, and self-study in the areas listed in the Exam Outline section of this exam guide.

Does Salesforce CPQ require coding?

Salesforce CPQ does not require Coding as its Core Functionality consists of a Graphical User Interface (GUI) to offer its declarative solutions.

What does a CPQ analyst do?

Coordinate validation activities and ensure processing of findings (bugs, change requests). Support business in the validation process acting as an expert regarding the system functionality. Support training. In cooperation with business develop training materials about the CPQ automation.

How long does it take to learn CPQ?

This Salesforce CPQ Trailhead Trail was designed to teach you how to optimize your quoting and invoice process and build better team relationships. Trailhead estimates this course will take you roughly 2 hours and 20 minutes to complete.

Is Salesforce CPQ worthwhile?

Solutions like Salesforce CPQ can integrate with your CRM to automate as much of these final steps as possible. The result is better sales productivity and a better closing rate. In fact, companies who use a CPQ tool see, on average, 17% higher lead conversion than those who do not.

How do I pass the CPQ exam in Salesforce?

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What jobs can you get with a Salesforce certification?

Career path progression as a Salesforce AdminYou can train in any other role in Salesforce including; Developer, Architect, Business Analyst, Marketing Cloud specialist, and more.You can continue to upskill in your field and become a Senior Salesforce Administrator.More items...

How do I become a Salesforce consultant?

To become a Salesforce Consultant, you need to follow the steps mentioned below:Enroll in a Salesforce Consultant certification program.Work with the latest technologies.Build your networking skills.Gain industry experience in retail, financial services, etc.Work with various Salesforce products and services.More items...

How can CPQ increase the bottom line?

While many companies don’t have CPQ software yet, those that do are seeing impressive positive results in time, deal size, quote accuracy, and sales processes.

The bottom line

To ensure a smooth deployment of Salesforce CPQ, IT and SMEs should oversee the customisation of the rules and options for configuring. Once deployed, CPQ should be implemented with plenty of training and support for the sales staff, who will learn to use CPQ for upselling and cross-selling.

How many parts are in the CPQ?

The CPQ Specialist exam is made up of eight parts, however, some of them do have overlaps in terms of the knowledge (depending on how you interpret Salesforce’s description of each section!)

Is Salesforce multiple choice?

Lastly, you should familiarise yourself with the exam structure. Salesforce exams are multiple-choice, but follow a pattern giving you a choice of the right answer , incorrect answers, and an answer that could be correct, but is not best practice (to really test your skills!).

Salesforce CPQ Specialists

Salesforce CPQ specialists are in high demand, experienced CPQ specialists are in short supply and one of the most difficult certifications to obtain is the Salesforce CPQ Professional certification. I am a Salesforce CPQ training Professional accredited by Salesforce and I'll share exactly how I passed the test in this article.

Quick Description of Main Features of Salesforce CPQ

CPQ helps to build packages of features and options for the product. Options are defined as package categories, and the choices are defined as components.

Specific Research History

Next, I did some of the trailhead modules of Introduction to Salesforce CPQ to ensure my general knowledge was up to date. Such modules were those which had no connection with Trailhead Playground/Dev orgs. They were merely reading questions and quiz questions.

Took the CPQ 211 Test at Salesforce

Subsequently, I took as a virtual student the Salesforce CPQ online training Admin Essentials for Experienced Administrators (CPQ 211). It was a four-day course, intense, focused on covering a wide range and depth of CPQ topics. If you have any holes in your knowledge regarding what's required for the examination, this will fill them up for you.

Trailheads Interactive

It reinforced my core ideas and gave me a new approach to CPQ exam subjects, other than the course. The modules/projects are all in the CPQ Admin Essentials trail for Learn Salesforce. None of this beats hands-on!

Know CPQ Admin Essentials CPQ on Salesforce

The day after my course with CPQ 211 ended, I went back and took about 15 pages of notes on all the content of the course. I had my CPQ org open while I was taking the notes, so I could drill into each topic area and see the fields and objects involved for each topic.

Last Thought

When you are considering taking the CPQ Specialist Exam, I strongly recommend that you come up with a plan of study. The one I outlined in this post worked very well for me, but there may be other strategies that work better. You can learn more through Salesforce CPQ online training in India .

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