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Industries CPQ Developer

The Salesforce Certified Industries CPQ Developer credential validates your ability to build and configure the Salesforce Industries CPQ product - formerly known as Vlocity CPQ. This is a niche, depth-first exam. It covers the Industries CPQ data model (product bundles, object type hierarchies, attributes), all the pricing mechanisms (list pricing, attribute-based pricing, cost and margin), rules (context, advanced, and product configuration procedures), the cart-based and digital commerce APIs, quoting and ordering workflows, and - worth a full 20% of the exam - troubleshooting across all of those domains. If you haven't already built Industries CPQ implementations on real projects, expect this exam to be challenging. The questions assume you know why a bundle isn't expanding or why an attribute-based price isn't resolving, not just that those things exist.

3-Step Path to Passing

  1. 1

    Complete the Industries CPQ Trailhead modules

    There is no official Salesforce trailmix for this cert, but Salesforce provides a solid set of Industries CPQ modules. Start with the Foundations module, then work through product design, pricing, rules, and ordering. The modules tagged 'Developer' are your priority.
  2. 2

    Attempt Practice Exams

    I recommend my own practice exams. This is a niche credential and there aren't many quality practice resources out there, so use them early to identify gaps in your knowledge before the real exam.
  3. 3

    Schedule Your Exam

    Schedule through Trailhead Academy when you are feeling confident across all seven topic areas, especially Troubleshooting. There is no need to book far in advance.

Core Resources

Exam Overview

Questions

65

60 scored + 5 unscored

Duration

105 min

1 hour 45 minutes

To Pass

65%

Minimum Score

Question Format

The exam tests your ability to configure, implement, and troubleshoot Industries CPQ across product modeling, pricing, rules, APIs, and ordering workflows.

Scored

92%

60questions

Unscored

8%

5questions

Exam Details

Pricing

$200 registration · $100 retake

Delivery

Online proctored or at a testing center

Experience

Hands-on experience implementing Industries CPQ (formerly Vlocity CPQ) recommended

Prerequisites

No prerequisites required

Exam Topics

Each topic section shows the topic weight, learning objectives, and links to study resources.

Products20%

Product catalog architecture, product bundles and bundle structure, object type hierarchies, attribute categories and attributes, product lifecycle states, and implications of bundle vs. standalone configuration.

  • Identify concepts required to configure product and product bundles.
  • Identify concepts required to configure object type hierarchies.
  • Identify concepts required to configure attributes.
  • Determine the implications of the configurations of a product.

Resources

Promotions and Discounts7%

Promotion types and design, discount types (account-based, order-based, contract-based), choosing promotions vs. discounts, formula fields in pricing adjustments, and roll-up summary fields.

  • Identify concepts required to configure promotions.
  • Identify concepts required to configure discounts.
  • Determine when to use promotions and/or discounts.
  • Describe the capabilities and use cases for formula fields and roll-up summary fields.

Resources

Pricing17%

Price lists, pricing variables and elements, attribute-based pricing (standard, range, source-target), pricing adjustments, usage pricing, repricing, bundle pricing, cost and margin calculation.

  • Identify concepts required to build pricing.
  • Identify concepts required to configure attribute based pricing.
  • Define how to adjust pricing.
  • Determine which types of pricing to use and when.
  • Identify concepts required to create cost and margin.

Resources

Rules12%

Context rules (qualification, price list, price list entry), advanced rules (auto-add, attribute modification), interface implementations, product configuration procedures, and rule type selection.

  • Identify concepts required to build context rules.
  • Identify concepts required to build advanced rules.
  • Identify concepts required to build product configuration procedures.
  • Determine which type of rule to use and when.

Resources

APIs12%

Cart-based APIs (addItem, updateCart, getCart, deleteCartItem), digital commerce APIs for headless integrations, API method parameters and response shapes, sales catalog structure and the catalog API.

  • Determine when to use cart based APIs or the digital commerce APIs.
  • Differentiate among the cart based APIs methods, parameters, and how to use them.
  • Differentiate among the digital commerce APIs methods, parameters, and how to use them.
  • Identify concepts required to build sales catalogs.

Resources

Ordering and Quoting12%

CPQ cart user experience, order creation and submission, multisite quoting configuration, asset-based ordering (ABO) lifecycle and order actions, and order monitoring.

  • Describe the user experience of the cart.
  • Identify concepts required to configure multi-site quoting.
  • Identify concepts required to create basic configurations to ordering and quoting.
  • Describe asset based ordering (ABO).

Resources

Troubleshooting20%

Diagnosing misconfigured products, pricing failures, promotion and discount errors, rule evaluation issues, API parameter and response debugging, and LWC troubleshooting techniques.

  • Troubleshoot product, pricing, promotions and discounts, and rules.
  • Troubleshoot API parameters, responses, and requests.

Resources

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