Developers need data to create great apps, but often find managing lots of data to be a painful process. Big Objects brings the power and scale of big data to the Lightning Platform, all while using the same Salesforce platform tools and APIs you already know.

1. Arabella David
Senior Director,
Developer Marketing
Salesforce
Mike Salem
Principal Solution
Engineer
Salesforce
Manage Massive Datasets with
Big Objects & Async SOQL
September 6, 2018 | 10:00 a.m. PDT
Jari Salomaa
Director of Product
Management
Salesforce
Ryan Schellack
Product Marketing
Manager
Salesforce

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5. Agenda
• What are Big Objects?
• How to Create & Load a Big Object using Clicks or Code (Demo!)
• Key Use Cases & Design Patterns for Big Objects
• Using Async SOQL to Work with Big Data (Demo!)
• Where to Learn More
• Q&A

6. Today, Every Customer is Connected
Businesses must satisfy demand for personalized, intelligent experiences

7. More customers, more data, and more opportunities for innovation
More Data Moves to the Cloud Than Ever Before
Financial
Data
Social
Data
Health
Data
Web
Data
Location
Data

8. Your
Company
Key
Customer
Data
Businesses Must Capitalize on this Explosion of Data
Not every business is positioned to fully understand their customers

9. But Managing Massive Datasets Is Difficult
Maintaining a big data infrastructure
taxes resources and expenses
Challenges faced when tracking details on more data for longer periods of time
Integrating with big data is complex and
requires architectural expertise

10. Salesforce Big Objects
• Store and manage massive amounts of data on the Salesforce Platform
• Capture and manage data with the Salesforce Platform tools you love
• Run queries designed for consistent performance at scale
Store billions of records natively on the Lightning Platform

11. Bring in the Data You Need – At Scale
Ingest billions of records from multiple data sources using clicks or code
Big Object
Salesforce
Native Big
Data Storage
On-Prem
Systems
Legacy Data
Cloud Data
Non-CRM Data
Dataloader.io
Anypoint
Platform
Bulk API
3rd Party
ETL
Versatile Data Import Options
CRM Data
Async
SOQL

12. Create Big Objects with Clicks, Not Code
• Create and configure Big Objects from scratch in three simple steps
• Quickly define a data index without needing to use the Metadata API
• Easily set field permissions and access controls before populating with data
Rapidly structure Big Objects using a declarative setup flow
Now on AppExchange!

13. Demo!
Creating a Big Object and Loading it with External Data

14. Big Object Use Cases: Data Enriches Your Business
Enhance Customer 360
Maintain a long-term view
of user activity for analysis
or compliance
Retain historical data
without sacrificing
performance
Auditing & Tracking Historical Archive
Extend your Salesforce data
model for a more complete
view of your customer

15. Async SOQL
• Leverage the same familiar syntax as
standard SOQL
• Query against millions or billions of
records
• Build more complex queries and
ensure successful completion
Efficiently query large amounts of your Salesforce data

16. Async SOQL Tames Big Data
Effectively wrangle large datasets with standard Salesforce tools
Big
Objects
Custom Object
Working Dataset
Custom & Standard
Objects
Apache Pig
Managed Compute Engine
Async SOQL
Filters Aggregations
Joins
Massively
Parallel
Big Data
Processing

17. Reduce and Deploy with Async SOQL
Create a working dataset with coarse aggregations
Big Object
Full Dataset
Custom Object
Working Dataset
100’s of Millions 100,000’s

18. Query and Filter with Async SOQL
Create and act on working datasets with filtering
Big Object
Full Dataset
Custom Object
Working Dataset
1,000s
100s of
Millions
Einstein Analytics
Connector
Reports
Dashboards
Flows
Related Lists
Lightning Platform

19. Surface Big Objects in a Community
Allow partners and customers to interact with Big Objects
Big Object
Full Dataset
1,000s
100s of
Millions

20. Demo!
Using Async SOQL to create a working dataset from a Big Object

21. Big Objects Make Salesforce Big Data Simple
Big Objects is:
• Easier to deploy and maintain than a 3rd party
Big Data infrastructure
• Secure by design, managed by Salesforce’s
leading security team
• Queried and manipulated with familiar Platform
tooling
• Cost-effective and infinitely scalable
Take on large data volumes with the tools you already have
Salesforce Big Objects
Separate MSA
Big Data Storage Requirements
MapReduce Jobs
Hadoop Clusters
Data Security
Salesforce Integration
3rd Party Infrastructure

22. Where To Go From Here

23. Big Objects Sessions at Dreamforce
Opportunities to engage customers, partners, developers, and more
Platform Breakout
Developer Theater
Title: Go Big! Store and Query Billions of Records in Salesforce with Big
Objects
Abstract: The value of data is increasing almost as much as the sheer
amount of data available. Businesses need to capitalize on their data to
succeed, but storing so much information at scale isn't always easy. See how
Salesforce empowers big data storage at scale, all on the Lightning Platform.
Learn how to architect Big Objects and deploy them for your business.
Title: Develop Apps at Big Data Scale with Big Objects & Async SOQL
Abstract: Big Objects represents an entirely new paradigm for storage on
the Salesforce Platform. Come join this session to learn what Big Objects
means for app dev, and how you can use new query techniques like Async
SOQL to manipulate data at scale. Meet the Big Objects engineering team,
learn about the architecture, and hear how businesses and partners are
utilizing Big Objects today.
• 40 minute session
• What Big Objects
can do for your
business
• 20 minute session
• How developers
can build on Big
Objects + Async
SOQL

24. Learn how to manage big data natively on Salesforce
Get Started with Big Objects Today!
Earn the Big Objects badge on Trailhead
Learn the basics of Big Objects and Async
SOQL
Get the Declarative Builder Component
Install the Big Object Creator from
AppExchange
Developer Documentation and SFDX Plug-In
Learn how to create Big Objects with code & SFDX

25. Developer Keynote
Thursday, September 27 1:00 PT
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salesforce.com/dreamforce

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