Summer 17– Hottest Analytics Cloud Features

As the weather heats up, thoughts turn toward Summer.  After reviewing the release notes and working in a pre-release org, here are the hottest features coming in the Analytics Cloud Summer 17 release.

Salesforce Wave Explained - Replication

Salesforce Analytics Cloud includes a replication feature that will pre-populate Wave with Salesforce data.  Replicated data can greatly improve dataflow execution times.

Enabling replication also consolidates multiple digest statements in dataflows into a single extract.  If you have used the Dataset builder and selected the same object more than once, your dataflow will digest that object multiple times.

Simply check the option and away you go....well almost.  There are a few considerations to take into account when using replicated data.  Here's what to keep in mind as well as a list of my Tips & Tricks.