In this video, we’ll walk through real exam-style questions, share strategies for success, and dive into the official documentation to help you confidently prepare for the exam. ✅ What you’ll learn:

• How to break down certification questions

• Tips and tricks to avoid common pitfalls

• Where to find the right answers in Salesforce documentation

• Must-know topics for the Hyperautomation Specialist Exam

🔗 Resources Shared: https://trailhead.salesforce.com/ Links from the session will be added in the comments! 🧭 Whether you're just getting started or brushing up before your exam, this video will help you stay focused, confident, and ready to dominate the test.

Welcome back, Questers! 🎯 In Session 2 of our Salesforce Hyperautomation Specialist Certification prep series, Digital Dee (Diane Kesler) shares personal insights, battle-tested strategies, and a candid look at what it takes to conquer this complex exam. 🛠️ Covered in this session:

• A breakdown of all 5 major hyperautomation products:

• MuleSoft RPA

• MuleSoft Composer

• Salesforce Flow

• Orchestrator

• MuleSoft (Core APIs)

• Common pitfalls and how to overcome them

• What makes this exam one of the most challenging—and how to get ahead

🧠 Whether you're just starting or neck-deep in study mode, this session brings encouragement, practical advice, and the clarity you need to move forward. 🎙️ “It’s not an easy one, I’ll tell you that… but you’ve got this.”

In Session 3, we deep-dive into Section 2 of the certification exam—focused entirely on Salesforce Composer and how it fits into your hyperautomation strategy. 🚀 In this video:

• Real exam-style questions from the Composer section

• Tips for tackling “Choose 2” style questions

• What counts as a full correct answer—and what doesn’t

• Best practices when automating integrations with Composer

🎯 Topic Highlight: "Use Composer to automate integrations in a Hyperautomation project." 📚 Whether you're polishing up your Composer knowledge or just starting to connect the pieces, this session ensures you're ready to automate confidently and pass with clarity.

📘 Session 1 – Learning Objectives & Topics Covered Link to

1. Understand the Exam as a Product, Not Just a Project

• Learn how MuleSoft frames APIs as products, emphasizing long-term value and design thinking.

2. Build Exam Mindset & Strategy

• Decode tricky or ambiguous exam questions.

• Learn to focus on how the question is written, not just what you know.

• Understand how to analyze and eliminate distractors in multiple-choice scenarios.

3. Learn in Layers: Depth Over Memorization

• Embrace a layered learning approach, focusing on how MuleSoft works under the hood—not just how to use it.

• Discover why real understanding beats superficial memorization in certification success.

4. Challenge-Based Learning

• Use failed attempts as learning tools—write down confusing questions and map them to objectives.

• Translate objectives into presentations or PoC-style demos to master the topic.

• Reinforce that teaching back is a great way to retain knowledge.

5. MuleSoft Curriculum Focus

• Understand that your current focus should be on Anypoint Studio, not Code Builder.

• Stay aligned with the MCD1 curriculum and tools used in the official training.

6. Terminology & Core Concepts

• Clarify key API-led connectivity concepts, product vs. project mindset, and layered API design.

• Prep for discussions around network layers, contract-first design, and integration use cases.

🧠 Additional Topics Covered in the Recording 1. C4E (Center for Enablement) Philosophy

• Emphasis on empowering teams to carry best practices beyond the classroom.

• Encourages a discipleship model—spreading knowledge across teams and roles.

2. Future-Proofing Through API-Led Design

• Why teams should deeply understand why they design APIs a certain way.

• Reinforces specification quality, data types, and error handling as critical for scalable integrations.

3. Architectural Influence

• Learners are encouraged to take ownership of best practices when returning to their dev, architect, or stakeholder teams.

4. Metrics & KPIs

• Mentions tools and methods for tracking adoption of API-led principles.

• Highlights the importance of reusability (e.g., tracking fragment reuse) as a measure of architectural maturity.

  Summary Document:

  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QEVKkVUqt2DHhCAL3F4j9-RWZhGcpR-bwfiKLUzXnLI/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.nj9w1earmgek

📘 Session 2 – Learning Objectives & Topics Covered Link to

1. Explore the API Lifecycle

• Understand the full lifecycle of an API—from discovery to publishing.

• Learn when and why to create a new specification using RAML or OAS (OpenAPI/Swagger).

2. Design Fundamentals

• Dive into the role of API Designer and Anypoint Code Builder in spec creation.

• Compare different specification languages and where they fit in modern integration.

3. Specification-Driven Development

• Learn how API specs act as contracts between teams.

• Discover best practices for building reusable, well-documented interfaces.

4. Anypoint Exchange and Reuse

• Discover how to find and evaluate APIs and assets in Anypoint Exchange.

• Learn how publishing and reusing fragments accelerates development.

5. Design First vs. Code First Approaches

• Discuss the benefits and tradeoffs of each method.

• Align the design-first strategy with MCD1 expectations.

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📘 Session 3 – Learning Objectives & Topics Covered Link to

1. API Deployment & Management Overview

• Learn where the API lifecycle continues after design and testing.

• Understand the transition from development to deployment environments.

2. Runtime Options in MuleSoft

• Compare CloudHub, Runtime Fabric, and Hybrid deployments.

• Understand when to use each deployment type based on business needs.

3. Deploying Mule Applications

• Explore best practices for packaging, deploying, and promoting Mule applications.

• Understand deployment artifacts, configuration files, and automation strategies.

4. API Auto-Discovery

• Learn how to use the Auto-Discovery feature to link APIs to API Manager.

• Understand the role of api.id and secure gateway configuration.

5. Managing APIs in Anypoint Platform

• Navigate API Manager to apply policies, analytics, and SLA tiers.

• Explore how to control versions and apply updates post-deployment.

6. Monitoring & Troubleshooting

• Introduce key monitoring tools within the Anypoint Platform.

• Learn how to view logs, handle alerts, and ensure uptime.

  Summary Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JRMBhJxHFV4tGW8b9wiHRo10Abq70gZSIMyJmhEKno4/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.tys6np99t07k

📘 What You’ll Learn in Session Four Link to

1) The purpose and power of DataWeave, MuleSoft’s core transformation language

• When and how to use key DataWeave functions: map, filter, reduce, groupBy, orderBy, ++, and default

• The structure of a DataWeave script (header, delimiter, body) and how to avoid common syntax errors

• How to identify and handle data types (arrays, objects, strings, numbers, nulls) to prevent transformation errors

• Real-world and exam-style transformation examples, including:

• Concatenating name fields

• Mapping arrays of objects

• Filtering for active entries

• Reducing values for totals

• Grouping and sorting by fields

• Default values for missing data

• Joining related data using map + filter

• How to write and read lambda expressions in map, filter, and reduce

• Why function order matters (groupBy vs. orderBy) and how structure affects logic

• How to format output for both humans and systems, including dates and fallback values

2) The complete breakdown of Batch Jobs in MuleSoft:

• What they are, why they matter, and how they work

• Configuration of batch scopes, block sizes, concurrency, and scheduling

• Using acceptExpression and acceptPolicy to control record flow

• When and how to use Batch Aggregators for grouped processing

• What happens in the On Complete phase—and what doesn’t

• Understanding variable scope across batch steps and flow

• Practice flows showing real MuleSoft logger behavior at each stage

  Summary Document:

  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rHgI77-bB2whyqp1NDZwGYvq-U7bkU9QbemZZj7n1wM/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.tys6np99t07k

• Raise Error, On Error Propagate, and On Error Continue – Learn how to purposefully throw and catch errors using MuleSoft’s error handling scopes

• Flow-Level vs. Global Error Handlers – Understand where to place error handlers and how their scope affects flow behavior

• System Errors vs. Messaging Errors – Know which types of errors you can handle inside flows and which ones require external strategies

• Mule Error Object – Use error.description and error.errorType to inspect, log, and route errors accurately

• HTTP Listener Default vs. Custom Behavior – Discover what status codes and responses are returned by default and how to override them using vars.httpStatus

• APIkit’s Auto-Generated Error Handling – See how APIkit creates flows and handlers from RAML, and how it uses variables to manage responses

• Comparing On Error Continue and On Error Propagate – Master the difference in flow behavior, response codes, and processor execution

• Mule Default Error Handler – Recognize when this fallback kicks in and how it mimics On Error Propagate behavior

• Handler Type Matching & Stacking – Learn to define multiple error scopes and why their order (specific to general) determines which one is triggered

• Parent vs. Child Flow Error Handling – Explore how errors propagate or are absorbed across flow references and what payload wins in the response

• Sub Flows vs. Private Flows – Understand which can have their own error handling and which inherit from the caller

• Processor-Level Try Scope – Isolate errors at the processor level for granular control without affecting the entire flow

• Global Error Handlers – Configure and apply app-wide error handling when no local scope catches the error

• Error Mapping – Replace verbose error types with meaningful custom identifiers for cleaner error handling

• Mule Error Logic Flow – Follow Mule’s built-in decision tree to determine which handler will run and why

• HTTP Status Overrides – Use variables to change response codes (like from 500 to 400) even inside On Error Propagate scopes

• Exam Tips with Scenario Practice – Apply everything you've learned to real-world style exam questions with status codes, payloads, and error scope behavior

  Summary Document:

  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V88KvyOfS2IvOy0A0wQ5COkY-9vOHq4dKBK8DvrIQo4/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.tys6np99t07k

• API Governance Fundamentals – How governance profiles, rule sets, and OWASP integration help enforce API design-time standards in Anypoint Platform

• Using Rule Sets – Applying built-in and custom rule sets (e.g., OWASP, Required Examples) to APIs using governance profiles

• Conformance Monitoring – How MuleSoft tracks conformance, shows violations, and blocks noncompliant assets from being published to Exchange

• Automated Alerts & Remediation – How alerts, violation reports, and team collaboration support continuous improvement

• Routing Processors Deep Dive – Choice, Scatter-Gather, First Successful, and Round Robin routers—how they differ and when to use each

• Validation Module in Action – Using validation processors like isEmpty, isNull, isEmail, etc., to ensure clean data before flow execution

• Semantic Versioning (SemVer) – How MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH versioning works in Exchange and what changes require each type

• Versioning Scenarios & Best Practices – Understanding how different API updates (e.g., adding a required field vs. fixing a typo) impact version numbers

• Exam Prep Strategy & Time Management – Real tips for pacing, flagging questions, and using WebAssessor to schedule and pass your exam

• Test Day Setup – What to expect from the proctoring environment, system checks, and exam-day do’s and don’ts

  Summary Document:

  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J1PfRA_VdgmLshEItCK3rK0FWtmUuUZzH6A3RiP9anU/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.tys6np99t07k

🚀 What You'll Learn: How to set up standalone servers for MuleSoft applications Deployment options and strategies for seamless integration Architecting scalable and efficient integration solutions Whether you're setting up environments or deploying applications, this video equips integration professionals and architects with the actionable knowledge to enhance their MuleSoft expertise. Learn how to build for scalability and ensure optimal performance with practical tips and tricks.

🚀 What You'll Learn: Setting up Mule Domains for shared resources across applications Leveraging Mule Domains to share global elements like configurations and connectors Configuring Mule Servers in a cluster for scalability and high availability Best practices for managing shared resources and clustered environments Troubleshooting common Mule Domain and clustering setup challenges

💡 Tip: Don’t forget to ensure your Java configuration is properly set up on servers to avoid runtime issues and maximize efficiency. We will show you how!

🚀 What You'll Learn: How Intelligent Document Processing scans and extracts data from documents Using pre-templated document types for quick and accurate processing Understanding the roadmap for enhanced IDP capabilities Practical use cases and best practices for implementing IDP

💡 Tip: IDP streamlines workflows by automating document processing, saving time and reducing errors.

🚀 What You'll Learn: Using the API Kit Router to streamline routing and simplify API development Designing APIs with clear Interface and seamless Implementation layers Managing configurations with Global and Environment Configuration Files Strategies for deploying applications efficiently and effectively Key considerations for scaling and managing deployed applications

💡 Tip: Leveraging tools like the API Kit Router and proper configuration files ensures a structured, efficient, and scalable development process. Whether you're building your first MuleSoft application or deploying enterprise-grade solutions, this video provides actionable insights to elevate your integration game.

🚀 What You'll Learn: The difference between embedded and proxy-based API management How to deploy a proxy application using the Mule Gateway Configuring consumer endpoints and managing traffic with SLA tiers Adding Policies to secure your APIs, including rate limiting, authentication, and throttling

💡 Pro Tip: Proxy applications combined with policies act as a robust protective layer, ensuring controlled access, enhanced monitoring, and scalability for your APIs. This structured approach keeps your integrations secure and future-ready. Whether you're an integration enthusiast or a seasoned architect, this tutorial equips you with tools to effectively manage and secure APIs with proxies.

🚀 What You'll Learn:

Key stages of the API Lifecycle: Design, Build, Deploy, Manage, and Retire Best practices for designing scalable and reusable APIs Tips for ensuring seamless integration and versioning throughout the lifecycle 💡 Tip: Following a structured API Lifecycle ensures your integrations remain robust, secure, and future-ready.