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⭐️ Updated Module: Data 360 Credit Consumption Quick Look Now Covers Flex Credits ⭐️

We’ve updated the

Trailhead module with information about Flex Credits and a worked example. Complete this module to learn how consumption is calculated and how Flex Credits change the multiplier as your usage grows. 

• How Data 360 credits work 
• How credits are consumed
• The consumption formula
• New: How Flex Credits change consumption
• New: An example of Flex Credits consumption
• Links to the billable usage types for Data Services credits and Flex Credits
• How to optimize your credits and control your usage and cost

👉 Earn a Badge: Data 360 Credit Consumption: Quick Look

⭐️  Distribute Activation Platforms with the Data 360 Activation Toolkit: New Trailhead Module ⭐️ 

Learn how independent software vendors (ISVs) use the Activation Toolkit to distribute activation target platforms. Get to know the toolkit, then explore real-world use cases in this 10-minute module. 

The Activation Toolkit is a set of services that lets ISVs onboard their platform as an activation destination in Data 360 using metadata. The metadata defines the configuration for the destination, including the authentication type and connector fields. Data 360 uses it to set up the activation target, the authenticated connection, and the activation experience for customers. 

👉 Earn a Badge: Data 360 Activation Toolkit for Independent Software Vendors 

⭐️ NEW: Data 360 September Monthly Release Summary ⭐️ 

Here are the new Data 360 features released in September ’26. 

• General Functionality: Simplify Your Navigation with the Updated Data 360 Menu
• Data Cloud One: View All Companion Connection Eligibility Errors at Once
• Intelligent Context: Render Source Documents Consistently for Intelligent Context Citations
• Data Graph: Redeploy Data Kits Containing Data Graphs
• Activations: Use Shortcuts in Activation to Simplify Attribute Selection and Filtering
• Ad Audiences: Activate Audiences to LY Ads
• Data 360 Marketing Agent:
  • Segment and Activate Audiences with the Data 360 Marketing Agent
  • Build a Segment by Describing It
• Clean Rooms:
  • Run Multiple Queries in the Same Clean Room Collaboration
  • Schedule Clean Room Queries to Run on Segment Publish

👉  The full list is available to share with customers on this page.  

 Standardizing Data Cloud Observability: Unified Operational Dashboard Idea  

Hi Trailblazers! 👋

As Data Cloud implementations scale, keeping track of everything happening under the hood—from Data Streams and DMOs to Identity Resolution, Calculated Insights, and Data Transforms—often requires jumping across multiple setup screens.

To help streamline administration and governance, I posted an idea on the IdeaExchange for a Centralized Data Cloud Operational Dashboard.

The goal is to bring a single-pane-of-glass view to Data Cloud for:

• Artifact Inventory: Streams, DLOs, DMOs, and IR Rules.
• Process & Schedules: Execution statuses and next runs for CIs and Transforms.
• Data Flow: Clear view of incoming ingestion and outgoing activations.
• Centralized Logging: Real-time error and execution logs across all processes for faster troubleshooting.
• Governance & AI: Quick visibility into Data Spaces, security policies, and deployed AI models.

Would a feature like this make managing your Data Cloud org easier?

If you’d like to see this capability natively in Salesforce, please check out the idea and drop a vote/comment!

🔗 https://ideas.salesforce.com/s/idea/a0BHp000017JndUMAS/centralized-operational-artifact-management-dashboard-for-data-cloud  

Curious to hear your thoughts—what operational metrics or logs do you find hardest to monitor today? 

🚀 Next Week: One workshop. Two chances to get hands-on with AIforce.

Join us next week for Get Hands-on with AIforce, a free virtual workshop where you’ll build a real Salesforce app using Agentforce Vibes, the Headless Experience Layer, APIs, MCP tools, Skills, and more. Learn how to build composable, headless, and agent-ready experiences that extend Salesforce beyond the platform — and put those concepts into practice. 

Register for the session that works for you and come ready to build: 

🔹 October 7 | 10:30 a.m. SGT / 1:30 p.m. AEDT ➡️ https://sforce.co/4rxnHkx

🔹 October 7 | 10:00 a.m. EDT ➡️ https://sforce.co/4d3Ov6c