Salesforce Certified Business Analyst

Who can take it

Salesforce logo

Salesforce Certified Business Analyst Eligibility

Salesforce-BA

Whether you can sit the Salesforce Certified Business Analyst certification exam: prerequisites, who the exam is for, and the skills it assesses.

2 prerequisites
associate level
5 skills

Prerequisites and requirements

Published requirements for this certification.

  • Basic understanding of Salesforce platform capabilities
  • Foundational knowledge of Business Analysis principles

Who this exam is for

Business Analysts, Product Owners, Project Managers, and Salesforce Consultants who work closely with stakeholders to define business processes and requirements for Salesforce implementations.

Skills assessed

What the exam actually tests, beyond the domain names.

Requirement Elicitation
Stakeholder Management
Process Modeling
User Story Authoring
UAT Facilitation

The domains you will be assessed on

Eligibility is not only about paperwork. These are the areas you have to actually know.

DomainWeightTopic count
Requirements18%4
User Stories18%4
User Acceptance12%3
Customer Discovery17%4
Business Process Mapping12%4
Collaboration with Stakeholders23%4

How demanding this exam is

Cognitive load
Moderate to High; requires shifting between high-level business strategy and granular requirement documentation.

Our focus for this certification: Methodological application of BA principles within a cloud-based CRM implementation context.

More about the Salesforce Certified Business Analyst exam

Explore the rest of this page series: format, cost, difficulty, requirements and how to prepare.

Related certifications

Explore other certifications in the same category and see how they stack up.

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about the Salesforce Certified Business Analyst exam.