Event-Driven Integration in Salesforce: Using Change Data Capture and Platform Events Effectively Enterprise platforms today operate within increasingly complex digital ecosystems where multiple systems must exchange information continuously. Traditional integration approaches—such as batch data transfers or scheduled polling—often introduce delays, unnecessary resource consumption, and tight dependencies between systems. As transaction volumes grow and system landscapes expand, these approaches can become difficult to scale and maintain. Event-driven architecture offers a more efficient alternative. Instead of systems repeatedly checking whether something has changed, events are generated whenever meaningful activity occurs, and interested systems subscribe to those events. This approach allows applications to react in near real time while remaining loosely coupled from one another. Within Salesforce, the Event Bus provides the infrastructure that enables this architectural patt...