What can the SOAP API be used for?

The SOAP API can be utilized for CRUD operations, which refer to Create, Read, Update, and Delete functionalities. This API provides a robust and secure way for applications to interact with Salesforce, enabling developers to perform these fundamental operations on Salesforce data objects.

By using the SOAP API, users can efficiently create new records, retrieve existing records, update them as necessary, and delete records that are no longer needed. This capability is essential for many integration scenarios where consistent and reliable data management is required between Salesforce and external systems.

In contrast, the other options focus on more specific functionalities that are not the primary purpose of the SOAP API. Data analysis, data export, and data visualization are tasks typically handled by other tools and APIs within the Salesforce ecosystem or through third-party applications, rather than by the SOAP API itself.