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Outline

The Qlik Sense Data Architect certification exam measures your ability to identify requirements for data models, design and build data models, and validate the data. This exam is platform-neutral, which means the content applies to both client-managed and Qlik Cloud.

Certification Exam details 
Duration: 120 minutes 
Number of questions: 50 
Passing score: 62% 

Exam content is updated periodically. The number and difficulty of questions may change. The passing score is adjusted to maintain a consistent standard. 

Recommended experience

  • Practical experience developing multiple production-quality applications in Qlik Sense  
  • Ability to write Qlik Sense load scripts and validate data
  • Basic understanding of Extract, Transform, Load (ETL)
  • Create and use connectors to various data sources
  • Understand the QVD layer and architecture of the Qlik platform
  • Ability to architect data to provide optimal performance
  • Familiar with SQL and relational databases
  • Preparation

  • Instructor-Led Training:Data Modeling for Qlik Sense 
  • Self-paced Training Data Architect
  • Free:  Qlik Sense Data Architect Certification Practice Questions
  • Badge 

    After passing this certification exam, you are awarded the Qlik Sense Data Architect certification badge. To learn more about the criteria for earning this badge, visit our Credly badging page.  

    Certification Exam topics

    Identify Requirements (20% of the exam)

  • Determine primary requirements for business users.  
  • Identify stakeholders using a given scenario.
  • Determine metrics and levels of granularity and aggregation.
  • Determine dimensionality and the need for slowly changing dimensionality support.
  • Determine the appropriate level of security.
  • Data Connectivity (8% of the exam)

  • Determine the data sources and connectors needed.
  • Determine the appropriate method to create connections for data sources. .
  • Data Model Design (28% of the exam)

  • Determine the measures and attributes from each data source.
  • Identify the appropriate type of data model.
  • Determine the correct method to optimize the data model for Qlik Sense.
  • Determine the correct method to implement data structures efficiently.
  • Data Transformations (38% of the exam)

  • Determine the correct method to build data content based on requirements.
  • Analyze and evaluate null and blank data handling required to support filtering.
  • Determine the correct method to document Data Load scripts.
  • Determine the correct method for date handling techniques.
  • Determine the correct method to perform script organization and cleansing.
  • Determine the correct method to perform script organization and cleansing.
  • Analyze relevant variables to build scripts for incremental loading for the extract layer.
  • Validation (6% of the exam)

  • Determine the appropriate method to validate and test scripts.
  • Determine the appropriate method to validate and test data.