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Qlik Sense Business Analysis Certification

Thu, 09 Jun 2016 12:48:43 GMT

Hi,

I'm scheduled to write my Qlik Sense Business Analysis Certification exam next month. Can anybody advise me on what type of questions they ask? I can't seem to get much info about this.

Kind regards,

Conrad

Re: Qlik Sense Business Analysis Certification

marcus_malinow — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 14:19:07 GMT

Don't reckon you'll get much information.

Qlik certification exams are like Fight Club...

Re: Qlik Sense Business Analysis Certification

marcus_malinow — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 14:22:26 GMT

There is, however, some information here - http://www.qlik.com/services/training/qlik-sense-certification

I'm sure you've already seen that though

Re: Qlik Sense Business Analysis Certification

Thu, 09 Jun 2016 14:24:10 GMT

Jip. Seen it already thanks.

Re: Qlik Sense Business Analysis Certification

Aurelien_Martinez — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 14:56:20 GMT

And you have skill Assessment : http://www.clicktools.com/app/survey/response.jsp

Re: Qlik Sense Business Analysis Certification

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 15:35:31 GMT

Sample questions are hard to come by, I've been looking searching for a good data bank of questions with no success. It'll be helpful if you shared your exam experience with the group.

Thanks!

Re: Qlik Sense Business Analysis Certification

mvanlutterveld — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 10:23:13 GMT

Hi Conrad,

I did the Business Analyst certification today and passed it. It's impossible to go into detail of the questions but in general the questions asked are in line with exam domain areas listed here. So, if you focus your preparation on this, you should be able to pass the exam also. In preparation you can watch the Qlik Sense videos found on YouTube and in QlikCommunity. Also building a couple of Sense apps yourself with all the possibilities Sense has to offer (master elements, story telling, etc.) will help you a lot. A quick read through the Sense help pages is also advisable. Many questions asked can be answered just straight from the help pages.

One tip: the Business Analist Skill Assessment is not helpful at all. Just skip this one.

Good luck with the exam!

Cheers,

Michiel

Re: Qlik Sense Business Analysis Certification

Fri, 10 Jun 2016 10:37:53 GMT

Thanks so much Michiel en congrats!!!

Did they ask anything about API, mashups, HTML, Java etc?

Re: Qlik Sense Business Analysis Certification

mvanlutterveld — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 10:50:24 GMT

Thank you Conrad!

There were no detailed questions about API, etc.... You only need to know when to advice for a solution outside Qlik Sense and if this solution must be done by making use of mashups or Qlik APIs. So, only on a high level. The Business Analist Skill Assessment however goes much,much deeper into this subject. Therefore it's better to skip this assessment. It only causes confusion. The information Qlik gives about this certification scopes it very well.

Cheers,

Michiel

Re: Qlik Sense Business Analysis Certification

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 03:14:23 GMT

Hi Michiel,

Can you tell how many questions are there in Business analyst certification exam. I saw it as 60 questions and 68 % pass percentage having 120 minutes, but when i tried to book my slot i saw 150 minutes exam for v2. is there any change in number of questions?

Also how deep the questions are on this part

Prepare Data for Application (17% of the exam)

Determine the steps for loading data from a file-based data source
Given a data model, resolve simple data modeling issues that exist (e.g., structure issues, circular reference, synthetic keys)
Given a data model, resolve simple data quality issues that exist (e.g., content issues, associations)

data modeling, and are there any questions on file formatting and QVD, QVX files?

Thanks,

Pavan

Re: Qlik Sense Business Analysis Certification

mvanlutterveld — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 07:10:38 GMT

Hi Pavan,

There are 66 questions in total. The given time of 150 minutes was enough for me. It took me around 120 minutes including a double check.

You must know when to apply QVD files as a data source in your Qlik Sense apps. For this I refer to the QVD section in the Sense help. For me the questions regarding data modeling were not very difficult. But I must admit I have almost 10 years of Qlik experience... You must be able to create a simple data model yourself and understand what kind of issues you encounter and how to solve them. It's really is as Qlik states: resolve simple data modeling and data quality issues. The data models presented in the exam contain no more than 5 or so tables.

Cheers,

Michiel

Re: Qlik Sense Business Analysis Certification

Wed, 15 Jun 2016 15:48:29 GMT

To be honest, this sound extremely badly put together. According to someone at Qlik South Africa who has done the exam, there are a few HTML and Java questions. Something they argue is not suitable for the BA exam. I'm going to have to cancel my exam as I don't know much about HTML and Java.

Re: Qlik Sense Business Analysis Certification

simondachstr — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 16:27:05 GMT

Java???!?!?!?

Re: Qlik Sense Business Analysis Certification

Wed, 15 Jun 2016 18:40:20 GMT

JavaScript yes…

Re: Qlik Sense Business Analysis Certification

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 22:25:28 GMT

Thank you Michiel,

what kind of questions we can expect from these topics?

Propose the appropriate business solution for various types of users and devices
Determine appropriate sheet layout and/or organization (e.g., DAR, grouping, etc.)
Compare and contrast Qlik Sense Desktop vs. Qlik Sense Server Development

any particular sources you will refer for these topics?

Thanks,

Pavan

Re: Qlik Sense Business Analysis Certification

simondachstr — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 08:52:39 GMT

fyi, Java is to JavaScript as ham is to hamster or car is to carpet. Don't mix them up

Re: Qlik Sense Business Analysis Certification

mvanlutterveld — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 09:45:53 GMT

Hi Pavan,

I can’t dive deep into the type of questions asked. The most helpful source of information for me was the Qlik Sense help. Topics like devices used and its limits, QS Desktop vs. QS Enterprise are mentioned in the help. Also the Qlik Sense videos are of great help.

The best way to prepare for the exam is to search for the appropriate help pages and videos per topic mentioned in the exam domain areas.

Cheers,

Michiel

Re: Qlik Sense Business Analysis Certification

mvanlutterveld — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 09:48:51 GMT

Hmmm, strange. I didn't have any questions about HTML or Java. Maybe I was lucky (I don't know a thing about those two ). Questions about 'Web stuff' we're (in my case) limited to knowing when to apply mashups, not how to apply them.

Re: Qlik Sense Business Analysis Certification

Anonymous — Sat, 18 Jun 2016 02:49:39 GMT

Thank you Michiel

Re: Qlik Sense Business Analysis Certification

Sarah_Miller — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 15:59:24 GMT

Hi Conrad,

Thank you for reaching out to Qlik Education Services. We are thrilled to hear you are going to take your certification! As mentioned in this post, the best place to learn more about our certification is to visit http://www.qlik.com/services/training/qlik-sense-certification http://www.qlik.com/services/training/qlik-sense-certification. There you can learn about the following areas:

Prerequisites
Recommended preparation resources
Exam domain areas

I would also recommend watching the free modules available in the Qlik Continuous Learning Platform Business Analyst modules http://qcc.qlik.com/course/view.php?id=70 to better prepare yourself!