Validate your knowledge and skills in Qlik Sense, QlikView, data analytics, and data literacy
Qlik Sense and QlikView Certifications are expert-level exams, designed for users with hands-on experience with a variety of Qlik applications or deployments.
Qlik Sense Qualifications are fundamental-level exams designed for users who can demonstrate foundational and applied knowledge.
Qlik also offers product-agnostic Data Literacy and Data Analytics Certifications.
View each tab below for details on each exam.
For each exam below, attain the experience listed under “Exam Prerequisites,” familiarize yourself with all of the “Recommended Preparation Resources,” and take training to get hands-on experience. Finally, use “Exam Topics” as a study guide - these are the topics used to write the exam questions!
Use Qlik CertTracker to view and manage your Qlik product certifications. You will be given access to Qlik CertTracker when you create an account on the Pearson VUE website. After you pass an exam, access Qlik CertTracker to download the official certification logo, print your certificate, and share your credentials with a third party.
For Qlik Sense Qualifications, Data Literacy and Data Analytics Certifications, your certificates and badges are stored in your profile in Qlik Continuous Classroom.
The Data Literacy Certification Exam is a product-agnostic exam which measures your ability to interpret business requirements; understand and transform data; design, build, and interpret visualizations; and analyze, act on, and share results. This exam has 70 multiple-choice questions to answer in 2.5 hours.
The certification is designed to test the minimally qualified candidate within the world of data literacy. Those desiring to take the exam should have backgrounds or skills within data and analytics, allowing them to be qualified to take this exam. Those specific skills are the ability to read data with comfort, understanding what the data is saying, and being able to interpret data when presented to them. Second, the ability to work with data. Working with data means an individual is comfortable working with data sets, visualizations, and analysis. Third, an individual should be comfortable analyzing data. Analyzing data involves skills in asking questions, tying back to business objectives, and finding trends and patterns within the data. Finally, an individual should be able to argue with data, creating positions and then backing it up with data. Along with these four key characteristics, individuals should have skills in data-informed decision making, eliminate personal bias, and follow iterative analysis through the four levels of analytics: descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive.
Interpret Business Requirements
Understand and Transform the Data
Design and Build Visualizations
Interpret Visualizations
Analyze Results
Act on Results
Share Results
The Data Analytics Certification Exam measures your analytic and statistics knowledge, from a basic to advanced level. The exam is product-agnostic and covers four categories of analytics: Data Foundations, Foundational Analytics, Interpretation of Analytics, and Advanced Analytics. Recommended for Data Analysts and Data Scientists.
The Data Analytics Certification Exam measures your technical ability within the world of data, analytics, data science, and data literacy. The exam covers technical aspects of statistics and analytics, including the ability to use data visualizations appropriately. To be prepared for this examination, individuals should have an understanding of the following elements:
Since there are many topics covered in this comprehensive exam, additional resources are recommended, for example the podcast, Data Skeptic.
Data Foundations
Foundational Analytics
Interpretation of Analytics
Advanced Analytics
The Qlik Sense Business Analyst Certification Exam measures your ability to identify requirements, design applications, prepare and load data, and develop applications. This exam has 50 multiple-choice questions to answer in 2 hours.
Identify Requirements (23% of the exam)
Design Application (22% of the exam)
Prepare and Load Data (25% of the exam)
Develop Application (30% of the exam)
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 has 50 multiple-choice questions to answer in 2 hours.
Identify Requirements for Data Models (16% of the exam)
Design Data Models (28% of the exam)
Build Data Models (34% of the exam)
Validate Data (22% of the exam)
The Qlik Sense System Administrator Certification Exam measures your ability to identify requirements for environments, install and set up Qlik Sense Enterprise, manage environments, and monitor and troubleshoot. This exam has 50 multiple-choice questions to answer in 2 hours.
Plan Installation (20% of the exam)
Install System (22% of the exam)
Manage Content (34% of the exam)
Monitor and Maintain (24% of the exam)
The Qlik Sense Business Analyst Qualification measures your fundamental skills and applied knowledge. It requires you to build a Qlik Sense application and complete a multiple-choice question exam. You will have 1 hour 15 minutes to complete this exam.
NOTE: This is not our expert-level certification, see the Qlik Sense Certifications tab on this page.
The Qlik Sense Data Architect Qualification measures your fundamental skills and applied knowledge. It requires you to build a Qlik Sense application and complete a multiple-choice question exam. You will have 1 hour 30 minutes to complete this exam.
NOTE: This is not our expert-level certification, see the Qlik Sense Certifications tab on this page.
The QlikView Business Analyst Certification Exam measures your knowledge of interface design of QlikView applications. This certification is recommended for all roles involved in the analysis, design and layout of the QlikView application user interface. This exam 50 multiple-choice questions to answer in 2 hours.
Gather and Interpret Requirements (12% of the exam)
Identify and Analyze Data Sources (12% of the exam)
Design and Develop the QlikView Application User Interface (76% of the exam)
The QlikView Data Architect Certification Exam measures your knowledge of technical aspects of QlikView application development, including design, data modeling and scripting. This certification is recommended for all roles involved in developing, deploying and supporting QlikView applications. This exam has 60 multiple-choice questions to answer in 2 hours.
Passing the QlikView Data Architect Certification Exam grants you BOTH the QlikView Data Architect and QlikView Business Analyst certifications.
Gather and Interpret Requirements (8% of the exam)
Identify and Analyze Data Sources (18% of the exam)
Create the QlikView Associative Data Model (39% of the exam)
Design and Develop the QlikView Application User Interface (25% of the exam)
Deliver the QlikView Application (10% of the exam)
The QlikView System Administrator Certification Exam measures your knowledge of managing a QlikView Server and Publisher environment;including, your ability to install and configure QlikView Server and Publisher, perform administrative tasks, and troubleshoot problems and errors.This exam 60 multiple-choice questions to answer in 2 hours.
Install and Configure the Environment (22% of the exam)
Administer the Environment (35% of the exam)
Troubleshoot the Environment (43% of the exam)