Starting 2020, we have implemented some significant changes in our training and certification programme:
- Changes in Course Delivery
- Primary Course Format
- Self-Paced Courses
- Course durations
- Changes in Registration
- Changes in Curriculum
- Three tracks
- Track details
- How does it map to courses you have already taken?
- Changes in Certification
- Exasol Certified Professional (ECP)
- How do the new certificates map to my old ones?
Changes in Course Delivery
Primary Course Format |
Self-Paced Courses |
Course durations |
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We consider now free online training via exacademy.exasol.com to be our primary course delivery format. Public instructor-led training has been discontinued. Instructor-led team training is still offered on demand, though. |
The free online learning courses available on exacademy.exasol.com are now completely self-paced. We discontinue the formerly used two-weeks duration for online learning courses. After enrollment, the course content is available for an unlimited time and there are no more deadlines for hands-on practices. |
When Exasol delivers one of the courses from our new curriculum detailed below, the duration is one day for every instructor-led course. Taken as a free online learning course, it's up to the attendees how much time they want to dedicate to the course. Each online learning course could be completed within one day, though. |
Changes in Registration
We discontinued using Jira for Exasol training purposes. Registration and enrollment for Exacademy can be done by attendees on exacademy.exasol.com directly. Courseware can then be downloaded there. Certification can be accessed via Exacademy. Your old Jira training accounts will just expire automatically with no need to re-activate them. Your training and certification records will be preserved, though. Communication on behalf of team trainings will be done by email (training@exasol.com) respectively via your Exasol account manager. If you want to ask questions in the training forum, you will need to register for the Exasol Community.
Changes in Curriculum
Our course curriculum has been enhanced and improved to better suit customer demands. We introduced a Common track with content that is relevant for anyone who uses Exasol in a technical role. After the common track, the learning path splits into the Developer track and the Administrator track.
Three tracks
Track details
| Common Track | Developer Track | Administrator Track | |
| Suitable for: | anyone who uses Exasol in a technical role | database developers and data scientists | admins in charge of an Exasol database |
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| Includes the following courses: | 
1. Exasol Essentials (prerequisite for all other courses) |
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1. Exasol Administration Essentials |
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How does it map to courses you have already taken?
If you did training with us before, you may wonder how these changes are mapping to your past courses:
| Your old course | Mapping to the new curriculum structure |
| Exasol Database Development Essentials (2 days, now retired) | Exasol Essentials (Everything not Lua related) + Exasol Database Development (Lua scripting) |
| Exasol Performance Management (1day, no change) | Exasol Performance Management |
| Exasol Advanced Scripting (1day, now retired) | Exasol Database Development (same content as former Exasol Advanced Scripting) |
| Exasol Advanced Analytics (1day, no change) | Exasol Advanced Analytics |
| Exasol Database Adminstration Essentials (2 days, now retired) |
Exasol Administration Essentials (Everything not platform-specific) + Exasol Administration on premises |
These changes remove duplicate content and administrators and developers find now content that is relevant for both job roles in the common track. The duration of one day for each course makes it easier to asses the time you need to spend for your Exasol education.
If you attended the old course Exasol Database Administration Essentials, but not the old Exasol Database Development Essentials course, we strongly recommend you enroll to the new course Exasol Essentials.
Changes in Certification
All certification exams (also for instructor-led trainings) can now be accessed via Exacademy. Payment can be done online per attempt or by purchasing certification vouchers upfront. Exasol partners get a discount for certification voucher contingents. These voucher codes can be entered online directly by the examinee. The certificate and a badge can now be downloaded directly after passing the exam.
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Certificate |
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Exasol Essentials (Prerequisite for all other courses) |
Exasol Certified Associate |
| Exasol Performance Management | Exasol Certified Performance Expert |
| Exasol Database Development |
Exasol 6 Certified Professional Developer (ECA mandatory) |
| Exasol Advanced Analytics | Exasol Certified Expert for Advanced Analytics |
| Exasol Administration Essentials | Exasol 6 Certified Professional Administrator (ECA mandatory) |
| Exasol Administration on premises | Exasol Certified Expert for on premises deployment |
| Exasol Administration on AWS |
Exasol Certified Expert for AWS deployment |
Exasol Certified Professional (ECP)
We introduced the Exasol 6 Certified Professional Developer and the Exasol 6 Certified Professional Administrator with the idea to offer a common Exasol 7 New Features course after version 7 has been released together with a common upgrade exam that enables you to upgrade your ECP 6 to ECP 7. This will be continued with every following major release. That way, it's easy for you to keep up with Exasol's new features and to indicate that updated knowledge to the public as well.
How do the new certificates map to my old ones?
| Old certificate | New certificate you are entitled to |
| Exasol Certified Database Developer (now retired) | Exasol Certified Associate + Exasol 6 Certified Professional Developer |
| Exasol Certified Scripting Expert (now retired) | No replacement |
| Exasol Certified Expert for Advanced Analytics (no change) | Exasol Certified Expert for Advanced Analytics |
| Exasol Certified Performance Expert (no change) | Exasol Certified Performance Expert |
| Exasol Certified Administrator (now retired) | Exasol 6 Certified Professional Administrator + Exasol Certified Expert for on premises deployment |
