New year, new Alteryx Designer Core Certification! Well, not entirely new.
At the dawning of our Certification program we introduced the Designer Core Certification exam, which has become our most popular certification, with over 25,000 users worldwide earning the certificate. Over the years, Designer has changed, been updated, and grown in its abilities. Our users have also grown in number and abilities, and a whole new generation of users has joined our Community. With all of this in mind, we decided the time has come to revisit the Core Certification exam and give it a refresh!
The original exam focused on assessing a user's general Alteryx Designer knowledge and ability to use the Tool Palette. The updated version of the Core exam will feel similar, but there are a few new areas of focus and a shift in the assessment type. There will still be practical application questions, but there will now be content to assess a user's ability to collaborate well with others and run efficient workflows. There will be fewer questions about the specifics of Designer’s features and more questions aimed at ensuring a user is ready to pull in data and build a workflow that runs with few errors.
While the target of the exam has shifted slightly, our users will find the aim to be exactly what is needed to reflect their skills and abilities. The new exam blueprint is included at the bottom of this blog and provides more details about the changes. As always, the exam is free, online, on-demand, and open-book.
The changes will not take effect until the end of January, so if you plan to take the exam soon and prefer to take it in its current form, do not worry. There is still time! The Exam Prep Guide outlines what is covered in the current exam.
If you have already earned your Designer Core Certification, you only need to retake the updated exam once your Certification is near expiration and you are due for recertification. You are also eligible to retake your Core exam without penalty after your 1-year anniversary of earning it. If you pass, your Certification will adopt the new expiration date. If you fail, nothing will change, including the expiration date, until the certificate expires.
Certifications expire two (2) years after the date the certification is earned. The earned date is based on the most recent, highest-level exam passed. For example, if you became Core Certified in November 2021 and passed the Advanced exam on March 29, 2022, both of your certifications will expire on March 29, 2024.
To maintain your certification, you must recertify before the expiration date. Alteryx provides two ways for you to recertify:
Just beginning your data analytics journey with Alteryx? We have numerous resources to help you get started. The Getting Started Learning Path, Interactive Core Certification Prep Guide, Core Certification Practice Test, and Weekly Challenges are all available to help you learn Alteryx Designer and prepare for certification. Be sure to check out the Certification page and scroll down to the Q&A section. If you have additional questions, contact our team at Certification@alteryx.com.
Domain |
% of the Exam |
I. General Designer Knowledge and Optimization |
13% |
II. Input/Output Data and Preparation |
36% |
III. Blend Data and Parse |
26% |
IV. Transform Data |
25% |
TOTAL |
100% |
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