Last month, the SAS Global Certification program added a new credential, the SAS Certified BI Content Developer. My first blog post from May described how a global team of BI experts collaborated to create the beta exam. In May and June, candidates from a broad background of experience (novice to expert) challenged this beta exam. We used SAS software to perform a psychometric analysis of the results to select the questions that differentiated qualified candidates from those that did not have the required level of proficiency. This exam was published in early August and is now available through our testing vendor Prometric and at SAS regional offices globally.

If you intend to pursue this credential, please note that the exam is quite challenging. The recommended training, Creating Business Intelligence for Your Organization: Fast Track is important for your success, especially if you have less than one year of experience as a Content Developer working with the platform for SAS Business Analytics. Also, if you have taken the training, we recommend at least 3 months experience prior to your exam attempt. It has extensive coverage of topics such as advanced reporting techniques, stored processes, the environment metadata and how the metadata affect report creation and viewing. The full exam objectives are listed on the Exam Content web page.

Anyone out there ready to validate your Business Intelligence skills? Good luck with your preparations!