Caché Professional Certification

Caché Certification provides standardized measurement of skills, knowledge, and your applied experience with Caché.

Disciplines

Certification is offered in two major disciplines: Administrator and Application Developer. The table below summarizes the Certification levels for each discipline.

Certificate of Competency Best Suited for Professionals in the Following Disciplines # of Exams Recommended Courses and Required Certification
Caché Administrator Systems Administrators, DBAs, IT Managers 4 System Administrator Course
Caché Developer Developers using Caché for the first time 3 Caché Foundations Course

Examination Modules

To achieve certification in a specific discipline level, a passing grade must be attained in a specified number of exam modules. Each examination module measures competency in a specific topic area, such as Caché Server Pages, using a series of objective questions. Exams are conducted online, using a web based application, and timed. You may take up to 45 minutes to complete each exam. The objectives for each exam module are listed below.

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR CERTIFICATION

Caché Administrator Certification Exams

  • Configuration: includes capacity planning, environment staging, security, resiliency, and recoverability.
  • Operations: includes production monitoring that a System Administrator is expected to perform daily.
  • Backup and Restore: includes best practices to ensure uptime and recoverability, journaling, shadowing, and integration with 3rd party backup tools.
  • Database Structure: includes globals, storage structures, integrity mechanisms, and basic recovery techniques.

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APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATION

Caché Developer Certification Exams

  • Caché Object Script: comprehensive use of commands, functions, procedures, variable scoping, locking semantics, and maintainability techniques.
  • Objects: class, properties, methods, instantiation, inheritance, packages, and application deployment.
  • Dual Architecture: includes Caché SQL and the way it interacts with the development environment.

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Certification Restrictions

  1. Achieved Certificates are valid for 2 years from the date of achievement and may be renewed by successfully completing a Refresher Exam, which includes a comprehensive selection of multiple-choice questions on new features and practices.
  2. Certification is applied to a named person and is not transferable.
  3. Certification can be withdrawn, at the sole discretion of the InterSystems, without advanced notice. This may occur if the person Certified violates agreements with InterSystems or causes harm to a licensee of Caché.
  4. Exam fees are non-refundable.

If you have any questions about Caché Certification, or to schedule your online exam, please contact your local InterSystems office. Or contact InterSystems Learning Services at cachecertification@intersystems.com or by calling us at 617-621-0600 (USA).