Hi Tina,

Yes, the certification is available via several business partners who are providing the Planing Analytics courses.

Best regards,

Hi Tina,

Yes, the certification is available via several business partners who are providing the Planing Analytics courses.

Best regards,

Svetlana,

Just to confirm, does this mean that paying for a training course is now a requirement to earn a Planning Analytics badge or certification? Thanks.

Hi Tina,

Yes, the certification is available via several business partners who are providing the Planing Analytics courses.

Best regards,

Hi Walter,

We don't know the details how the certifiacation or badges are offered.

You may contact the partner to see if the certification could be scheduled with no course taken,

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Svetlana Pestsova
IBM Planning Analytics Product Manager
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Original Message:
Sent: Mon June 17, 2024 10:12 AM
From: Walter Coffen
Subject: IBM Planning Analytics Workspace - Badges

Svetlana,

Just to confirm, does this mean that paying for a training course is now a requirement to earn a Planning Analytics badge or certification? Thanks.

Hi Tina,

Yes, the certification is available via several business partners who are providing the Planing Analytics courses.

Best regards,

Hello Svetlana, so you are saying, that IBM does not have under control the certification process? 

Hi Walter,

We don't know the details how the certifiacation or badges are offered.

You may contact the partner to see if the certification could be scheduled with no course taken,

------------------------------
Svetlana Pestsova
IBM Planning Analytics Product Manager


Original Message:
Sent: Mon June 17, 2024 10:12 AM
From: Walter Coffen
Subject: IBM Planning Analytics Workspace - Badges

Svetlana,

Just to confirm, does this mean that paying for a training course is now a requirement to earn a Planning Analytics badge or certification? Thanks.

Hi Tina,

Yes, the certification is available via several business partners who are providing the Planing Analytics courses.

Best regards,

Hello Svetlana, 

I have been and still i am an IBM Planning Analytics developer and analyst for a while (since Applix 8.4 - Cognos TM1 10.0 till now: PAL 2.0.9) and want to get certifications and test my knowlegde.

The previous certification site is used earlyer is no longer availabe (https://learn.ibm.com/files/analytics/DAELL/DAELL-Badge-Program/planning_analytics/index.html) and what is can reach (for example https://www.ibm.com/training/badge/ibm-planning-analytics-v2-0-x-administration) shows no further info.

Do I understand right that without taking a paid course it is not possible to get certified for IBM Planning Analytics?

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Gábor Bak
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Original Message:
Sent: Tue June 18, 2024 07:38 AM
From: Petr Sladek
Subject: IBM Planning Analytics Workspace - Badges

Hello Svetlana, so you are saying, that IBM does not have under control the certification process? 

Hi Walter,

We don't know the details how the certifiacation or badges are offered.

You may contact the partner to see if the certification could be scheduled with no course taken,

------------------------------
Svetlana Pestsova
IBM Planning Analytics Product Manager


Original Message:
Sent: Mon June 17, 2024 10:12 AM
From: Walter Coffen
Subject: IBM Planning Analytics Workspace - Badges

Svetlana,

Just to confirm, does this mean that paying for a training course is now a requirement to earn a Planning Analytics badge or certification? Thanks.

Hi Tina,

Yes, the certification is available via several business partners who are providing the Planing Analytics courses.

Best regards,

Hello Svetlana, so you are saying, that IBM does not have under control the certification process? 

Hi Walter,

We don't know the details how the certifiacation or badges are offered.

You may contact the partner to see if the certification could be scheduled with no course taken,

------------------------------
Svetlana Pestsova
IBM Planning Analytics Product Manager


Original Message:
Sent: Mon June 17, 2024 10:12 AM
From: Walter Coffen
Subject: IBM Planning Analytics Workspace - Badges

Svetlana,

Just to confirm, does this mean that paying for a training course is now a requirement to earn a Planning Analytics badge or certification? Thanks.

Hi Tina,

Yes, the certification is available via several business partners who are providing the Planing Analytics courses.

Best regards,

Do i understand right, that without taking a paid course it is not possible to earn a certification and/or take a test for IBM Planning Analytics?

Hello Svetlana, so you are saying, that IBM does not have under control the certification process? 

Hi Walter,

We don't know the details how the certifiacation or badges are offered.

You may contact the partner to see if the certification could be scheduled with no course taken,

------------------------------
Svetlana Pestsova
IBM Planning Analytics Product Manager


Original Message:
Sent: Mon June 17, 2024 10:12 AM
From: Walter Coffen
Subject: IBM Planning Analytics Workspace - Badges

Svetlana,

Just to confirm, does this mean that paying for a training course is now a requirement to earn a Planning Analytics badge or certification? Thanks.

Hi Tina,

Yes, the certification is available via several business partners who are providing the Planing Analytics courses.

Best regards,

Hi Everyone,

It looks like the updated badges are available but require a training subscription as Svetlana had mentioned. I have a few Early in Career engineers we're putting thru the online training subscription, and they have access to take the updated certification exams which you can find on credly.com (formerly acclaim) if you search for IBM Planning Analytics.

Hi Everyone,

It looks like the updated badges are available but require a training subscription as Svetlana had mentioned. I have a few Early in Career engineers we're putting thru the online training subscription, and they have access to take the updated certification exams which you can find on credly.com (formerly acclaim) if you search for IBM Planning Analytics.

To clarify, @Svetlana Pestsova it appears the badges are actually only available with the instructor led training courses and not with the paid self paced training options provided via IBM.  Is there any way those can be added to the courses as well?

Hi Everyone,

It looks like the updated badges are available but require a training subscription as Svetlana had mentioned. I have a few Early in Career engineers we're putting thru the online training subscription, and they have access to take the updated certification exams which you can find on credly.com (formerly acclaim) if you search for IBM Planning Analytics.

Hi Roman,

Unfortunately the Planning Analytics self paced courses have no badges assossiated with them, only those courses that are instructor led would have the badges. I'm trying to request the badges for the self paced courses but the process to get the badges is not sppeedy and may take a long time. 

Best regards,

To clarify, @Svetlana Pestsova it appears the badges are actually only available with the instructor led training courses and not with the paid self paced training options provided via IBM.  Is there any way those can be added to the courses as well?

Hi Everyone,

It looks like the updated badges are available but require a training subscription as Svetlana had mentioned. I have a few Early in Career engineers we're putting thru the online training subscription, and they have access to take the updated certification exams which you can find on credly.com (formerly acclaim) if you search for IBM Planning Analytics.

Dear Planning Analytics Community,

Just re-running this thread to point out that IBM is providing Planning Analytics Analyst Professional certification (cost $200 USD)

(https://www.ibm.com/training/certification/ibm-certified-planning-analytics-v21x-analyst-professional-C9008500).

There are some Community members who passed the exam successfully and now are officially certified. Congratulations!

Though, the number of people taken the exam are not very high, so there is no plans to make the Planning Analytics Modeler certification available in 2026.

Note, that people attending the TechXchange taking place October 26–29, 2026 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA could take the Planning Analytics Analyst Professional certification for free during the conference.

Hi Roman,

Unfortunately the Planning Analytics self paced courses have no badges assossiated with them, only those courses that are instructor led would have the badges. I'm trying to request the badges for the self paced courses but the process to get the badges is not sppeedy and may take a long time. 

Best regards,

To clarify, @Svetlana Pestsova it appears the badges are actually only available with the instructor led training courses and not with the paid self paced training options provided via IBM.  Is there any way those can be added to the courses as well?

Hi Everyone,

It looks like the updated badges are available but require a training subscription as Svetlana had mentioned. I have a few Early in Career engineers we're putting thru the online training subscription, and they have access to take the updated certification exams which you can find on credly.com (formerly acclaim) if you search for IBM Planning Analytics.

thanks for the update, dear Svetlana!

Dear Planning Analytics Community,

Just re-running this thread to point out that IBM is providing Planning Analytics Analyst Professional certification (cost $200 USD)

(https://www.ibm.com/training/certification/ibm-certified-planning-analytics-v21x-analyst-professional-C9008500).

There are some Community members who passed the exam successfully and now are officially certified. Congratulations!

Though, the number of people taken the exam are not very high, so there is no plans to make the Planning Analytics Modeler certification available in 2026.

Note, that people attending the TechXchange taking place October 26–29, 2026 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA could take the Planning Analytics Analyst Professional certification for free during the conference.

Hi Roman,

Unfortunately the Planning Analytics self paced courses have no badges assossiated with them, only those courses that are instructor led would have the badges. I'm trying to request the badges for the self paced courses but the process to get the badges is not sppeedy and may take a long time. 

Best regards,

To clarify, @Svetlana Pestsova it appears the badges are actually only available with the instructor led training courses and not with the paid self paced training options provided via IBM.  Is there any way those can be added to the courses as well?

Hi Everyone,

It looks like the updated badges are available but require a training subscription as Svetlana had mentioned. I have a few Early in Career engineers we're putting thru the online training subscription, and they have access to take the updated certification exams which you can find on credly.com (formerly acclaim) if you search for IBM Planning Analytics.