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Cert-Team
by Databricks Employee
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Suspended Exam? Don't worry! Our support team can help!

Taking exams is so stressful already, and if your exam gets suspended it is extra stressful. Don't worry! Our support team is awesome and will help you get back on track. The most important step is to file a ticket in our Help Center. Be sure to inc...

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WillTranNAB
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Hi @cert-ops and @Cert-Team,My exam was suspended on March 21, 2026 due to a technical issue — LockDown Browser OEM showed a blank screen when I clicked "Start Exam." After waiting ~20 minutes with no response, I had to exit. When I re-entered, Webas...

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Cert-Team
by Databricks Employee
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Trouble Launching your Certification Exam? Read this now!

Hey there, test-takers! We know that launching your certification exam can be a bit nerve-wracking, especially if you encounter technical issues. But don't worry, Kryterion is available to help you!If you experience technical difficulties during set-...

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Ali7
New Contributor II
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Thanks for sharing. Planning to go for a certification exam soon again.

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Cert-Team
by Databricks Employee
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Our new Databricks Certification FAQ is live!

Looking to get Databricks Certified, but have lots of questions? Our new FAQ can help! The FAQ is broken down into sections for easy access to help you get what you need quickly. Whether you need to know about the online testing requirements or what ...

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Cert-Team
Databricks Employee
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Hi, please create an account here: https://www.webassessor.com/databricksOnce you create an account, you will be able to register for an exam.for faster response to inquiries, please file a ticket with our support team @Cert-TeamOPS FYI

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Cert-Team
by Databricks Employee
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Minimize the chances of your exam getting suspended - Tip #3

Being mindful of your behavior while taking an online proctored exam is another thing you can do to avoid an exam suspension. Here are some behavior tips to make your testing experience smoother: Take your exam in a private, quiet room with the door ...

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Cert-Team
Databricks Employee
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@rswarnkar5 Just FYI - We added the test center option almost a year ago.

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Cert-Team
by Databricks Employee
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Minimize the chances of your exam getting suspended - Tip #2

Preparing your testing room is one of the things you can do to avoid an exam suspension. If the proctoring system detects repetitive eye movements, talking, or motion away from the camera, it could flag the need for a room pan. Don’t stress! If you p...

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andy449holland
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Hello,Preparing your testing room is an important step to help avoid an exam suspension. If the proctoring system detects repetitive eye movements, talking, or any motion away from the camera, it may flag the need for a room pan. There’s no need to s...

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Cert-Team
by Databricks Employee
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Minimize the risk of your exam getting suspended - Tip #1

The number one cause of exam suspensions is loss of video feed. This is often because your computer is not set up right for taking an online proctored exam. Before launching an exam, make sure the computer you are using meets the technical requiremen...

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ava951rob
New Contributor II
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Hello,That's a great tip! Losing video feed sounds like a major headache. I'll definitely run the Kryterion System Check a few days before my online proctored exam to make sure my setup is good to go.

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Cert-Bricks
by Databricks Employee
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Why is exam security important?

Databricks Certification asks our exam takers to prep and act a certain way before and during remote-proctored exams. In many ways, it can seem strange what we ask of people. For example, we ask them to remove phones from their desks, to not read que...

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peter64
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Databricks Certification asks exam takers to prepare and behave in specific ways before and during remote-proctored exams. Some of these requirements may seem unusual for example, removing phones from your desk, not reading questions aloud, or avoidi...

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kuldip05
by New Contributor III
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Delivery Specialization: UC Upgrade Lab Not Submitting

I have submitted Lab notebooks in Vocareum environment successfully after passing all required check points . Still after submission the grades are not evaluating section Section 3 - Table and View Migration and Section 4 - Workload Upgrade. Please h...

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Advika
Community Manager
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Hello @kuldip05! Could you please raise a support ticket with the Databricks Support Team? They’ll be able to review the grading status and assist you accordingly

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mohit808238
by New Contributor
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Free Certification for students

Hello, I am a student preparing for the Databricks Associate Data Engineering certification. Since the exam fee is beyond my budget, I was wondering if there are any opportunities to take it for free?

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Advika
Community Manager
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Hello @mohit808238! Good news! While there isn’t a free exam offer at the moment, you can still get a 50% discount on any Databricks Certification by participating in the DAIS 2025 Virtual Learning Festival, running from 11 June to 02 July 2025. You ...

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deanmeisong
by New Contributor II
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Resolved! Refund Not Received

I cancelled my exam and received a confirmation message regarding the refund. However, I haven’t received the refund in my account yet.Could you please check the status for me? The email address i used for registering the exam is deanmeisong@gmail.co...

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cert-ops
Databricks Employee
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Hello @deanmeisong, Could you please raise a Ticket with the Databricks Support Team, they will be able to look into your account details. Thanks & Regards,@cert-ops

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dps0415
by Databricks Partner
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Databricks Data Engineer Associate Exam Got suspended in middle

Hi @Cert-TeamOPS  Certification Team,I was giving the Databricks Data Engineer Associate Certification exam yesterday and the exam got suspended in the middle even when I was looking only in the screen of my laptop. I raised a ticket to support team ...

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Data engineer Associate
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Advika
Community Manager
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Hello @dps0415! The support team will reach out to you shortly via the submitted ticket (#00682960).Thank you for your patience in the meantime.

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SalimAhmed
by Databricks Partner
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How to get my budges

Hi,I'm facing an error when I try to log in to my Databricks account while taking some courses and aiming to earn my badges. The account shows me this error:"You are not authorized to access https://customer-academy.databricks.com. Please select a pl...

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susant_nz
New Contributor II
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Hi - I am getting the same error message and redirect today. I am definitely a customer and not a partner and it looks like the redirected URL https://databricks.docebosaas.com is just community 'free' training when I logged in there. I've also lost ...

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vinosakkaraivel
by New Contributor
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Resolved! Need help with certification and training

Hi Team ,I heard there is a section in databricks where we can register and databricks team will give us training and free voucher for taking up the certification. can some one tell me where is that path to register for training and free voucher  ?

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Advika
Community Manager
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Hello @vinosakkaraivel! It sounds like you're referring to the DAIS 2025 Virtual Learning Festival. To participate, you must complete at least one of the self-paced learning pathways (mentioned in the event post) between June 11 and July 02. This wil...

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ehteshamshaikh
by Databricks Partner
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Resolved! Request to Reschedule Exam After Suspension – Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate

Hi Team,My databricks exam got suspended on 06th June 2025 and it is still in the suspended state. I have raised a support request using the below linkhttps://help.databricks.com/s/contact-us?ReqType=trainingand my request Id is #00679215I would real...

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ehteshamshaikh
Databricks Partner
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Hi team,please reschedule my exam as soon as possible

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17abhishek
by New Contributor III
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Resolved! I wanted to databricks associate data engineering certification

I have done some academic learning program in databricks. Now i want to do certification and i saw some where that databricks is providing 50% discount on certification when we do some labs. Someone guide me how to get discount on certification. It w...

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sridharplv
Valued Contributor II
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If your company partnered with databricks - you are eligible to get 50% coupon, please file a ticket with databricks  https://help.databricks.com/s/contact-us?ReqType=training

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nagalalith_877
by New Contributor
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Urgent: Exam Suspended Without Explanation – Request for Clarification and Reschedule

 Dear Databricks Community Team,I am writing to express my concern regarding an issue I encountered during my scheduled certification exam. Despite carefully following all the provided instructions—including showing my desk and room as required—my ex...

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cert-ops
Databricks Employee
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Hello @nagalalith_877 , We are sorry to hear that your exam was suspended. Thank you for filing a ticket with our support team. Please allow the support team 24-48 hours for a resolution. In the meantime, you can review the following documentation: B...

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AndriiS
by New Contributor II
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got 65 mostly long questions and hardly managed to complete exam

Hello, I took the Data Engineering Proffesional Exam las Saturday and I've got 65 questions for 120 mins. The major part of them were pretty long to read and taking to account that many questions are tricky and you should read it attentively, I hardl...

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AndriiS
New Contributor II
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Unfortunately have not received any voucher, but I had another axem booked later and they helped me replace it.

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Neelapu_Ramani
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My Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate exam was suspended. please reschedule the exam.

Hi @Cert-Team , @Cert-TeamOPS I was taking the Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate(Exam Code:PR000054) exam in webassessor.My Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate(Exam Code:PR000054) exam was Suspended. I was taking exam on 22nd May ...

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Cert-Team
Databricks Employee
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@Neelapu_Ramani the support team will respond shortly.

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deanmeisong
by New Contributor II
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Resolved! Databricks Team ignore my reply to reschedule my suspended exam

My databricks professional data engineer exam is suspended and you sent me an email asked me to reschedule it on 3th June 2025, and i replied to you saying my preferred time is 22:00 5th 2025 on the same day. But till now, i haven't got any reply fro...

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Advika
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Hello @deanmeisong! Apologies for the inconvenience caused. I’ve checked your support ticket, and your exam has been successfully rescheduled for June 5th, as you requested. A support team member has also responded to your ticket with confirmation. P...

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Kaviprakash_S
by New Contributor III
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Resolved! Free voucher for data engineer associate certification

Hi, I'm looking for a free voucher to take up the Data Engineer Associate certification. Could anyone guide please ? 

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intuz
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Hi,You can register for the DAIS 2025 Virtual Learning Festival (June 11 – July 2, 2025) to receive exam-related offers.Visit: https://www.databricks.com/dataaisummit/virtual

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GerardAlexander
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Resolved! Exam suspension - AI Proctor eye movement etc.

I am somewhat disappointed at the AI Proctor(ing) during exam and then being suspended because a phone was to the right of the desk and folders in the far other side (that could not be read). All inaccessible. Technically in breach, but not really re...

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Cert-Team
Databricks Employee
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@GerardAlexander the support team received your request and responded, I will ask them to respond again, but please check to make sure it did not go into your spam folder.

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padmnabhaiah
by New Contributor II
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Resolved! Databricks certification exam got suspended

Hi Team,My databricks certification exam got suspended. I was not having anything suspicious material in the room. However before completing exam it got suspended. Please enable exam again.  Email: padmanabhaiah@gmail.com 

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Cert-Team
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@padmnabhaiah sorry to hear it. All exam suspensions must go through support ticket - please file one here. I will report to the team to look out for your request.

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