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Soujanya92

Hi @Jim_Anderson , I completed the DevOps Essentials for Data Engineering course before the festival window (on 18/02/2026). I retook the entire course again today (25/03/2026) and clicked through every single lesson including all intro sections. However, My Activities still shows the original completion date of 18/02/2026 and is not updating to today's date. Since I have genuinely completed the course again today within the festival window, could you please manually mark this as completed for today's date from the backend so I can be eligible for the voucher? Thank you so much!

Jim_Anderson

As per the FAQ, unfortunately you cannot retake previously completed courses. The system will only log the initial date content is completed. So if you'd like to avail of the incentives, please complete an alternative, net new learning pathway via your account by April 03 🙂

martalimas

I have a question regarding the hands-on portions of the course. During the follow-along demonstrations, the instructor references a Vocareum lab environment and notebooks however, it seems that lab access is not included during this Learning Festival period, and we only have access to the Serverless SQL Warehouse.

My question is: is there any way to follow along hands-on during the festival window, or is the practical/lab component only accessible after the event concludes for example, through the Databricks Academy Labs subscription discount we receive upon completion?

I want to make the most of this learning experience and would love to know if there's a workaround or recommended approach for hands-on practice during the festival.

Thanks!

Jim_Anderson

To confirm, the hands on labs are only available via the Databricks Academy Labs subscription and participants are encouraged to leverage the 20% discount code we'll be providing on April 09 for this 🙂

ojobo

I have completed all the modules in the learning pathway 7: APACHE SPARK DEVELOPER

Jim_Anderson

Congratulations! I hope you enjoyed the course 🙂

iamsumitsingh

I had previously accessed a few modules (for example, parts of the Lakeflow/Data Engineer pathway) before the festival started. However, I have now completed the entire module again during the festival period.
Could you please confirm whether this will be considered eligible for the voucher, or does any prior activity (even partial progress before the festival) make it ineligible?

Jim_Anderson

You can verify the date any given module was logged as completed using the My Activities > Courses option under the user menu in th etop left of Academy. You will need to ensure:

1. All modules from a given learning pathway are fully recorded as completed, and

2. At least one of these modules was completed between March 16 - April 03

To qualify for the incentive distribution on April 09

davy08

Hello Jim:

I have completed LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING.

Thank you for your support. Will wait for the Voucher next month.

Jim_Anderson

Thanks for participating! I hope you enjoyed the course and best of luck with the certification! 🙂

Etanzale

Hi,

I completed all enrollments in LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING

For the DevOps Essentials for Data Engineering.
I didn't receive any badge, I got only a completion certificate not sure why? Also how and when will I get the vocher to write the exam

Jim_Anderson

Please review the FAQ. All incentives will be distributed via email to the address associated with your academy account on April 09

AbhiKumar

Hi @Jim_Anderson ,

I would like to learn apache spark developer courses but I finished it already last time . Is it possible if I learn again .

i will be eligible for the exam coupon. Please confirm.

Jim_Anderson

Unfortunately not. As per the FAQ, you'll need to complete an alternative learning pathway during this event, as the system only logs the initial date the content is completed, rather than any revisits to the same content

dapanta

But you could finish any other course and still use your voucher on that certification.

sbb8090

Yes you can do the course again, ince completed you’ll receive a voucher

DataNerder

@Jim_Anderson, could you please check my profile? I have completed the Generative AI Learning Plan and got the accreditation badges for each of the individual courses in the Path

username: Roopmathi Gunna

Jim_Anderson

Please note as per the FAQ, you can verify whether you have completed all modules via the My Activities > Courses option under the user menu in the top left of Customer Academy.

Assuming all modules are recorded as completed, you'll be included within the incentive distribution on April 09

DataNerder

Hi Jim,

Thank you for your reply on my question. I want to clarify that while I started the Generative AI Fundamentals module in a previous festival, I only completed the full Generative AI Learning Pathway during this March 2026 iteration.

All core modules—including Building Retrieval Agents—were finished this month, and my timestamps confirm a March 2026 completion. Per your guidance to other learners in this thread above, this should qualify for the current festival's logging. Could you please look into why my completion is showing an older date?

carlosjose

I've completed the entire LEARNING PATHWAY 2 PROFESSIONAL DATA ENGINEERING course. Could I please receive my voucher? I didn't receive it at the previous festival because I believe I had already completed it at another one. Could I receive it this time, please? I'm sure they've updated the content and I've learned new things.

Regards

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA	CUSTOMER ACADEMY ENROLLMENT LINKS
LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING
Please complete all 4 modules from the Data Engineer Learning Plan:	Data Ingestion with Lakeflow Connect Deploy Workloads with Lakeflow Jobs Build Data Pipelines with Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines DevOps Essentials for Data Engineering
LEARNING PATHWAY 2: PROFESSIONAL DATA ENGINEERING
Please complete all 4 modules from the Data Engineer Learning Plan:	Advanced Techniques with Spark Declarative Pipelines Databricks Data Privacy Databricks Performance Optimization Automated Deployment with Declarative Automation Bundles
LEARNING PATHWAY 3: DATA ANALYSTS
Please complete both modules from the Data Analyst Learning Plan:	AI/BI for Data Analysts SQL Analytics on Databricks
LEARNING PATHWAY 4: ASSOCIATE ML PRACTITIONERS
Please complete all 4 modules from the Machine Learning Practitioner Learning Plan:	Data Preparation for Machine Learning Machine Learning Model Development Machine Learning Model Deployment Machine Learning Operations
LEARNING PATHWAY 5: PROFESSIONAL ML PRACTITIONERS
Please complete both modules from the Machine Learning Practitioner Learning Plan:	Machine Learning at Scale Advanced Machine Learning Operations
LEARNING PATHWAY 6: GENERATIVE AI ENGINEERING
Please complete all 4 modules from the Generative AI Engineering Learning Plan:	Building Retrieval Agents on Databricks Building Single-Agent Applications on Databricks Generative AI Application Evaluation and Governance Generative AI Application Deployment and Monitoring
LEARNING PATHWAY 7: APACHE SPARK DEVELOPER
Please complete all 4 modules from the Apache Spark™ Developer Learning Plan:	Introduction to Apache Spark™ Developing Applications with Apache Spark™ Stream Processing and Analysis with Apache Spark™ Monitoring and Optimizing Apache Spark™ Workloads on Databricks
LEARNING PATHWAY 8: DATA WAREHOUSING PRACTITIONER
Please complete all 3 modules from the Data Warehousing Practitioner Learning Plan:	Data Warehousing with Databricks SQL Programming and Procedural Logic in Databricks Data Modelling Strategies

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