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🚩 Academy Support calls (18/04/24)
Hi everyone 😊 There are no support calls scheduled for the 18th of April due to an Education team away day. We will be resuming any support calls from the 19th of April onwards. Thanks, The Academy Team
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📢 New Education Programs Launch 🚀: Scala & Spark Bootcamp and Data Engineer Velocity Program
Quantexa are delighted to announce the release of the Quantexa Data Engineer Velocity and Scala and Spark Bootcamp Programs. They have been designed to significantly reduce the time taken to obtain Quantexa Data Engineer and Scoring Engineer Certifications. 💻💡 Scala & Spark Bootcamp Duration: 5 Days An in-depth…
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Licence Update for the training VDIs - Feb 2024 to May 2024
The training licence for the Academy VDIs has just been updated, with the new licence being valid until the 31st of May 2024. Please update your licence on your training VDI to ensure your work is not disrupted, as the current licence expires on the 29th of Feburary 2024. You can see how to update your licence using this…
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FAQ - List of Academy Frequently Asked Questions
Below is a list of FAQ's for the Quantexa Academies. Have an idea for an FAQ? Please let us know by emailing training@quantexa.com with the idea! General I tried to run a spark shell script and got a "Permission denied" error message My Quantexa Licence has expired, how do I update it? I'm trying to run a script and seeing…
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📢 Welcome! Please Read Before Posting
Hey there, and welcome to the Academy Discussion space of the Quantexa Community! 😀 The purpose of this space is for people to be able to get help and information as they journey through the Quantexa Academy! Encountered a bug which you can't see how to fix? Have a query about a specific area of the Academy task? Need help…
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FAQ: How can I handle dates when writing a Quantexa Score in Scala?
Handling Temporal Data Temporal data refers to any data that is associated with a specific point or period in time. This includes the use of dates, times, intervals or timestamps. This information is useful for indicating when an event has occurred. LocalDate One common way of handling temporal data such as dates in your…
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📚 NEW BLOG POST! A Day in the Life of... an Academy Trainee
In our latest 'A Day in the Life of…' blog post @Adrien_Jamelot walks us through his experience as an Academy Trainee in the Quantexa graduate program. Academy Trainees are tasked with processing the Panama Papers data so that qualified investigators can easily assess who is who. During the courses they learn and get…
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🚩 Academy Support calls (29/03/24) & (01/04/24)
Hi everyone 😊 There are no support calls scheduled for the 29th of March 2024 and the 1st of April 2024. This is due to the Easter Bank Holiday period in the UK. We will be resuming any support calls from the 2nd of April onwards. Thanks, The Academy Team
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How to get 100% in the Scoring Academy 🎉
Congratulations to Ahmed Nader (@ahmednader) on achieving 100% within the Scoring Academy 🎉 This achievement shows unwavering determination and ambition from Ahmed. Having passed with a perfect result, Ahmed has shared his top tips to help you achieve the same, read them all in our Community Library article: These tips are…
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FAQ: I'm having trouble pasting into my VDI
FAQ relevant for: all Academy versions At various points of the Quantexa Academy it will be useful to be able to paste text into your VDI. This might be to run a script or to use some example code that we provide. If you are having some issues or your paste command isn't working for the VDI, then it could be to do with a…
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🚩No support calls tomorrow afternoon, Wednesday the 31st of Jan 🚩
Hey all, The Data Engineer and Scoring afternoon support calls on Wednesday the 31st of January at 4:00pm UK time have been cancelled. Apologies for the inconvenience - please feel free to post any questions you have on this day to the Academy Q&A Topic and we will answer them as soon as we can. Best wishes, The Quantexa…
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No afternoon support calls on Friday 12th of January 2024
Both the Data Engineer support call and Scoring support call at 14:30 GMT (UK time) on Friday the 12th of January 2024 have been cancelled. This is due to a company wide wellness half day. We will not be responding to Community posts from 13:00 on the 12th of January until 09:00 on Monday the 15th of January. Best wishes…
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Quantexa Christmas 2023 Shut Down
Hey all! Hope everyone is well 😊 This is just a post to let our Academy Trainees know that Quantexa will be closing for Christmas from end of day Friday 22nd of December and we won't be back until Wednesday 3rd Jan 2024. We will be cancelling all support session calls during this period and please expect no response to…
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Announcement 📵 No morning support call on Thursday the 14th of December📵
Hi all, The 8am (UK time) morning support call on the 14th of December has been cancelled. Apologies for the inconvenience - please feel free to post any questions you have on this day to the Academy Q&A Topic and we will answer them as soon as we can. Best wishes, The Quantexa Academy Team
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👋 New to the Community? Join our Community connect call today at 12pm GMT 🎄
Join the December Community Connect: Friday 8th December 12pm- 12:30pm (GMT) The Community Team will be demoing the Community, highlighting useful features and where to find resources. What you need to know 👇 The sessions will: ✅ Introduce the Community Team ✅ Include a tour of Community features: Ideation, Community…