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KX certified training is suitable for all skill levels.

Over 98% of attendees report our training to have met or exceeded their expectations. The power of KX technology can be harnessed by anyone with the correct training, so whether you want to be a practical user or a full blown data wizard there is a suitable KX Certified training course for you.

All KX courses include a corresponding assessment to ensure attendees have mastered the concepts required to achieve KX Certification. Feel free to show off and share your certification on social media or LinkedIn!

ALL KX CERTIFIED COURSES OFFER

Fully remote delivery
Interactive Instructor led training
Browser based training (no software installation required)
Intuitive training using Jupyter notebooks
Clear learning outcomes
An abundance of practical exercises
Guidance on best practices
Helpful tips and tricks
Post course assessment

Certified Training Courses

KX Introductory Workshop

Free 1 day instructor-led training workshop

KX Fundamentals Course

3 day instructor-led fundamentals course

KX Advanced Course

3 day instructor-led advanced course

Free 1 Day KX Introductory Workshop

This is an instructor-led introductory course about kdb+ and q programming. The focus of this workshop is on the practical usage that is commonly seen when using kdb+/q.

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Who is this course suitable for?

Aimed at complete beginners to kdb+/q
For users who want to get the basics of the q language enough to be able to query kdb+ data effectively

Upon completion of the course, what will I get?

You will receive a certification to state that you have attended and completed the course
Be equipped with the skills to query large tables
Be competent in combining tables using bitemporal joins
Be confident in writing your own functions

What content is covered in this course?

q-SQL & Joins – How to query tables, aggregate data and apply joins
Lists & Dictionaries – Introduction to these data structures and how to best use
Functions – Useful inbuilt functions and how to define your own functions
Working with Files (CSV & JSON)

No prior experience required.

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KX Fundamentals Course

3 day instructor-led fundamentals course

An introductory course about kdb+ and the principles of vector programming.

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What content is covered in this course?

Datatypes and objects in kdb+/q – Atoms, Lists, Dictionaries – what kinds of data types and objects exist and how best to handle/manipulate them?
Operators & Iterators in kdb+/q – how to do looping?
Tables: Querying (q-SQL) & Joins – how to effectively query and join kdb+ tables?
Functions & Scripting – how can I define my own functions and best practices?
Execution Control – how to write conditional statements and manage control flow?
I/O – how to load/save from files and how to do interprocess communication?
Final Project – at the end of the course participants will be provided with a Final Project to complete which has been designed to test on all the topics covered

Upon completion of the course, what will I get?

You will receive a certificate to state you have attended and completed the course. This is dependent upon successful completion of the final project.
Be able to use kdb+ to manage data from multiple data sources
Be able to query, join, write and apply functions to kdb+ data objects
Interact with both in memory and on disk kdb+ installations

Who is this course suitable for?

Aimed at users new to kdb+/q
For users who want to get a grounding in kdb+/q and learn the basics of kdb+/q from first principles
Developers
Traders
Database engineers
Data scientists/analysts
Quantitative analysts

No prior experience required.

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KX Advanced Course

3 day instructor-led advanced course

Designed as a follow on course to KX Fundamentals this advanced training introduces new topics as well as building on the knowledge covered in the previous course.

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What content is covered in this course?

Data on Disk – types of storage in kdb+ including Splayed, Partitioned, Segmented databases
Attributes, Database Maintenance, Functional Querying – managing & effectively querying data on disk
Advanced Iterators & Table Joins
Memory Management & Query Optimization – how to manage memory usage and optimize my code?
Advanced IPC & Parallelization
Debugging – how can I effectively debug my code?
Final Project – at the end of the course participants will be provided with a Final Project to complete which has been designed to test on all the topics covered

Upon completion of the course, what will I get?

You will receive a certificate to state they you have attended and completed the course. This is dependent on successful completion of the final project.
Gain an understanding in all types of data structures in kdb+ in particular data on disk
Be able to effectively & efficiently query different data types
Become familiar with more advanced concepts of kdb+ like IPC, Parallelization, Memory Management and Debugging

Who is this course suitable for?

Aimed at users who are comfortable with kdb+/q basics and want to widen their knowledge and get a deeper understanding of how kdb+ works
Developers / Database engineers
Data scientists / Analysts / Quantitative analysts

Recommended prerequisite is our KX Fundamentals Course.

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Great workshop, looked forward to it and was not disappointed. Step by step we set up a working database within one session and it showed how easy it is to use.

PETER PIH

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE GROUP, DATA SCIENTIST, UTILITY INDUSTRY

It was fantastic! I learned a ton and will definitely attend future workshops!

YANG SONG

STUDENT, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

The workshop was a lot more technical than I had expected. This was great because I wanted a technical run through! The interactive Jupyter notebook really works well.

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TRAINING

Certified training.
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FREE 1 DAY WORKSHOP

Live instructor-led training

FREE ON DEMAND WORKSHOP

Self-serve training videos

KX training courses are fully remote, do not require a download and are delivered in a hands-on, live environment, where participants will solve real business problems.

CLEAR. STRAIGHTFORWARD.
INTUITIVE.

KX certified training is suitable for all skill levels.

ALL KX CERTIFIED COURSES OFFER

Certified Training Courses

KX Introductory Workshop

KX Fundamentals Course

KX Advanced Course

Free 1 Day KX Introductory Workshop

KX Fundamentals Course

KX Advanced Course

Great workshop, looked forward to it and was not disappointed. Step by step we set up a working database within one session and it showed how easy it is to use.

PETER PIH

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE GROUP, DATA SCIENTIST, UTILITY INDUSTRY

It was fantastic! I learned a ton and will definitely attend future workshops!

YANG SONG

STUDENT, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

The workshop was a lot more technical than I had expected. This was great because I wanted a technical run through! The interactive Jupyter notebook really works well.

JEZ MCKINLEY

DEVOPS / SRE, CLEARWATER DYNAMICS

Just what I hoped for – covering of the basics in an easy to understand manner, then a demonstration of the more advanced features.

LUKE SWATMAN

PRODUCT OWNER, ELECTRONIC TRADING, LEADING INVESTMENT BANK

Thank you

TRAINING

Certified training. Suitable for all levels.

FREE 1 DAY WORKSHOP

Live instructor-led training

FREE ON DEMAND WORKSHOP

Self-serve training videos

KX training courses are fully remote, do not require a download and are delivered in a hands-on, live environment, where participants will solve real business problems.

CLEAR. STRAIGHTFORWARD. INTUITIVE.

KX certified training is suitable for all skill levels.

ALL KX CERTIFIED COURSES OFFER

Certified Training Courses

KX Introductory Workshop

KX Fundamentals Course

KX Advanced Course

Free 1 Day KX Introductory Workshop

KX Fundamentals Course

KX Advanced Course

Great workshop, looked forward to it and was not disappointed. Step by step we set up a working database within one session and it showed how easy it is to use.

PETER PIH

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE GROUP, DATA SCIENTIST, UTILITY INDUSTRY

It was fantastic! I learned a ton and will definitely attend future workshops!

YANG SONG

STUDENT, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

The workshop was a lot more technical than I had expected. This was great because I wanted a technical run through! The interactive Jupyter notebook really works well.

JEZ MCKINLEY

DEVOPS / SRE, CLEARWATER DYNAMICS

Just what I hoped for – covering of the basics in an easy to understand manner, then a demonstration of the more advanced features.

LUKE SWATMAN

PRODUCT OWNER, ELECTRONIC TRADING, LEADING INVESTMENT BANK

Certified training.
Suitable for all levels.

CLEAR. STRAIGHTFORWARD.
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