Visier Analytic Model Developer Program
The Visier Analytic Model Developer program helps Visier Administrators make the most of their Developer license. Administrators can make changes to the analytic model upon which Visier analyses and guidebooks are built.
Overview
The Visier Analytic Model Developer Program includes access for 1 person to:
- The Visier Analytic Model Developer profile license
- The alumni community forum
- A 2-week, instructor-led training course to learn how to use the developer capabilities
- eLearning path to learn how to use the developer capabilities
This course will help you to:
- Make changes to the existing data objects in the analytic model
- Create new data objects (including grouping/filtering, metrics, and dimensions) using existing data sources
- Be more self-sufficient in managing your Visier application
- Expand the analytics landscape for your organization without having to change tools
License capabilities
The Visier Analytic Model Developer license allows you to change naming conventions to match your data sources or organization terminology by editing or creating properties, attributes and metrics. Some of the capabilities are listed in the table.
| Object | Item | Description | Examples |
| Concept | Selection | A concept is an idea or abstraction that does not need to be present in the data. | Concept: Gender Female = F, Female Generation based on birth year Concept: Baby boomer = Birth year 1946-1965 |
| Dimension | Custom and Range | A dimension organizes unique values into a list or structure so you can filter or group that data. | Supervisory Hierarchy Location |
| Property | Simple and Calculated | A property provides detail on the object that changes over time. Properties are simple or calculated. | Simple: Job NameCalculated: Tenure = Current Data - Hire Date |
| Metric | Formula | A metric is a calculation such as sum, average, or other aggregation that can be defined as a value or formula. | HeadcountAverage Budgeted Compensation |
About the course
The program includes a 2-week course that consists of a virtual instructor-led training with hands-on exercises to prepare for the qualification exam. This course is cohort-based, and you must attend all sessions. Upon successful completion, you will be issued a Visier Analytic Model Developer Qualified badge.
Prerequisites
To maintain the pace and overall experience required for this advanced program, all participants must have a minimum of three to six months’ experience administering Visier People.
Who should attend
Personnel who administer Visier People and want to increase their level of self-sufficiency should attend this program. Attendees must possess proficiency in the core workflows of the Visier Cloud studio experience. It’s strongly recommended that attendees have experience with a development language such as SQL, Python, or Java or Excel formulas.
Note: This program is not suitable for beginners or new administrators.
Delivery method
This instructor-led training cohort program is delivered virtually.
Curriculum overview
- Session
- Description
- Configuration
- To begin, this session provides an overview of analytic objects, and reviews the difference between concepts, dimensions, properties, and metrics, including how they work together.
- Concepts
- This session provides an overview of member selection concepts and when to use them. This session will help you to:
- Create and customize member selection concepts.
- Validate changes using Preview.
- Understand security impacts.
- Dimensions
- This session provides an overview of range and custom dimensions, and when to use them. This session will help you to:
- Create and customize range dimensions.
- Create and customize custom dimensions.
- Validate changes using Preview.
- Understand security impacts.
- Properties
- This session provides an overview of simple properties and when to use them. This session will help you to:
- Create and customize simple properties.
- Recognize how creating a simple property impacts the workflow between Customer Experience loading data to generating data versions.
- Visier Formula Language 101
- This session covers metrics and an overview of the Visier Formula Language (VFL) syntax. This session will help you to create and/or customize:
- Compound metrics
- Derived metrics
- Calculated properties
- Calculated concepts
- Visier Formula Language 102
- Building on the foundation of VFL 101, this session covers more in-depth topics such as metric parameterization. This session will help you to:
- Identify security impacts and cover basic time handling.
- Understand how to validate changes in addition to covering common VFL functions.
License access
Organizations are required to have at least one person who has achieved the Visier Analytic Model Developer qualification to use the Developer capabilities. If a Visier Analytic Model Developer leaves an organization, an alternate representative of the organization must gain their Visier Analytic Model Developer qualification for the organization to continue to use the Visier Analytic Model Developer capabilities.
Ongoing support
Customers and partners who are qualified receive access to additional self-service capabilities and support.
Whether you need advice, help, or you’ve spotted an issue, we’re here to help. You can submit a case to the Technical Support team through the dedicated Visier Analytic Model Developer support queue or connect with other developers and ask questions on the Visier Analytic Model Developer Forum.
Limitations and assumptions
Organizations must renew the license annually. If the licensed user moves to a new role, the organization must enroll a new user in the program. The new user will need to complete the training at a separate cost.
