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Q: Can I get trained on QuerySurge? A: Sure! We have a full range of self-paced and instructor-led (in the cloud) training. We offer self-paced training courses, along with certifications and digital badges. Courses include Certified ETL Tester, QuerySurge Certified Practitioner​, Certified BI Tester, QuerySurge Certified Administrator, Certified DevOps for Data Tester, and Certified DevOps for Data Practitioner. Q: What are the options for training course delivery? A: We have 2 delivery options: Free self-paced trainingLive, instructor-led training in the Cloud (there is a cost for this item) Class size requirements apply. Q: Do you offer a formal certification for QuerySurge? A: Yes we do! Our professional certifications, along with digital badges from Credly, provide secure, verifiable evidence of skills and expertise that can be easily shared with your professional network. Learn about data validation and ETL Testing with self-paced training and certification guides through the QuerySurge Content and Training Portal, built on Moodle, the most trusted eLearning solution that empowers educators.Earn your digital badge from Credly, the leading platform for managing digital credentials, trusted by top companies like IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, and more.Inform your social network by posting your digital badge to LinkedIn, X (Formerly Twitter), Facebook, or sharing via email, website, or email signature. Self-paced training and certifications are free for customers and partners.

Q: What can I install on for a trial? A: You can install QuerySurge on most desktops or even laptops. Resources (memory, disk space) are important for QuerySurge! The more you have, the more you can do during your trial. Q: Which features are disabled in a trial? A: The features that are disabled in a 15-day trial are BI Tester, DevOps for Data, Import/Export, Ready for Analytics, and QuerySync. If you would like to try these features, BI Tester and DevOps for Data have their own downloads and all are available in a Proof-of-Concept. See all variations of trials here» Q: Do I need to install QuerySurge in my own environment to try it? A: Nope! You can try QuerySurge in a Hosted Cloud Trial – our environment and our data, but you’ll be up and running with QuerySurge in minutes. See what else the Cloud trial has to offer and sign up. Q: My company would like to formally evaluate QuerySurge – do you offer support during trials? A: Sign-up for a QuerySurge Proof-of-Concept. You can use QuerySurge for 45 days with weekly support sessions and regular communication from your dedicated account team. See more about what you’ll get with a PoC and sign up. Q: If I have any questions or issues during my trial, what is the best way to get an answer? A: Most users will start by searching our Knowledge Base, which is available on our web site at the top menu or through the Orange Help button at the bottom left of every page of our web site. From there you can either search for information or reach out to our support team directly. To view the Knowledge Base, click here»

Q: How does the licensing work? A: QuerySurge offers flexible licensing to suit the diverse needs of our customers: Both subscription and perpetual licensesBoth named users and floating usersBoth full users and participant usersBoth on-premises and in-the-cloud installationPricing per user – both individual user and discounted package dealsExcellent maintenance & support servicesPremium Services for any services not covered by traditional support See our transparent Licensing & Pricing section for all the details. Q: Do we need to acquire licenses for each Source/Target technology, or is this included with QuerySurge? A: Nope! We use standard drivers for all Source/Target technologies, and if we don’t ship with a driver you want, you can deploy it yourself. No additional licensing is required.

Q: Does QuerySurge have robust reporting? A: QuerySurge provides Data Analytics Dashboard and Data Intelligence Reports that cover the lifecycle of your data testing. Monitor project status and performance trends with customizable dashboards and interactive widgets. Dive into specific data points for detailed insights. Leverage a variety of configurable Data Intelligence Reports, from summary views to in-depth audits, including root cause analysis at the column level. Tailor reports by date, asset type, or execution, and export them as Excel or PDF. Integrate with test management or CI/CD tools for streamlined reporting. Q: Does QuerySurge support custom reporting options? A: QuerySurge reporting is highly customizable with multiple filters on most reports. Q: Can my reports be distributed and/or exported to others? A: Reports can generally be exported to a pdf or Excel format. Q: Can QuerySurge notify me by email about executions? A: Absolutely. QuerySurge has an email notification feature that lets you set up custom email notifications to other QuerySurge users about executions, including execution outcomes and metrics, based on triggers of your own choosing. Q: Can I create my own reports? A: Absolutely! QuerySurge’s Ready for Analytics helps you to seamlessly integrate your preferred Business Intelligence and Analytics tool with QuerySurge to gain deeper, real-time insights into your data validation and ETL testing workflows.​Ready-for-Analytics provides your team with direct, secure access to the QuerySurge database, empowering QA Engineers, Data Analysts, and Business Users to analyze testing results using any industry-leading business intelligence (BI) platform.

Q: What types of integration does QuerySurge have? A: QuerySurge connects to over 200 technologies via JDBC, enabling validation across various data sources. These include traditional databases, Hadoop and NoSQL stores, cloud platforms, flat files, JSON, and Excel, business intelligence tools, CRMs and ERPs, and anything else that stores data. See the full list here. QuerySurge integrates seamlessly into DevOps pipelines and virtually all CI/CD tools. Q: How can I integrate with other software tools? A: QuerySurge supports Webhooks, providing real-time integrations with your DevOps, CI/CD, and alerting tools. Webhooks are like a digital messenger. When something happens in QuerySurge (like a test finishes), it sends a quick alert to another application, like Slack, Jira, Azure DevOps, or Jenkins, so you don’t have to check manually. QuerySurge’s DevOps for Data has over 100+ API calls with hundreds of customizable parameters, that provide you with the ability to connect to any other APIs. Q: Are there API options? A: As mentioned above, QuerySurge provides RESTful API access. QuerySurge integrates with virtually all DevOps and DataOps solutions in the marketplace. Testers can dynamically generate, execute, and update tests and data stores utilizing 100+ API calls with almost 100 different properties. See our DevOps for Data offering. Q: Does QuerySurge integrate with any Test Management tool? A: QuerySurge currently integrates with Atlassian Jira, Microsoft Azure DevOps, OpenText ALM (formerly HP), and IBM Engineering Test Management (ETM). Through Webhooks, QuerySurge integrates with Microsoft Teams, Slack, GitHub, GitLab, and TestRail. And through the DevOps for Data API, QuerySurge can integrate with virtually any other software that also has an API. Q: Can QuerySurge be automatically launched by another tool? A: Through the API, QuerySurge can be automatically launched by any ETL tool, Scheduler or Automated Build software that has command line API access. For a list of software we integrate with, please visit our DevOps, CD/CI page here»

Q: Are there any data size limitations? A: QuerySurge imposes no data size limitations on queries. However, the hardware that you deploy QuerySurge on will impose its own limitations. More hardware resources will give you greater flexibility with QuerySurge. Q: What technologies are supported? A: QuerySurge supports all Hadoop and NoSQL data stores, Data Warehouses, traditional databases, flat files, XML, Excel, mainframe, JSON and any other JDBC compliant data structure. For a full list of technologies supported, click here» Q: Does QuerySurge test unstructured data? A: If your unstructured data is in a datastore that can accommodate JDBC connectivity, we should be able to handle it. Contact us if you would like to discuss specifics. Q: What kinds of data can QuerySurge test? A: QuerySurge can test most of the standard data types that are common to current data stores and databases. This includes CLOB and BLOB data types.

Q: What technologies are supported? A: QuerySurge supports data lakes, data warehouses, traditional databases, flat files, XML, Excel, mainframe, JSON, and any other JDBC-compliant data structure. For a complete list of technologies supported, click here» Q: How do you configure the connections of the databases for source to target? A: All database connections can be configured using QuerySurge’s built-in Connection wizard. You will have the option to access this wizard when installing the application. Q: Are the database connections set up on a per-user basis? A: No. Once a Connection has been set up in the application, all authorized QuerySurge users can build queries using any connection. Q: How does QuerySurge handle flat file querying? A: QuerySurge ships with a flat file JDBC driver that makes your files ​“look” like database tables to QuerySurge. You can then query your files using a standard SQL dialect. Q: How does QuerySurge handle XML file querying? A: We have an XML file JDBC driver that makes your XMLs ​“look” like database tables to QuerySurge. You query your files using a standard SQL dialect. Contact us for information. Q: Does QuerySurge support data comparison from a flat file to data in a database? A: Yes, QuerySurge is built for this! You can query flat file vs. database, excel file vs. database, XML file vs. database, flat file vs. flat file, Hadoop/Hive vs. database, Hadoop/Hive vs. flat file, etc. in any combination.
If you have a specific data source combination to ask us about, don’t hesitate to reach out to us!

Q: What can I install on for a trial? A: For a QuerySurge trial, the specifications can be found here» Q: What can I install on for production deployment? A: Our recommended production deployment specifications can be found here» Q: Does the QuerySurge Agent need to be deployed on my database servers? A: No – in fact, we do not recommend deploying Agents on your database servers. Agents should be deployed in your environment in a hub-and-spoke relationship to the QuerySurge application server. Any boxes or VMs with sufficient resources (see questions above) to perform QuerySurge tasks can be used, including the Testers’ desktops. Q: I have queries in my trial installation of QuerySurge that I want to use after I purchase a license. Can I keep them? A: Yes. If you deployed your Trial installation on the same hardware as you plan for your production QuerySurge installation, you’re all set – all we need to do is apply your new license to your existing QuerySurge instance. Everything else stays the same.
If you need to move your queries from your trial QuerySurge instance to your ​“permanent” QuerySurge installation, please contact us or get in touch with your account manager. We’ll be happy to help you! Q: Does QuerySurge install locally for each user, or is it a web-based application? A: QuerySurge is a pure Web 2.0 application with a database server behind an app server. Users can access the software through any supported browser (Chrome, FireFox, Edge, and Safari). Q: Where can I get help if I have issues during installation? A: Most users will start by searching our Knowledge base, which is available on our web site at the top menu or through the Orange Help button at the bottom left of every page of our web site. From there you can either search for information or reach out to our support team directly. To view the Knowledge Base, click here»

Q: What is QuerySurge’s architecture? A: QuerySurge consists of the following components: The QuerySurge Application Server (Tomcat)The QuerySurge Database (MySQL)QuerySurge Agent(s) – a minimum of one must be deployedQuerySurge Execution API (optional)
For more information and a detailed look at the QuerySurge product Architecture components, see this page: http://www.querysurge.com/product-tour/product-architecture Q: What is an Agent? A: The QuerySurge Agent is the component of the architecture that actually executes queries against Source and Target data sources, returning the results to QuerySurge. Agents are deployed in a hub-and-spoke relationship to the QuerySurge application server, as you can see in the QuerySurge product architecture diagram. Q: How many Agents will I need? A: For a QuerySurge Trial or a POC, one agent is normally sufficient.

For production deployment, the answer is dependent on multiple factors (your Source/Target data base/data source products, the hardware Source/Target are deployed on, your style of query-writing) and is best determined as you gain more experience with QuerySurge in your own environment. Q: Do I need to use my own backend database? A: Nope! QuerySurge comes with its own embedded database. We handle the database licensing, so deploying QuerySurge will not affect any licensing that your organization currently has.

Q: Does QuerySurge use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support its testing? A: Yes it does! QuerySurge AI is a generative Artificial Intelligence solution that simplifies and speeds up ETL testing. It creates data validation tests, including transformational tests, based on data mappings. The average data warehouse project has between 250 to 1,500 data mappings and test creation for each mapping requires approximately 1 hour per test. With QuerySurge AI, test creation happens quickly, converting data mappings into tests written in the data store’s native SQL with little to no human intervention, reducing the need for people skilled in SQL, and providing a huge return-on-investment (ROI). Q: Is the QuerySurge AI model installed behind my firewall or is it in a cloud? A: QuerySurge AI provides a flexible implementation with 2 models – Cloud and Core. Whether you require rapid cloud deployment or an on-premises model for complete control, QuerySurge AI offers two powerful implementation options tailored to your specific needs. QuerySurge AI Cloud is fully hosted in the cloud, requires no hardware, provides rapid deployment with minimal setup, and is ideal for teams seeking fast results with minimal IT overhead.QuerySurge AI Core is installed within your environment, provides full control over your data and configuration, requires server installation (it runs on GPUs or CPUs), and is designed for organizations with strict compliance or security policies.

Q: What use cases are supported?
Data Warehouse & ETL Testing: Automate the data validation & testing of Data Warehouses and the ETL process.Big Data Testing: Test any Big Data implementation, whether it be Hadoop or NoSQL data store from all major vendors.DevOps for Data / Continuous Testing: Dynamically create data validation tests and integrate with other solutions in your DataOps pipeline.Data Migration Testing: Migrating from legacy systems to a new system, from one vendor to another, or from on-prem to the cloud.BI Report Testing: Retrieve data from reports and validate that data against a source or target data or another report.Enterprise App / ERP Testing: Automate the testing of data feeds into/out of ERP, CRM, HR system, or any large enterprise system. Q: Does QuerySurge use artificial intelligence to support its testing? A: Yes it does! QuerySurge AI is a generative Artificial Intelligence solution that simplifies and speeds up ETL testing. It creates data validation tests, including transformational tests, based on data mappings. The average data warehouse project has between 250 to 1,500 data mappings and test creation for each mapping requires approximately 1 hour per test. With QuerySurge AI, test creation happens in minutes, converting data mappings into tests written in the data store’s native SQL with little to no human intervention, reducing the need for people skilled in SQL. Q: What data pain points does QuerySurge solve? A: QuerySurge solves the following data challenges: The need for improved data quality.
QuerySurge can find data issues such as missing data, truncated data, type mismatches, null translations, wrong translations, misplaced data, extra records, not enough records, transformation logic errors, sequence generator errors, undocumented requirements, duplicate records, numeric precision errors, and rejected rows. The ability to test across diverse platforms.
Whether a Big Data lake, Data Warehouse, traditional database, NoSQL document store, BI reports, flat files, JSON files, SOAP or restful web services, XML, mainframe files, or any other data store. The need to analyze your data, looking for anomalies.
QuerySurge’s Data Analytics Dashboard and Data Intelligence Reports cover the lifecycle of your data testing process by reporting on trends, finding problematic areas and providing root cause analysis. Also, Ready for Analytics helps you to integrate your preferred Business Intelligence tool with QuerySurge to gain deeper, real-time insights into your data validation and ETL testing workflows.​The need to speed up your data validation and ETL testing through automation.
You can leverage artificial intelligence to easily automate your data testing. Automation can kick off your tests, perform the data validation, and provide automated emailed reports of the results to your entire team, while updating your change management system. QuerySurge can validate up to 100% of all data up to 1,000 x faster than traditional testing. The ability to integrate data validation into you CI/CD DataOps pipeline.
QuerySurge integrates with most Data Integration/ETL solutions, Build/Configuration solutions, and QA/ Change Management solutions through our the industry’s most extensive RESTful API.