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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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1. Prompts to specify the level of a metric. They are not placed directly on a report - but rather embeded in a metric.






2. Less storage - Simple SQL - Complex ETL






3. Define browsing attributes - Set entry-points - Set element display - Define attribute filters - Configure for drilling - Define the sort order for browsing - Define the sort order for drilling






4. Simple - Compound - Nested - Derived






5. Store info on relationships between 2 or more tables (attributes) - like an Index table.






6. Homogeneous - Heterogeneous






7. It contains the ID column of all higher-level attributes






8. Facts associated to the same column name in 1 or more tables






9. Used to "fine-tune" your Project






10. 3 Ways: - Metric Value: Qualifies on a Metric value - Rank: Qualifies on a numeric rank of Metric values - Percent: Qualifies on the % of a Metric value being ranked






11. Must have Subtotals enabled - or you won't see any data for higher-level attributes






12. It creates the System Hierarchy - when you define Attributes and their corresponding relationships






13. OLAP data storage measure






14. Include 1 or more aggregate functions - Based on 1 or more facts or attributes - Include a specified level at which they are calculated - May include conditions - May include transformations






15. A full-featured version that enables Report Developers to design complex and sophisticated reports and documents






16. Enables you to lock column headers so that they always appear when scrolling






17. Extraction - transformation - loading






18. MS Excel - MS Word - MS Access - PDF - HTML - Plain text






19. A detailed - graphical representation of the physical structure of a database. Usually based on a logical data model.






20. Specifies a condition data must meet in order to be included in a report






21. A method of organizing the appearance of report results in a Grid report based on a criteria






22. More storage - Complex SQL - Simple ETL






23. A Project Source can house ________ . A single Metadata can be used by multiple Projects.






24. You can save your auto-style from the Top Menu > Grid > Save AutoStyle As...






25. A diagram that shows the information you want to analyze in a project and how that information is related. It depicts the flow of data in an organization. It is not based on the physical structure of the data-warehouse. Used by the MSTR Engine to gen






26. To define the level of aggregation for a specific metric - Used for qualifications






27. Template - Filter - View of a Report






28. Enables you to select which tables from the data-warehouse to store in the Metadata database






29. A simplified version of Desktop - providing interactive "slice-&-dice" capabilities






30. Reduced number of JOINS in the generated SQL






31. May include 1 or more functions as operators - Based on the attributes and metrics in the Report Objects window - May be Simple or Compound






32. OLTP data storage measure






33. Specifies what info to retrieve from a data-warehouse - and how to display it






34. Data is read/write - Data is assigned by application - Data formatting may not be uniform - Data may be limited to recent/current data






35. The System Hierarchy is automatically updated whenever you make a change to an __________________.






36. Attributes - Metrics - Hierachies - Consolidations - Custom Groups - Object Prompts






37. Create the Project Source - Create the Database Instance






38. Using the Prompt Generation Wizard - Inside the Report Editor






39. User reporting requirements - Query performance - Data volume - DB Maintenance






40. Tables that contain fact data and attribute ID columns that describe the level at which the fact values are recorded






41. Graph Properties - accessible under Top Menu > Graph > Preferences from Graph View






42. You can _____________ in the Architect Graphical Interface.






43. Descriptive data that provides context for Facts.






44. Facts associated to different column names in 2 or more tables






45. Enables you to rearrange the columns and rows in a report.






46. Enables you to search for a specific Object or group of Objects that meet a certain criteria.






47. Top menu > View > Page-by - Drag-&-Drop categories onto the Page-by field window - Right-click a category and "move" to Page-by field






48. Attributes must be homogeneous - Attributes can only have simple form expressions - No more than 2 attribute forms (usually an ID and primary description)






49. SUM - AVG - Standard Deviation - Moving Average - Correlation - U-tiling






50. 1 - Form definition 2 - Form general info 3 - Form category 4 - Form format