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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Data is read-only - Data is aligned by business subject - Data formatting is uniform - Data is long-term data (2-5+ years)






2. OLTP data storage measure






3. A development environment to create BI applications - allowing users to edit the Metadata database






4. Prompts to select objects to include in a report - such as attributes - metrics - custom groups - template objects - report filter objects - etc.






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






6. ID columns - Description columns - Fact columns






7. OnLine Analytical Processing - Organized by dimension and business subject - uses batch loaded - reporting - read-only - spiked usage (based on time of data-warehouse loading)






8. The report will retreive data for all Objects under the report definition (regardless of whether or not they exist on the template)






9. Columns - Tables






10. OLAP data storage measure






11. Desktop (2 versions: Designer and Analyst) - Architect - Administrative Functions






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






13. Primary keys






14. 1 - List info from the data source 2 - Identify facts 3 - Identify attributes 4 - Determine direct attribute relationships 5 - Organize hierarchies






15. Represent business performance. Typically numeric. Must be aggregated to produce a meaningful result. Are directly linked to columns in the data-warehouse.






16. OnLine Transaction Processing - Organized by workflow per application - uses real-time - write and update - evenly distributed transactional data






17. Used for - Initially populating the Metadata - Creating schema objects






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






19. Contains info that facilitates the transfer of data from the source systems to the data-warehouse






20. Display: On a report or in Data Explorer - Sorting: Sort report data using attribute forms - Qualifications: To filter on the elements of any attribute form






21. Used to modify a Report






22. Simple: Single column unique identifier - Compound: 2 or more columns per unique identifier






23. Attribute Creation Wizard - Attribute Editor






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






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






26. Normalized: No data redundancy - Moderately Denormalized: Some data redundancy with shared Table Keys - Completely Denormalized: Lots of data redundancy with shared Table Keys and description columns






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






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






29. Simple - Derived






30. Direct: A parent > child relationship - Indirect: 2 or more attributes are related only through a fact or set of facts






31. Create the Project Source - Create the Database Instance






32. Simple - Nested - Compound - Numeric Constants - Simple metrics with levels - conditions or transformations as part of their definition






33. Metrics that perform multiple aggregations; one calculation inside of another.






34. Grid View - Graph View - Grid/Graph View - SQL View






35. Provide convenient paths for browsing attribute data - as defined by the user. They don't follow the logical model. May not consist of directly related attributes.






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






37. Create an empty Metadata database - Create the Metadata DSN connection - Create the Metadata shell






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






39. Must have a one-to-one relationship with all other forms.






40. Design the logical data model - Design the data-warehouse schema - Create the project in Architect - Manage the project schema






41. The Attribute Form maps to the same column name in multiple tables






42. Used to limit a possibly overwhelming set of potential prompt answers






43. 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






44. Folder List - Object Viewer - Shortcut Bar






45. Template - Filter - View of a Report






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






47. Level of OLTP integration






48. An add-on product to the Intelligence Server to greatly enhance the type of analysis you can perform






49. AND - OR - OR NOT - AND NOT






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