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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Simple - Compound - Nested - Derived






2. The actual column name for a fact. Every fact must have at least 1 expression.






3. OLAP retains data ________






4. Up: To see data at a higher-level attribute of the same hierarchy - Down: To see data at a lower-level attribute of the same hierarchy - Other Directions: To see data at any level of any hierarchy






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






6. Facts are _____ in the data-warehouse. In MSTR - you created fact schema objects which reference those facts stored in the warehouse






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






8. roject Creation Assistant - Schema Object Editor - Architect Graphical Interface






9. Enables you to further narrow down a report view - using only those objects in the report without altering the SQL of the report query. They are executed after-the-fact.






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






11. Used to dynamically alter the contents of a report. With prompts - you can determine at run-time the objects you want to retreive for a report and filtering conditions.






12. Based on facts or attributes - Place at least 1 aggregation inside of another - Include 1 or more level definitions - May include 1 or more conditions - May include 1 or more transformations






13. Used to modify a Report






14. 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






15. Reduced number of JOINS in the generated SQL






16. Used to create or edit complex attributes - facts - hierarchies - and logical tables






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






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






19. Filter definition prompts - Object prompts - Value prompts - Level prompts






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






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






22. Define the analytical calculations to perform on the data-warehouse. Made up of Facts.






23. 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






24. A feature that enables users to delivers reports to the history list - cache or mobile






25. Cube analysis - Derived elements - In-memory OLAP with use of report objects - View filters - Derived metrics






26. Extraction - transformation - loading






27. Attribute Creation Wizard - Attribute Editor






28. OLAP Services does not add any ______ to the report query.






29. ID columns - Description columns - Fact columns






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






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






32. An environment in which the MSTR Desktop connects directly to the Metadata database.






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






34. 1 - List info from the data source 2 - Identify facts 3 - Identify attributes 4 - Determine direct attribute relationships 5 - Organize hierarchies






35. User requirements - Existing source data - Technical and performance considerations






36. Level of OLAP integration






37. Schema Objects - Application Objects - Configuration Objects






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






39. Descriptive data that provides context for Facts.






40. OLTP retains data ________






41. View Filters are saved with the _____________.






42. Prompts to select filtering criteria from hierarchies - attributes - attribute element lists - and metrics.






43. The unique values of an attribute obtained from the data-warehouse






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






45. More storage - Complex SQL - Simple ETL






46. Used to: - Create the Project - Select Project tables - Create basic Facts - Create basic Attributes and their relationships






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






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






49. 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






50. The intersection between a data-warehouse - Metadata repository and a user community. It contains objects such as reports - filters - templates and metrics.