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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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






2. If you need to ____________ based on a specific Attribute Form - that form should be its own attribute.






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






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






5. A condition data must meet in order to be included in a report. Does affect the SQL.






6. AND - OR - OR NOT - AND NOT






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






8. Needed to create other application objects - like reports or documents - such as templates - filters - metrics - etc.






9. A new tool for project design tasks - used for fine-tuning a project after initial creation






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






11. 1 - Quick Sort: Only accessible from Grid view 2 - Advanced Sort: Available in Grid or Graph views






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






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






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






15. Schema Objects - Application Objects - Configuration Objects






16. A user interface for creating and maintaining a BI environment






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






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






19. Attribute Qualification: A condition an attribute element must meet - Set Qualification: To restrict report results based on a Metric - Shortcut to a Report: A resultset of an existing report - Shortcut to a Filter: To use 1 or more existing filters






20. Groupings of directly related attributes. Also commonly known as "dimensions".






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






22. All Attributes must have an _______.






23. Right-click on the attribute - Double-click it - Click the drill icon from the Toolbar






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






25. The Attribute Form Expression that maps to a single column - no matter the number of tables






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






27. Facts - Attributes - Hierarchies






28. Compound - Homogeneous - Heterogeneous






29. Grid View - Graph View - Grid/Graph View - SQL View






30. Allow you to interact with the BI system - logically organize data to analyze complex relationships






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






32. Simple: 1 fact to 1 column - Derived: 1 fact to an expression that combines multiple facts to create a derived expression






33. 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






34. Top menu/dropdowns - Toolbar - Right-click popup menus






35. Level of OLTP integration






36. 1 - List info from the data source 2 - Identify facts 3 - Identify attributes 4 - Determine direct attribute relationships 5 - Organize hierarchies






37. Enables you to format report values based on a condition - such as highlights - font colors - etc.






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. More storage - Complex SQL - Simple ETL






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






44. You must select "Other directions" when drilling attributes while viewing a report






45. The Attribute Form maps to different column names in multiple tables






46. OLTP data storage measure






47. Extraction - transformation - loading






48. The logical associations between attributes that exist based on a business rule






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






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