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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A feature that enables users to delivers reports to the history list - cache or mobile






2. 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






3. 1 - Quick Sort: Only accessible from Grid view 2 - Advanced Sort: Available in Grid or Graph views






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






5. Compound - Homogeneous - Heterogeneous






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. How users can share comments for reports to other users






16. Extraction - transformation - loading






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






18. It contains links to specific folders in the Folder List






19. Design View - Grid View - Graph View - Grid/Graph VIew - SQL View






20. Seach for - Object name - Object ID - Object location - Object date range - Object type - Object owner






21. Folder List - Object Viewer - Shortcut Bar






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






23. History folder: To retrieve scheduled reports - MyPersonal Objects: Objects you create - visible only to you - Public Objects: Objects that can be viewed by all - Schema Objects: Objects that represent the logical data model (facts - attributes and h






24. View Filters are saved with the _____________.






25. OLTP retains data ________






26. An environment in which the MSTR Desktop connects to the MSTR Intelligence Server (or iServer) - which connects to the Metadata database.






27. Metrics you create within a report using only those objects in the report.






28. Enables you to specify the order in which the data in a report for a particular row/column appears; ascending or descending






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






30. View Filters can only ___________.






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






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






33. Primary keys






34. More storage - Complex SQL - Simple ETL






35. Create attribute ID form - Create attribute description forms - Select lookup table(s) - Create attribute relationships






36. Tables - Facts - Attributes - Hierarchies






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






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






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






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






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






42. All report-level options overwrite ___________.






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






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






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






46. Level of OLAP integration






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






48. 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.






49. Level of OLTP integration






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