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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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






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






3. A condition data must meet - created "on-the-fly" - in order to be included in a report. Does not affect the SQL.






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






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






6. 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






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






8. Grid View - Graph View - Grid/Graph View - SQL View






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






10. It contains the ID column of the parent attribute






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. 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






16. Data is read-only - Data is aligned by business subject - Data formatting is uniform - Data is long-term data (2-5+ years)






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






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






19. Columns - Tables






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






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






22. Primary keys






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






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






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






26. A shortcut to an existing Object in a Project






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






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






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






30. 1 - List info from the data source 2 - Identify facts 3 - Identify attributes 4 - Determine direct attribute relationships 5 - Organize hierarchies






31. It contains the ID and DESC columns of all higher-level attributes






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. The default entry-points.






41. 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.






42. Direct: 2-tier - Server: 3-tier






43. 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






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






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






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






47. Reduced number of JOINS in the generated SQL






48. OLAP retains data ________






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






50. User management - Security profiles - Server parameters - like report length - idle time and report prioritization