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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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1. You can e-mail reports by going to _____






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






3. What tool do you use to create the Metadata shell?






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






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






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






7. OLTP retains data ________






8. Template - Filter - View of a Report






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






10. Made up of attributes - facts - metrics - etc. that make up the Metadata. All project info is stored in the Metadata.






11. Reduced number of JOINS in the generated SQL






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






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






14. 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






15. 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.






16. Enables "indented" grouping of related attributes. Useful for displaying a report at different levels quickly.






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






25. Source Systems - ETL Processes - Data-Warehouse - Metadata - MSTR Applications






26. Folder List - Object Viewer - Shortcut Bar






27. Formula - Level (Dimensionality) - Conditionality - Transformation






28. Create the Project Source - Create the Database Instance






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






30. OLAP data storage measure






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






32. 1 - List info from the data source 2 - Identify facts 3 - Identify attributes 4 - Determine direct attribute relationships 5 - Organize hierarchies






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






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






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






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






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






38. Level of OLAP integration






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






40. Homogeneous - Heterogeneous






41. To change the display of a report - including alignments - fonts - borders and backgrounds. You can format report headers - values or both.






42. Combining 1 or more metric objects with 1 or more mathematical operations or constants. May include simple - nested or other compound metrics.






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






44. Used to "fine-tune" your Project






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






46. Fact Creation Wizard: Used to create simple - homogeneous facts - Fact Editor: Used to create derived - heterogeneous facts






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






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






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






50. A shortcut to an existing Object in a Project