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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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1. OLTP data storage measure






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






3. Used to "fine-tune" your Project






4. Prompts to select a single value on which to qualify a date - number or text string.






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






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






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






8. A detailed - graphical representation of the physical structure of a database. Usually based on a logical data model.






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






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






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






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






13. Attribute Creation Wizard - Attribute Editor






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






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






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






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






18. Architect Graphical Interface _____________ - Does not support transformations or other advanced architect techniques - Does not auto-save






19. 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






20. What tool do you use to create the Metadata DSN connection?






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






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






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






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






25. One that uses 2 or more columns as its ID






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






27. Store info about attributes - including IDs and any descriptions. Used for easier browsing.






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






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






30. Folder List - Object Viewer - Shortcut Bar






31. More storage - Complex SQL - Simple ETL






32. Cannot be directly put onto a Report - must be aggregated in a Metric - which can be added to a Report






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






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






35. AND - OR - OR NOT - AND NOT






36. Tables - Facts - Attributes - Hierarchies






37. Simple - Compound - Nested - Derived






38. Enables you to select and display subsets of a report as separate pages.






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






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






41. 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.






42. OLAP retains data ________






43. Creating multiple attributes quickly. Used during the initial project creation.






44. 1 - Quick Sort: Only accessible from Grid view 2 - Advanced Sort: Available in Grid or Graph views






45. Level of OLTP integration






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






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






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






49. Descriptive data that provides context for Facts.






50. 1 - List info from the data source 2 - Identify facts 3 - Identify attributes 4 - Determine direct attribute relationships 5 - Organize hierarchies