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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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1. Grid View - Graph View - Grid/Graph View - SQL View






2. ID columns - Description columns - Fact columns






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






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






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






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






7. 1 - Form definition 2 - Form general info 3 - Form category 4 - Form format






8. Used to modify a Report






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






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






11. The Attribute Form maps to the same column name in multiple tables






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






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






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






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






16. Used to limit a possibly overwhelming set of potential prompt answers






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






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






19. Folder List - Object Viewer - Shortcut Bar






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






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






22. View Filters are saved with the _____________.






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






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






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






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






27. Level of OLTP integration






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






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






30. A subset of a report that users can manipulate without altering the SQL

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31. They store the column data type - and must be changed when creating a derived fact expression with conflicting data types






32. Objects that map directly back to the data-warehouse. Can be used directly or used to build objects pulled onto reports






33. OLAP data storage measure






34. 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






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






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






37. You can _____________ in the Architect Graphical Interface.






38. Up: To see data at a higher-level attribute of the same hierarchy - Down: To see data at a lower-level attribute of the same hierarchy - Other Directions: To see data at any level of any hierarchy






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






40. Create the Project Source - Create the Database Instance






41. Extraction - transformation - loading






42. Used to "fine-tune" your Project






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






44. Subtotals reflect accumulations at selected attribute levels






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






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






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






48. OLTP retains data ________






49. Enables users to gather business insight through data analysis. It is a request for specific - formatted data from a data-warehouse.






50. Descriptive data that provides context for Facts.






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