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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Primary keys






2. Simple - Derived






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






4. Homogeneous - Heterogeneous






5. Extraction - transformation - loading






6. Provide convenient paths for browsing attribute data - as defined by the user. They don't follow the logical model. May not consist of directly related attributes.






7. Less storage - Simple SQL - Complex ETL






8. Compound - Homogeneous - Heterogeneous






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






10. OLAP retains data ________






11. The Attribute Form maps to different column names in multiple tables






12. Folder List - Object Viewer - Shortcut Bar






13. Template - Filter - View of a Report






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






15. A shortcut to an existing Object in a Project






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. ID columns - Description columns - Fact columns






23. Create the Project Source - Create the Database Instance






24. View Filters are saved with the _____________.






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






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






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






28. Simple - Compound - Nested - Derived






29. 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






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






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






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






33. View Filters can only ___________.






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. A feature that enables users to delivers reports to the history list - cache or mobile






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