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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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1. Level of OLAP integration






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






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






4. More storage - Complex SQL - Simple ETL






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






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






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






8. Template - Filter - View of a Report






9. AND - OR - OR NOT - AND NOT






10. Design the logical data model - Design the data-warehouse schema - Create the project in Architect - Manage the project schema






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






12. The actual column name for a fact. Every fact must have at least 1 expression.






13. All report-level options overwrite ___________.






14. 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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. View Filters are saved with the _____________.






21. Filter definition prompts - Object prompts - Value prompts - Level prompts






22. Contains info that facilitates the transfer of data from the source systems to the data-warehouse






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






24. View Filters can only ___________.






25. Prompts to select filtering criteria from hierarchies - attributes - attribute element lists - and metrics.






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






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






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






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






30. Normalized: No data redundancy - Moderately Denormalized: Some data redundancy with shared Table Keys - Completely Denormalized: Lots of data redundancy with shared Table Keys and description columns






31. 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






32. Facts - Attributes - Hierarchies






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






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






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






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

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






38. Compound - Homogeneous - Heterogeneous






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






40. The unique values of an attribute obtained from the data-warehouse






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






42. Simple: Single column unique identifier - Compound: 2 or more columns per unique identifier






43. Columns - Tables






44. OLAP retains data ________






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






46. Subtotals reflect accumulations at selected attribute levels






47. Simple - Nested - Compound - Numeric Constants - Simple metrics with levels - conditions or transformations as part of their definition






48. 1 - List info from the data source 2 - Identify facts 3 - Identify attributes 4 - Determine direct attribute relationships 5 - Organize hierarchies






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






50. Create the Project Source - Create the Database Instance