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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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






2. Folder List - Object Viewer - Shortcut Bar






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






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






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






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






7. Less storage - Simple SQL - Complex ETL






8. 1 - List info from the data source 2 - Identify facts 3 - Identify attributes 4 - Determine direct attribute relationships 5 - Organize hierarchies






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






10. 3 Ways: - Metric Value: Qualifies on a Metric value - Rank: Qualifies on a numeric rank of Metric values - Percent: Qualifies on the % of a Metric value being ranked






11. Used to modify a Report






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






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






14. Facts - Attributes - Hierarchies






15. Subtotals reflect accumulations at selected attribute levels






16. View Filters can only ___________.






17. A diagram that shows the information you want to analyze in a project and how that information is related. It depicts the flow of data in an organization. It is not based on the physical structure of the data-warehouse. Used by the MSTR Engine to gen






18. OLTP retains data ________






19. Extraction - transformation - loading






20. Enables you to rearrange the columns and rows in a report.






21. Enables you to specify the order in which the data in a report for a particular row/column appears; ascending or descending






22. Descriptive data that provides context for Facts.






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






24. A connection to the Metadata database. It's also the highest icon in the folder list window of Desktop.






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






26. Level of OLAP integration






27. 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






28. Reduced number of JOINS in the generated SQL






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






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






31. Template - Filter - View of a Report






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






33. Metrics aggregate on the lowest-level attribute __________.






34. Primary keys






35. The intersection between a data-warehouse - Metadata repository and a user community. It contains objects such as reports - filters - templates and metrics.






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






37. Compound - Homogeneous - Heterogeneous






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






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






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






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






42. All report-level options overwrite ___________.






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






44. Schema Objects - Application Objects - Configuration Objects






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






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






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






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






49. Create the Project Source - Create the Database Instance






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






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