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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Tables - Facts - Attributes - Hierarchies






2. A simplified version of Desktop - providing interactive "slice-&-dice" capabilities






3. The report will retreive data for all Objects under the report definition (regardless of whether or not they exist on the template)






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






5. 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.






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






7. 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






8. An add-on product to the Intelligence Server to greatly enhance the type of analysis you can perform






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






10. Grid View - Graph View - Grid/Graph View - SQL View






11. Create an empty Metadata database - Create the Metadata DSN connection - Create the Metadata shell






12. More storage - Complex SQL - Simple ETL






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






20. Include 1 or more aggregate functions - Based on 1 or more facts or attributes - Include a specified level at which they are calculated - May include conditions - May include transformations






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






22. Less storage - Simple SQL - Complex ETL






23. A condition data must meet in order to be included in a report. Does affect the SQL.






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






25. A method of organizing the appearance of report results in a Grid report based on a criteria






26. Level of OLTP integration






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






28. ID columns - Description columns - Fact columns






29. 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






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






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






32. Homogeneous - Heterogeneous






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






34. Primary keys






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






36. 1 - Form definition 2 - Form general info 3 - Form category 4 - Form format






37. Facts are _____ in the data-warehouse. In MSTR - you created fact schema objects which reference those facts stored in the warehouse






38. Enables you to select which tables from the data-warehouse to store in the Metadata database






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






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






41. Subtotals reflect accumulations at selected attribute levels






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






43. Reduced number of JOINS in the generated SQL






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






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






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






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






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






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






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