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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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1. Represent business performance. Typically numeric. Must be aggregated to produce a meaningful result. Are directly linked to columns in the data-warehouse.






2. Subtotals reflect accumulations at selected attribute levels






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






4. Compound - Homogeneous - Heterogeneous






5. Facts - Attributes - Hierarchies






6. 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






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






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






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






10. Enables you to further narrow down a report view - using only those objects in the report without altering the SQL of the report query. They are executed after-the-fact.






11. ID columns - Description columns - Fact columns






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






13. OnLine Analytical Processing - Organized by dimension and business subject - uses batch loaded - reporting - read-only - spiked usage (based on time of data-warehouse loading)






14. 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.






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






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






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






18. The Attribute Form Expression that maps to multiple columns from the same table. May also contain an operator (aggregation).






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






20. Must have a one-to-one relationship with all other forms.






21. Enables you to lock column headers so that they always appear when scrolling






22. Attribute Creation Wizard - Attribute Editor






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






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






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






26. A new tool for project design tasks - used for fine-tuning a project after initial creation






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






28. Less storage - Simple SQL - Complex ETL






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






30. Level of OLAP integration






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






32. 1 - List info from the data source 2 - Identify facts 3 - Identify attributes 4 - Determine direct attribute relationships 5 - Organize hierarchies






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






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






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






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






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






38. You must select "Other directions" when drilling attributes while viewing a report






39. OLTP data storage measure






40. You can _____________ in the Architect Graphical Interface.






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






42. Level of OLTP integration






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






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






45. OLTP retains data ________






46. A shortcut to an existing Object in a Project






47. Reduced number of JOINS in the generated SQL






48. More storage - Complex SQL - Simple ETL






49. Primary keys






50. Simple: 1 fact to 1 column - Derived: 1 fact to an expression that combines multiple facts to create a derived expression