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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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






2. An environment in which the MSTR Desktop connects directly to the Metadata database.






3. Enables you to select and display subsets of a report as separate pages.






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






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






6. Design View - Grid View - Graph View - Grid/Graph VIew - SQL View






7. To define the level of aggregation for a specific metric - Used for qualifications






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






9. AND - OR - OR NOT - AND NOT






10. Schema Objects - Application Objects - Configuration Objects






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






12. Reduced number of JOINS in the generated SQL






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






14. 1 - Form definition 2 - Form general info 3 - Form category 4 - Form format






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






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






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






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






19. Facts - Attributes - Hierarchies






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






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






22. You can e-mail reports by going to _____






23. 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.






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






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






26. Architect Graphical Interface _____________ - Does not support transformations or other advanced architect techniques - Does not auto-save






27. Tables that contain fact data and attribute ID columns that describe the level at which the fact values are recorded






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. ID columns - Description columns - Fact columns






35. History folder: To retrieve scheduled reports - MyPersonal Objects: Objects you create - visible only to you - Public Objects: Objects that can be viewed by all - Schema Objects: Objects that represent the logical data model (facts - attributes and h






36. What tool do you use to create the Metadata shell?






37. 1 - Quick Sort: Only accessible from Grid view 2 - Advanced Sort: Available in Grid or Graph views






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






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






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






41. Specifies what info to retrieve from a data-warehouse - and how to display it






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Fact Creation Wizard: Used to create simple - homogeneous facts - Fact Editor: Used to create derived - heterogeneous facts






50. Template - Filter - View of a Report