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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Prompts to specify the level of a metric. They are not placed directly on a report - but rather embeded in a metric.






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






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






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






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






6. 1 - List info from the data source 2 - Identify facts 3 - Identify attributes 4 - Determine direct attribute relationships 5 - Organize hierarchies






7. OLAP data storage measure






8. OLTP retains data ________






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






10. One that uses 2 or more columns as its ID






11. It contains links to specific folders in the Folder List






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






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






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






15. Schema Objects - Application Objects - Configuration Objects






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






17. Homogeneous - Heterogeneous






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






19. You can _____________ in the Architect Graphical Interface.






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






21. 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.






22. View Filters can only ___________.






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






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






25. The Attribute Form Expression that maps to a single column - no matter the number of tables






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






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






28. It creates the System Hierarchy - when you define Attributes and their corresponding relationships






29. How users can share comments for reports to other users






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






31. View Filters are saved with the _____________.






32. Facts associated to the same column name in 1 or more tables






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






34. ID columns - Description columns - Fact columns






35. Level of OLAP integration






36. 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






37. If you need to ____________ based on a specific Attribute Form - that form should be its own attribute.






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






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






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






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






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






43. 1 - Quick Sort: Only accessible from Grid view 2 - Advanced Sort: Available in Grid or Graph views






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






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






46. Subtotals reflect accumulations at selected attribute levels






47. Up: To see data at a higher-level attribute of the same hierarchy - Down: To see data at a lower-level attribute of the same hierarchy - Other Directions: To see data at any level of any hierarchy






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






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






50. Cube analysis - Derived elements - In-memory OLAP with use of report objects - View filters - Derived metrics