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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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






2. Define browsing attributes - Set entry-points - Set element display - Define attribute filters - Configure for drilling - Define the sort order for browsing - Define the sort order for drilling






3. To see data at completely different levels - other than that of the original Grid or Graph






4. Less storage - Simple SQL - Complex ETL






5. Used to modify a Report






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






7. Attribute Creation Wizard - Attribute Editor






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






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






10. OLAP data storage measure






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






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






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






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






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






16. Subtotals reflect accumulations at selected attribute levels






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






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






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






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






21. Cannot be directly put onto a Report - must be aggregated in a Metric - which can be added to a Report






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






23. 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.






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






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






26. ID columns - Description columns - Fact columns






27. All report-level options overwrite ___________.






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






29. Extraction - transformation - loading






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






43. Used to "fine-tune" your Project






44. Simple - Compound - Nested - Derived






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






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






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






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






49. It contains the ID and DESC columns of all higher-level attributes






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