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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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1. Used for - Initially populating the Metadata - Creating schema objects






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






3. Used to: - Create the Project - Select Project tables - Create basic Facts - Create basic Attributes and their relationships






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






5. View Filters can only ___________.






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






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






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






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






10. All Attributes must have an _______.






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






12. The Attribute Form maps to different column names in multiple tables






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






14. AND - OR - OR NOT - AND NOT






15. Right-click on the attribute - Double-click it - Click the drill icon from the Toolbar






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






17. Data is read-only - Data is aligned by business subject - Data formatting is uniform - Data is long-term data (2-5+ years)






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






19. Top menu > View > Page-by - Drag-&-Drop categories onto the Page-by field window - Right-click a category and "move" to Page-by field






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. The System Hierarchy is automatically updated whenever you make a change to an __________________.






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






31. Extraction - transformation - loading






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






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






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






35. A subset of a report that users can manipulate without altering the SQL

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






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






38. Tables - Facts - Attributes - Hierarchies






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






40. OLTP data storage measure






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






42. The default entry-points.






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






44. Used to "fine-tune" your Project






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






46. More storage - Complex SQL - Simple ETL






47. Level of OLTP integration






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






49. 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.






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