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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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1. Tables - Facts - Attributes - Hierarchies






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






3. ID columns - Description columns - Fact columns






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






5. Used to modify a Report






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






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






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






9. Template - Filter - View of a Report






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






11. 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.






12. All Attributes must have an _______.






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






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






15. View Filters can only ___________.






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






17. Extraction - transformation - loading






18. More storage - Complex SQL - Simple ETL






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






20. 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.






21. 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






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






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






24. You can _____________ in the Architect Graphical Interface.






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






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






27. 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






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






29. Simple - Compound - Nested - Derived






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






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






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






33. Prompts to select objects to include in a report - such as attributes - metrics - custom groups - template objects - report filter objects - etc.






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






35. Reduced number of JOINS in the generated SQL






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






37. Compound - Homogeneous - Heterogeneous






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






39. View Filters are saved with the _____________.






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






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






42. Create the Project Source - Create the Database Instance






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






44. AND - OR - OR NOT - AND NOT






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






46. 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






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






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






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






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