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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Creating multiple attributes quickly. Used during the initial project creation.






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






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






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






11. More storage - Complex SQL - Simple ETL






12. 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






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






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






15. Grid View - Graph View - Grid/Graph View - SQL View






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






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






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






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






20. Extraction - transformation - loading






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






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






23. 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






24. Groupings of directly related attributes. Also commonly known as "dimensions".






25. The default entry-points.






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






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






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






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






30. The Attribute Form maps to the same column name in multiple tables






31. Create attribute ID form - Create attribute description forms - Select lookup table(s) - Create attribute relationships






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






33. All report-level options overwrite ___________.






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






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






36. Enables you to format report values based on a condition - such as highlights - font colors - etc.






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






38. All Attributes must have an _______.






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






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






41. Level of OLAP integration






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






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






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






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






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






47. OnLine Analytical Processing - Organized by dimension and business subject - uses batch loaded - reporting - read-only - spiked usage (based on time of data-warehouse loading)






48. 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






49. OLTP data storage measure






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