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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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1. More storage - Complex SQL - Simple ETL






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






3. Include 1 or more aggregate functions - Based on 1 or more facts or attributes - Include a specified level at which they are calculated - May include conditions - May include transformations






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






5. Metrics aggregate on the lowest-level attribute __________.






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






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






8. 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






9. Display: On a report or in Data Explorer - Sorting: Sort report data using attribute forms - Qualifications: To filter on the elements of any attribute form






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






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






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






13. A Project Source can house ________ . A single Metadata can be used by multiple Projects.






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. View Filters are saved with the _____________.






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






22. ID columns - Description columns - Fact columns






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. All report-level options overwrite ___________.






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

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






34. Schema Objects - Application Objects - Configuration Objects






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






36. 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






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






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






39. Attribute Creation Wizard - Attribute Editor






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






41. Subtotals reflect accumulations at selected attribute levels






42. Prompts to select a single value on which to qualify a date - number or text string.






43. The default entry-points.






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






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






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






47. OLTP data storage measure






48. Level of OLAP integration






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






50. Combining 1 or more metric objects with 1 or more mathematical operations or constants. May include simple - nested or other compound metrics.