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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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






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






3. Schema Objects - Application Objects - Configuration Objects






4. Enables "indented" grouping of related attributes. Useful for displaying a report at different levels quickly.






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






6. All Attributes must have an _______.






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






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






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






10. Desktop (2 versions: Designer and Analyst) - Architect - Administrative Functions






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






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






13. Attribute Qualification: A condition an attribute element must meet - Set Qualification: To restrict report results based on a Metric - Shortcut to a Report: A resultset of an existing report - Shortcut to a Filter: To use 1 or more existing filters






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






15. OLTP retains data ________






16. OLAP data storage measure






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






18. Used to modify a Report






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

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






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






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






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






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






25. Tables that contain fact data and attribute ID columns that describe the level at which the fact values are recorded






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






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






28. Using the Prompt Generation Wizard - Inside the Report Editor






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






30. 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






31. All report-level options overwrite ___________.






32. Facts - Attributes - Hierarchies






33. Store info about attributes - including IDs and any descriptions. Used for easier browsing.






34. AND - OR - OR NOT - AND NOT






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






36. Attribute Creation Wizard - Attribute Editor






37. Homogeneous - Heterogeneous






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






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






40. View Filters are saved with the _____________.






41. 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






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






43. They store the column data type - and must be changed when creating a derived fact expression with conflicting data types






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






45. OnLine Transaction Processing - Organized by workflow per application - uses real-time - write and update - evenly distributed transactional data






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






47. 1 - Form definition 2 - Form general info 3 - Form category 4 - Form format






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






49. Must have Subtotals enabled - or you won't see any data for higher-level attributes






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