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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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1. Specifies a condition data must meet in order to be included in a report






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






3. 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






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






5. The unique values of an attribute obtained from the data-warehouse






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. More storage - Complex SQL - Simple ETL






14. The default entry-points.






15. Contains info that facilitates the transfer of data from the source systems to the data-warehouse






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






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






18. Compound - Homogeneous - Heterogeneous






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






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






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






22. ID columns - Description columns - Fact columns






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






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






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






26. 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






27. A feature that enables users to delivers reports to the history list - cache or mobile






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






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






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






31. Facts - Attributes - Hierarchies






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. OLTP data storage measure






41. Prompts to specify the level of a metric. They are not placed directly on a report - but rather embeded in a metric.






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. It contains the ID column of the parent attribute






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






50. Simple - Compound - Nested - Derived