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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 1 - Form definition 2 - Form general info 3 - Form category 4 - Form format






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






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






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






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






6. OLAP retains data ________






7. Store info on relationships between 2 or more tables (attributes) - like an Index table.






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






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






10. Used to create or edit complex attributes - facts - hierarchies - and logical tables






11. Fact Creation Wizard: Used to create simple - homogeneous facts - Fact Editor: Used to create derived - heterogeneous facts






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Template - Filter - View of a Report






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






20. 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






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






22. Used to "fine-tune" your Project






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






24. Enables you to select which tables from the data-warehouse to store in the Metadata database






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






26. 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






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






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






29. Used to modify a Report






30. Primary keys






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






32. Objects that map directly back to the data-warehouse. Can be used directly or used to build objects pulled onto reports






33. The default entry-points.






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






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






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






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






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






39. Schema Objects - Application Objects - Configuration Objects






40. History folder: To retrieve scheduled reports - MyPersonal Objects: Objects you create - visible only to you - Public Objects: Objects that can be viewed by all - Schema Objects: Objects that represent the logical data model (facts - attributes and h






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






42. 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.






43. 1 - Quick Sort: Only accessible from Grid view 2 - Advanced Sort: Available in Grid or Graph views






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






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






46. You can _____________ in the Architect Graphical Interface.






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






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






49. Seach for - Object name - Object ID - Object location - Object date range - Object type - Object owner






50. View Filters can only ___________.