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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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1. Compound - Homogeneous - Heterogeneous






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






3. 3 Ways: - Metric Value: Qualifies on a Metric value - Rank: Qualifies on a numeric rank of Metric values - Percent: Qualifies on the % of a Metric value being ranked






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






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

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6. The System Hierarchy is automatically updated whenever you make a change to an __________________.






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






8. OLTP retains data ________






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






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






11. It contains the ID column of the parent attribute






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






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






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






15. 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






16. A diagram that shows the information you want to analyze in a project and how that information is related. It depicts the flow of data in an organization. It is not based on the physical structure of the data-warehouse. Used by the MSTR Engine to gen






17. Enables you to specify the order in which the data in a report for a particular row/column appears; ascending or descending






18. 1 - List info from the data source 2 - Identify facts 3 - Identify attributes 4 - Determine direct attribute relationships 5 - Organize hierarchies






19. OLAP data storage measure






20. Used to dynamically alter the contents of a report. With prompts - you can determine at run-time the objects you want to retreive for a report and filtering conditions.






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






22. Grid View - Graph View - Grid/Graph View - SQL View






23. 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.






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






25. How users can share comments for reports to other users






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






27. 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






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






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






30. Create an empty Metadata database - Create the Metadata DSN connection - Create the Metadata shell






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






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






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






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






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






36. 1 - Quick Sort: Only accessible from Grid view 2 - Advanced Sort: Available in Grid or Graph views






37. OLTP data storage measure






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






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






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






41. Direct: A parent > child relationship - Indirect: 2 or more attributes are related only through a fact or set of facts






42. All report-level options overwrite ___________.






43. Top menu/dropdowns - Toolbar - Right-click popup menus






44. Reduced number of JOINS in the generated SQL






45. You can _____________ in the Architect Graphical Interface.






46. Allow you to interact with the BI system - logically organize data to analyze complex relationships






47. What tool do you use to create the Metadata shell?






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






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






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