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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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






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






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






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






5. View Filters can only ___________.






6. 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.






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






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






9. OLTP data storage measure






10. 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






11. 1 - Quick Sort: Only accessible from Grid view 2 - Advanced Sort: Available in Grid or Graph views






12. OLAP Services does not add any ______ to the report query.






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






14. Columns - Tables






15. A full-featured version that enables Report Developers to design complex and sophisticated reports and documents






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






17. ID columns - Description columns - Fact columns






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






25. A shortcut to an existing Object in a Project






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






27. Enables you to search for a specific Object or group of Objects that meet a certain criteria.






28. 1 - List info from the data source 2 - Identify facts 3 - Identify attributes 4 - Determine direct attribute relationships 5 - Organize hierarchies






29. OLTP retains data ________






30. Normalized: No data redundancy - Moderately Denormalized: Some data redundancy with shared Table Keys - Completely Denormalized: Lots of data redundancy with shared Table Keys and description columns






31. Needed to create other application objects - like reports or documents - such as templates - filters - metrics - etc.






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






33. OLAP data storage measure






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






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






36. 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






37. The report will retreive data for all Objects under the report definition (regardless of whether or not they exist on the template)






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






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

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






41. 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






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






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






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






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






46. Primary keys






47. Less storage - Simple SQL - Complex ETL






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






49. To define the level of aggregation for a specific metric - Used for qualifications






50. 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