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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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1. 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






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






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






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






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






6. OLAP data storage measure






7. Schema Objects - Application Objects - Configuration Objects






8. 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






9. Direct: 2-tier - Server: 3-tier






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






19. User requirements - Existing source data - Technical and performance considerations






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






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






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






23. A shortcut to an existing Object in a Project






24. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Descriptive data that provides context for Facts.






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






33. 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






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






35. Attribute Creation Wizard - Attribute Editor






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






37. You can e-mail reports by going to _____






38. Source Systems - ETL Processes - Data-Warehouse - Metadata - MSTR Applications






39. Level of OLTP integration






40. 1 - Form definition 2 - Form general info 3 - Form category 4 - Form format






41. You can _____________ in the Architect Graphical Interface.






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






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






44. ID columns - Description columns - Fact columns






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






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






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






48. Extraction - transformation - loading






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






50. Columns - Tables