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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Seach for - Object name - Object ID - Object location - Object date range - Object type - Object owner






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Formula - Level (Dimensionality) - Conditionality - Transformation






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






11. View Filters can only ___________.






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






18. Using the Prompt Generation Wizard - Inside the Report Editor






19. OLTP data storage measure






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






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






22. Represent business performance. Typically numeric. Must be aggregated to produce a meaningful result. Are directly linked to columns in the data-warehouse.






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






24. 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.






25. Prompts to select filtering criteria from hierarchies - attributes - attribute element lists - and metrics.






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






27. 1 - List info from the data source 2 - Identify facts 3 - Identify attributes 4 - Determine direct attribute relationships 5 - Organize hierarchies






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






29. A shortcut to an existing Object in a Project






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






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






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






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






34. 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






35. SUM - AVG - Standard Deviation - Moving Average - Correlation - U-tiling






36. An environment in which the MSTR Desktop connects to the MSTR Intelligence Server (or iServer) - which connects to the Metadata database.






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






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






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






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






41. Template - Filter - View of a Report






42. Enables you to select and display subsets of a report as separate pages.






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






44. OLAP data storage measure






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






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






47. Used to modify a Report






48. What tool do you use to create the Metadata DSN connection?






49. A new tool for project design tasks - used for fine-tuning a project after initial creation






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