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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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






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






3. Used to modify a Report






4. Compound - Homogeneous - Heterogeneous






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






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






7. Primary keys






8. More storage - Complex SQL - Simple ETL






9. It contains the ID column of all higher-level attributes






10. 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






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






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






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






14. Subtotals reflect accumulations at selected attribute levels






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. All report-level options overwrite ___________.






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. 1 - Form definition 2 - Form general info 3 - Form category 4 - Form format






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






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






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






34. Facts are _____ in the data-warehouse. In MSTR - you created fact schema objects which reference those facts stored in the warehouse






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






36. A shortcut to an existing Object in a Project






37. Used to: - Create the Project - Select Project tables - Create basic Facts - Create basic Attributes and their relationships






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






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

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






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






42. Simple - Derived






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






44. 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






45. Cube analysis - Derived elements - In-memory OLAP with use of report objects - View filters - Derived metrics






46. Include 1 or more aggregate functions - Based on 1 or more facts or attributes - Include a specified level at which they are calculated - May include conditions - May include transformations






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






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






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






50. Level of OLAP integration