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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Facts associated to the same column name in 1 or more tables






2. A shortcut to an existing Object in a Project






3. Data is read-only - Data is aligned by business subject - Data formatting is uniform - Data is long-term data (2-5+ years)






4. 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






5. May include 1 or more functions as operators - Based on the attributes and metrics in the Report Objects window - May be Simple or Compound






6. 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.






7. Attribute Creation Wizard - Attribute Editor






8. 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






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






10. To see data at completely different levels - other than that of the original Grid or Graph






11. Extraction - transformation - loading






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






13. 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






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






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






16. Simple - Compound - Nested - Derived






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






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






19. Combining 1 or more metric objects with 1 or more mathematical operations or constants. May include simple - nested or other compound metrics.






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






21. OLTP retains data ________






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






23. Less storage - Simple SQL - Complex ETL






24. To change the display of a report - including alignments - fonts - borders and backgrounds. You can format report headers - values or both.






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






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






27. You can save your auto-style from the Top Menu > Grid > Save AutoStyle As...






28. Contains info that facilitates the transfer of data from the source systems to the data-warehouse






29. Facts - Attributes - Hierarchies






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






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






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






33. Cannot be directly put onto a Report - must be aggregated in a Metric - which can be added to a Report






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






35. View Filters are saved with the _____________.






36. User reporting requirements - Query performance - Data volume - DB Maintenance






37. Columns - Tables






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






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






40. More storage - Complex SQL - Simple ETL






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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