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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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1. A shortcut to an existing Object in a Project






2. Facts - Attributes - Hierarchies






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. A user interface for creating and maintaining a BI environment






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






13. Used to "fine-tune" your Project






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






15. Columns - Tables






16. The System Hierarchy is automatically updated whenever you make a change to an __________________.






17. OLAP retains data ________






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






19. 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






20. View Filters are saved with the _____________.






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






22. Grid View - Graph View - Grid/Graph View - SQL View






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






24. ID columns - Description columns - Fact columns






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






26. AND - OR - OR NOT - AND NOT






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






28. 3 Ways: - Metric Value: Qualifies on a Metric value - Rank: Qualifies on a numeric rank of Metric values - Percent: Qualifies on the % of a Metric value being ranked






29. Simple: 1 fact to 1 column - Derived: 1 fact to an expression that combines multiple facts to create a derived expression






30. 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






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






32. Graph Properties - accessible under Top Menu > Graph > Preferences from Graph View






33. Simple - Derived






34. 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






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






36. Reduced number of JOINS in the generated SQL






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






38. 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.






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






40. Metrics you create within a report using only those objects in the report.






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






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






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






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






45. 1 - List info from the data source 2 - Identify facts 3 - Identify attributes 4 - Determine direct attribute relationships 5 - Organize hierarchies






46. View Filters can only ___________.






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






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






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






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