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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A condition data must meet - created "on-the-fly" - in order to be included in a report. Does not affect the SQL.






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






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






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






5. Descriptive data that provides context for Facts.






6. Folder List - Object Viewer - Shortcut Bar






7. It creates the System Hierarchy - when you define Attributes and their corresponding relationships






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






9. AND - OR - OR NOT - AND NOT






10. Grid View - Graph View - Grid/Graph View - SQL View






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






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






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






14. OLTP retains data ________






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

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






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






18. Homogeneous - Heterogeneous






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






20. Enables you to lock column headers so that they always appear when scrolling






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






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






23. Subtotals reflect accumulations at selected attribute levels






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






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






26. Facts associated to different column names in 2 or more tables






27. Used to modify a Report






28. OLTP data storage measure






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






39. Enables users to gather business insight through data analysis. It is a request for specific - formatted data from a data-warehouse.






40. Filter definition prompts - Object prompts - Value prompts - Level prompts






41. Create the Project Source - Create the Database Instance






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






43. Simple - Derived






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






45. ID columns - Description columns - Fact columns






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






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






48. Reduced number of JOINS in the generated SQL






49. 1 - List info from the data source 2 - Identify facts 3 - Identify attributes 4 - Determine direct attribute relationships 5 - Organize hierarchies






50. Facts - Attributes - Hierarchies