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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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






2. All Attributes must have an _______.






3. Columns - Tables






4. You can _____________ in the Architect Graphical Interface.






5. Less storage - Simple SQL - Complex ETL






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






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






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






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






11. To define the level of aggregation for a specific metric - Used for qualifications






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






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






14. 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.






15. Simple - Derived






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






17. 1 - Quick Sort: Only accessible from Grid view 2 - Advanced Sort: Available in Grid or Graph views






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






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. OLAP retains data ________






21. Descriptive data that provides context for Facts.






22. Compound - Homogeneous - Heterogeneous






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






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






25. They store the column data type - and must be changed when creating a derived fact expression with conflicting data types






26. 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.






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






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






29. Based on facts or attributes - Place at least 1 aggregation inside of another - Include 1 or more level definitions - May include 1 or more conditions - May include 1 or more transformations






30. View Filters are saved with the _____________.






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






32. Level of OLTP integration






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






34. Creating multiple attributes quickly. Used during the initial project creation.






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






36. Grid View - Graph View - Grid/Graph View - SQL View






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






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






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






40. Template - Filter - View of a Report






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






42. Primary keys






43. 1 - List info from the data source 2 - Identify facts 3 - Identify attributes 4 - Determine direct attribute relationships 5 - Organize hierarchies






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






45. Extraction - transformation - loading






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






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






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






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






50. 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