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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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






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






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






4. 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






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






6. 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.






7. Simple - Compound - Nested - Derived






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. Attributes must be homogeneous - Attributes can only have simple form expressions - No more than 2 attribute forms (usually an ID and primary description)






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






14. Level of OLAP integration






15. Store info about attributes - including IDs and any descriptions. Used for easier browsing.






16. All Attributes must have an _______.






17. Enables you to further narrow down a report view - using only those objects in the report without altering the SQL of the report query. They are executed after-the-fact.






18. 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






19. Less storage - Simple SQL - Complex ETL






20. What tool do you use to create the Metadata DSN connection?






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






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






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






24. Primary keys






25. 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






26. Facts - Attributes - Hierarchies






27. Columns - Tables






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






29. Subtotals reflect accumulations at selected attribute levels






30. User management - Security profiles - Server parameters - like report length - idle time and report prioritization






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






32. Architect Graphical Interface _____________ - Does not support transformations or other advanced architect techniques - Does not auto-save






33. AND - OR - OR NOT - AND NOT






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






35. 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






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






37. OLTP data storage measure






38. The actual column name for a fact. Every fact must have at least 1 expression.






39. 1 - Form definition 2 - Form general info 3 - Form category 4 - Form format






40. Extraction - transformation - loading






41. OnLine Analytical Processing - Organized by dimension and business subject - uses batch loaded - reporting - read-only - spiked usage (based on time of data-warehouse loading)






42. 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






43. Attribute Creation Wizard - Attribute Editor






44. Create the Project Source - Create the Database Instance






45. Folder List - Object Viewer - Shortcut Bar






46. OLTP retains data ________






47. An environment in which the MSTR Desktop connects directly to the Metadata database.






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






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






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