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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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






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






3. Fact Creation Wizard: Used to create simple - homogeneous facts - Fact Editor: Used to create derived - heterogeneous facts






4. All Attributes must have an _______.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Attributes - Metrics - Hierachies - Consolidations - Custom Groups - Object Prompts






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






20. Grid View - Graph View - Grid/Graph View - SQL View






21. Prompts to specify the level of a metric. They are not placed directly on a report - but rather embeded in a metric.






22. Schema Objects - Application Objects - Configuration Objects






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






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






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






26. Extraction - transformation - loading






27. 1 - Form definition 2 - Form general info 3 - Form category 4 - Form format






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






29. A connection to the Metadata database. It's also the highest icon in the folder list window of Desktop.






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






31. 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






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






33. Direct: 2-tier - Server: 3-tier






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






35. Create an empty Metadata database - Create the Metadata DSN connection - Create the Metadata shell






36. It contains links to specific folders in the Folder List






37. Folder List - Object Viewer - Shortcut Bar






38. Simple - Derived






39. Template - Filter - View of a Report






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






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






42. SUM - AVG - Standard Deviation - Moving Average - Correlation - U-tiling






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






44. 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






45. AND - OR - OR NOT - AND NOT






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






47. Must have a one-to-one relationship with all other forms.






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






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






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