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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Top menu > View > Page-by - Drag-&-Drop categories onto the Page-by field window - Right-click a category and "move" to Page-by field






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






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






4. All Attributes must have an _______.






5. View Filters are saved with the _____________.






6. Include 1 or more aggregate functions - Based on 1 or more facts or attributes - Include a specified level at which they are calculated - May include conditions - May include transformations






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






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


9. 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.






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






11. Objects that map directly back to the data-warehouse. Can be used directly or used to build objects pulled onto reports






12. Desktop (2 versions: Designer and Analyst) - Architect - Administrative Functions






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






14. OLTP data storage measure






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






16. OLAP data storage measure






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






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






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






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






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






22. The default entry-points.






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






24. Prompts to select objects to include in a report - such as attributes - metrics - custom groups - template objects - report filter objects - etc.






25. All report-level options overwrite ___________.






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






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






28. Data is read/write - Data is assigned by application - Data formatting may not be uniform - Data may be limited to recent/current data






29. Design the logical data model - Design the data-warehouse schema - Create the project in Architect - Manage the project schema






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






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






33. A diagram that shows the information you want to analyze in a project and how that information is related. It depicts the flow of data in an organization. It is not based on the physical structure of the data-warehouse. Used by the MSTR Engine to gen






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






39. A shortcut to an existing Object in a Project






40. AND - OR - OR NOT - AND NOT






41. The Attribute Form maps to different column names in multiple tables






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






43. Columns - Tables






44. View Filters can only ___________.






45. Combining 1 or more metric objects with 1 or more mathematical operations or constants. May include simple - nested or other compound metrics.






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






47. Used for - Initially populating the Metadata - Creating schema objects






48. Extraction - transformation - loading






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






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