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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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






2. Folder List - Object Viewer - Shortcut Bar






3. Tables that contain fact data and attribute ID columns that describe the level at which the fact values are recorded






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






5. 1 - Quick Sort: Only accessible from Grid view 2 - Advanced Sort: Available in Grid or Graph views






6. It contains the ID column of the parent attribute






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






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. 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






11. 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






12. A shortcut to an existing Object in a Project






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






14. Made up of attributes - facts - metrics - etc. that make up the Metadata. All project info is stored in the Metadata.






15. Facts associated to the same column name in 1 or more tables






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






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






18. Metrics you create within a report using only those objects in the report.






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






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






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






22. Subtotals reflect accumulations at selected attribute levels






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






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






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






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






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






28. A development environment to create BI applications - allowing users to edit the Metadata database






29. Create the Project Source - Create the Database Instance






30. Simple - Derived






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. ID columns - Description columns - Fact columns






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Prompts to select filtering criteria from hierarchies - attributes - attribute element lists - and metrics.






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






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






44. AND - OR - OR NOT - AND NOT






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






46. To see data at completely different levels - other than that of the original Grid or Graph






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






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






49. More storage - Complex SQL - Simple ETL






50. Reduced number of JOINS in the generated SQL