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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. MS Excel - MS Word - MS Access - PDF - HTML - Plain text






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






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






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






5. 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.






6. Primary keys






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






8. 1 - Quick Sort: Only accessible from Grid view 2 - Advanced Sort: Available in Grid or Graph views






9. Store info on relationships between 2 or more tables (attributes) - like an Index table.






10. Metrics that perform multiple aggregations; one calculation inside of another.






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. OLAP data storage measure






18. ID columns - Description columns - Fact columns






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






20. 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






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






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






23. Grid View - Graph View - Grid/Graph View - SQL View






24. A shortcut to an existing Object in a Project






25. Facts - Attributes - Hierarchies






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






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






28. Simple - Nested - Compound - Numeric Constants - Simple metrics with levels - conditions or transformations as part of their definition






29. Simple - Compound - Nested - Derived






30. Must have Subtotals enabled - or you won't see any data for higher-level attributes






31. The Attribute Form maps to the same column name in multiple tables






32. All report-level options overwrite ___________.






33. It creates the System Hierarchy - when you define Attributes and their corresponding relationships






34. OLAP retains data ________






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






36. Level of OLTP integration






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






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






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






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






41. Less storage - Simple SQL - Complex ETL






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






48. 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






49. Schema Objects - Application Objects - Configuration Objects






50. The default entry-points.