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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Represent business performance. Typically numeric. Must be aggregated to produce a meaningful result. Are directly linked to columns in the data-warehouse.






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






11. OLTP retains data ________






12. Facts are _____ in the data-warehouse. In MSTR - you created fact schema objects which reference those facts stored in the warehouse






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






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






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






16. 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






17. Folder List - Object Viewer - Shortcut Bar






18. 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






19. OLAP Services does not add any ______ to the report query.






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






21. 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.






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






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






24. All report-level options overwrite ___________.






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






26. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Columns - Tables






34. Enables you to lock column headers so that they always appear when scrolling






35. 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






36. Attribute Creation Wizard - Attribute Editor






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






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






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






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






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






42. View Filters can only ___________.






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






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






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






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






47. Creating multiple attributes quickly. Used during the initial project creation.






48. 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






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






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