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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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1. OLTP retains data ________






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






3. Attribute Creation Wizard - Attribute Editor






4. Metrics aggregate on the lowest-level attribute __________.






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






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






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






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






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






10. Facts - Attributes - Hierarchies






11. Simple - Compound - Nested - Derived






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






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






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






15. 1 - Quick Sort: Only accessible from Grid view 2 - Advanced Sort: Available in Grid or Graph views






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






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






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






19. Create the Project Source - Create the Database Instance






20. Primary keys






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






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






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

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






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






26. 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






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






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






29. All Attributes must have an _______.






30. Prompts to select a single value on which to qualify a date - number or text string.






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






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






33. ID columns - Description columns - Fact columns






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






35. The Attribute Form Expression that maps to multiple columns from the same table. May also contain an operator (aggregation).






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






37. Level of OLTP integration






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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. 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






44. Seach for - Object name - Object ID - Object location - Object date range - Object type - Object owner






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






46. Enables you to select and display subsets of a report as separate pages.






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






48. Homogeneous - Heterogeneous






49. Extraction - transformation - loading






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