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Certified Project Designer Cpd
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1. Made up of attributes - facts - metrics - etc. that make up the Metadata. All project info is stored in the Metadata.
Physical Schema
Schema
Filter Definition Prompts
View Filters
2. Create attribute ID form - Create attribute description forms - Select lookup table(s) - Create attribute relationships
Logical Data Model
2 methods to creating Facts
Filter Definition Prompts
4 tasks of the Attribute Creation Wizard
3. OLAP retains data ________
Long-term (2 - 5 years)
Object Prompts
To "drill down" on a report
Reference Report Objects
4. Define the analytical calculations to perform on the data-warehouse. Made up of Facts.
Desktop Designer
Desktop Analyst
Metrics
Desktop Architec
5. Architect Graphical Interface _____________ - Does not support transformations or other advanced architect techniques - Does not auto-save
Report Filter
Cannot create project objects
New SQL
'View of a Report'
6. OnLine Transaction Processing - Organized by workflow per application - uses real-time - write and update - evenly distributed transactional data
Report Filter operators
Report Formatting
OLTP
Characteristics of Nested Metrics
7. Formula - Level (Dimensionality) - Conditionality - Transformation
Components of a Metric
To drill through User Hierarchies
3 Sections of the MSTR Desktop interface
Attribute Forms
8. Facts associated to different column names in 2 or more tables
4 basic Schema objects
4 factors to consider when designing a data-warehouse schema
Heterogeneous Fact
New SQL
9. To define the level of aggregation for a specific metric - Used for qualifications
Attributes
Lookup Table structure of a moderately denormalized schema
3 project creation interfaces
Types of analysis you can perform with OLAP Services
10. Specifies what info to retrieve from a data-warehouse - and how to display it
3 Sections of the MSTR Desktop interface
Report Template
2 types of Facts
2 types of Table Keys
11. Template - Filter - View of a Report
3 components of a Report
Attribute Forms
Aggregate a Metric
Outline Mode
12. roject Creation Assistant - Schema Object Editor - Architect Graphical Interface
2 components of a Physical Schema
2-Tier Architecture
Report Definitions
3 project creation interfaces
13. Data is read/write - Data is assigned by application - Data formatting may not be uniform - Data may be limited to recent/current data
Relationship Tables
Logical Data Model
Report Filter operators
Source system characteristics
14. Simple - Derived
2 types of Attribute Expression
Banding
2 ways you can configure the Project Source to connect to the Metadata database
Sample Metrics commonly performed on Facts
15. It contains the ID column of all higher-level attributes
4 factors to consider when designing a data-warehouse schema
Application Objects
Lookup Table structure of a moderately denormalized schema
Reports
16. Descriptive data that provides context for Facts.
Report Filter operators
Stored
By default
Attribute Forms
17. Attributes - Metrics - Hierachies - Consolidations - Custom Groups - Object Prompts
Objects you are allowed to Page-by
Locking and Resizing
5 steps to creating a logical data model
Stored
18. Enables you to search for a specific Object or group of Objects that meet a certain criteria.
Compound Attribute
3 Types of Objects in MSTR Desktop
Search Object
File types are allowed for exporting a Report
19. Compound - Homogeneous - Heterogeneous
Search-based prompts
Heterogeneous Attribute
Cannot create project objects
3 types of Attributes
20. OLAP Services does not add any ______ to the report query.
Nested Metrics
Aggregate a Metric
3 column types of a Physical Schema
New SQL
21. Simple: 1 fact to 1 column - Derived: 1 fact to an expression that combines multiple facts to create a derived expression
MSTR Desktop
2 types of Fact Expressions
Application Objects
Lookup Table structure of a completely denormalized schema
22. Extraction - transformation - loading
ETL
Project
Configuration Wizard
Attribute Relationships
23. Grid View - Graph View - Grid/Graph View - SQL View
Project
Using a Search Object
Display views you can Print by
Architect Graphical Interface
24. Prompts to select objects to include in a report - such as attributes - metrics - custom groups - template objects - report filter objects - etc.
Object Prompts
Methods are there to creating Attributes
The 3 MSTR Tools
OLAP
25. The intersection between a data-warehouse - Metadata repository and a user community. It contains objects such as reports - filters - templates and metrics.
To edit the appearance of a Graph in a report
To save a Report Format
Project
Attribute Forms
26. 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.
Gigabytes (GB)
Project Creation Wizard
Report Prompts
Architect Graphical Interface
27. Tables - Facts - Attributes - Hierarchies
Lookup Table structure of a completely denormalized schema
4 properties you must know in order to create attributes using the Attribute Editor
2 options for Sorting
4 basic Schema objects
28. You can _____________ in the Architect Graphical Interface.
MSTR OLAP Services
Subtotals
Rollback your changes
Different methods for creating Page-by fields
29. Store info on relationships between 2 or more tables (attributes) - like an Index table.
Relationship Tables
3 column types of a Physical Schema
Table Keys
'View of a Report'
30. Used to limit a possibly overwhelming set of potential prompt answers
5 steps to creating a logical data model
2 types of Attribute Expression
2 types of Fact Expressions
Search-based prompts
31. To change the display of a report - including alignments - fonts - borders and backgrounds. You can format report headers - values or both.
Level Prompts
'View of a Report'
Components of a Metric
Report Formatting
32. Seach for - Object name - Object ID - Object location - Object date range - Object type - Object owner
Rollback your changes
Using a Search Object
To edit the appearance of a Graph in a report
The System
33. The Attribute Form maps to different column names in multiple tables
Sorting
Heterogeneous Attribute
Report Objects
2 types of Attribute Expression
34. Enables "indented" grouping of related attributes. Useful for displaying a report at different levels quickly.
Warehouse Catalog
Outline Mode
To save a Report Format
OLAP
35. It contains the ID and DESC columns of all higher-level attributes
Nested Metrics
2 components of a Physical Schema
Lookup Table structure of a completely denormalized schema
2-Tier Architecture
36. Primary keys
Homogeneous Attribute
Table Keys
Terabytes (TB)
Highest-level attributes
37. User management - Security profiles - Server parameters - like report length - idle time and report prioritization
Desktop Administrative Functions
Fact Tables
3 Types of Objects in MSTR Desktop
MSTR OLAP Services
38. A condition data must meet in order to be included in a report. Does affect the SQL.
Using a Search Object
Report Filter
2-Tier Architecture
Data warehouse characteristics
39. Based on facts or attributes - Place at least 1 aggregation inside of another - Include 1 or more level definitions - May include 1 or more conditions - May include 1 or more transformations
Project
Characteristics of Nested Metrics
Homogeneous Fact
2 types of Table Keys
40. All report-level options overwrite ___________.
The 3 MSTR Tools
Process for creating the Project Metadata
Project-level options/settings
MSTR applications
41. Subtotals reflect accumulations at selected attribute levels
Subtotals
Fact Tables
3 Sections of the MSTR Desktop interface
Homogeneous Attribute
42. Enables you to select which tables from the data-warehouse to store in the Metadata database
MSTR Desktop Architect
Warehouse Catalog
Project Creation Wizard
MSTR applications
43. 3 Ways: - Metric Value: Qualifies on a Metric value - Rank: Qualifies on a numeric rank of Metric values - Percent: Qualifies on the % of a Metric value being ranked
To qualify a Metric in a Set Qualification
Attribute Creation Wizard good for
Methods are there to creating Attributes
Components of a Metric
44. Level of OLAP integration
Very high; part of ETL process
Homogeneous Fact
Aggregate a Metric
3 Types of Objects in MSTR Desktop
45. Prompts to specify the level of a metric. They are not placed directly on a report - but rather embeded in a metric.
To save a Report Format
2 methods to creating Facts
Level Prompts
Required on the report for Outline Model to work
46. 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
Tasks when defining a User Hierarchy
Report Formatting
Unlimited
View Filters
47. 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
Unlimited
Outline Mode
Report Filter
Logical Data Model
48. Cannot be directly put onto a Report - must be aggregated in a Metric - which can be added to a Report
Desktop Analyst
Architect Graphical Interface
Facts
4 tasks of the Attribute Creation Wizard
49. You must select "Other directions" when drilling attributes while viewing a report
To drill through User Hierarchies
Process for creating the Project Metadata
Characteristics of a Compound Table Key
Value Prompts
50. The Attribute Form maps to the same column name in multiple tables
Gigabytes (GB)
The System
Homogeneous Attribute
Drilling