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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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1. 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.






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






3. All report-level options overwrite ___________.






4. A condition data must meet in order to be included in a report. Does affect the SQL.






5. AND - OR - OR NOT - AND NOT






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. View Filters are saved with the _____________.






15. 1 - List info from the data source 2 - Identify facts 3 - Identify attributes 4 - Determine direct attribute relationships 5 - Organize hierarchies






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






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






18. More storage - Complex SQL - Simple ETL






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






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






21. 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






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






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






24. Level of OLAP integration






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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. Grid View - Graph View - Grid/Graph View - SQL View






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






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






33. Used to "fine-tune" your Project






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






35. Create an empty Metadata database - Create the Metadata DSN connection - Create the Metadata shell






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






37. 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






38. Facts - Attributes - Hierarchies






39. 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






40. ID columns - Description columns - Fact columns






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






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






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






44. Homogeneous - Heterogeneous






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






46. 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






47. Enables you to format report values based on a condition - such as highlights - font colors - etc.






48. 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






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






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