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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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






2. May include 1 or more functions as operators - Based on the attributes and metrics in the Report Objects window - May be Simple or Compound






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






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






5. More storage - Complex SQL - Simple ETL






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. The default entry-points.






13. 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.






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






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






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. 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






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






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






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






21. 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






22. A user interface for creating and maintaining a BI environment






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






24. A condition data must meet - created "on-the-fly" - in order to be included in a report. Does not affect the SQL.






25. Tables - Facts - Attributes - Hierarchies






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






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






28. It contains the ID column of the parent attribute






29. Used to "fine-tune" your Project






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






31. View Filters can only ___________.






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






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






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






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






36. User management - Security profiles - Server parameters - like report length - idle time and report prioritization






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






38. Descriptive data that provides context for Facts.






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






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






41. AND - OR - OR NOT - AND NOT






42. Folder List - Object Viewer - Shortcut Bar






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






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






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






46. Homogeneous - Heterogeneous






47. Level of OLTP integration






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






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






50. Simple - Compound - Nested - Derived