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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Create an empty Metadata database - Create the Metadata DSN connection - Create the Metadata shell






2. Tables - Facts - Attributes - Hierarchies






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






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






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






6. View Filters can only ___________.






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






8. A connection to the Metadata database. It's also the highest icon in the folder list window of Desktop.






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






10. 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






11. A new tool for project design tasks - used for fine-tuning a project after initial creation






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






13. Contains info that facilitates the transfer of data from the source systems to the data-warehouse






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






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






16. 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






17. OLTP data storage measure






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






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






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






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






22. The intersection between a data-warehouse - Metadata repository and a user community. It contains objects such as reports - filters - templates and metrics.






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






24. The actual column name for a fact. Every fact must have at least 1 expression.






25. Simple: 1 fact to 1 column - Derived: 1 fact to an expression that combines multiple facts to create a derived expression






26. Used to "fine-tune" your Project






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






28. Enables you to specify the order in which the data in a report for a particular row/column appears; ascending or descending






29. Attribute Creation Wizard - Attribute Editor






30. A Project Source can house ________ . A single Metadata can be used by multiple Projects.






31. 1 - Quick Sort: Only accessible from Grid view 2 - Advanced Sort: Available in Grid or Graph views






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. The Attribute Form Expression that maps to a single column - no matter the number of tables






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






38. Template - Filter - View of a Report






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






40. Subtotals reflect accumulations at selected attribute levels






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






42. 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






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






44. OLAP retains data ________






45. More storage - Complex SQL - Simple ETL






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






47. AND - OR - OR NOT - AND NOT






48. One that uses 2 or more columns as its ID






49. It contains the ID column of the parent attribute






50. 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