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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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1. The System Hierarchy is automatically updated whenever you make a change to an __________________.






2. A method of organizing the appearance of report results in a Grid report based on a criteria






3. OLTP retains data ________






4. A shortcut to an existing Object in a Project






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






6. Cube analysis - Derived elements - In-memory OLAP with use of report objects - View filters - Derived metrics






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






8. Folder List - Object Viewer - Shortcut Bar






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






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






11. Level of OLTP integration






12. Enables you to rearrange the columns and rows in a report.






13. User requirements - Existing source data - Technical and performance considerations






14. 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






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






16. Source Systems - ETL Processes - Data-Warehouse - Metadata - MSTR Applications






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






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






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






20. View Filters can only ___________.






21. Simple - Derived






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






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






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






25. Enables you to search for a specific Object or group of Objects that meet a certain criteria.






26. Define the analytical calculations to perform on the data-warehouse. Made up of Facts.






27. 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






28. Architect Graphical Interface _____________ - Does not support transformations or other advanced architect techniques - Does not auto-save






29. What tool do you use to create the Metadata shell?






30. Top menu > View > Page-by - Drag-&-Drop categories onto the Page-by field window - Right-click a category and "move" to Page-by field






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






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






33. 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






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






35. OLAP retains data ________






36. History folder: To retrieve scheduled reports - MyPersonal Objects: Objects you create - visible only to you - Public Objects: Objects that can be viewed by all - Schema Objects: Objects that represent the logical data model (facts - attributes and h






37. Prompts to select filtering criteria from hierarchies - attributes - attribute element lists - and metrics.






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






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






40. Columns - Tables






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






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






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






44. 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






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






46. User reporting requirements - Query performance - Data volume - DB Maintenance






47. 1 - Quick Sort: Only accessible from Grid view 2 - Advanced Sort: Available in Grid or Graph views






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






49. All report-level options overwrite ___________.






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