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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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






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






3. Columns - Tables






4. 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






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






6. 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






7. Template - Filter - View of a Report






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






9. The Attribute Form Expression that maps to multiple columns from the same table. May also contain an operator (aggregation).






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






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






12. OLAP Services does not add any ______ to the report query.






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






14. Used to "fine-tune" your Project






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






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






17. Using the Prompt Generation Wizard - Inside the Report Editor






18. OnLine Transaction Processing - Organized by workflow per application - uses real-time - write and update - evenly distributed transactional data






19. Level of OLAP integration






20. All Attributes must have an _______.






21. The default entry-points.






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






23. Schema Objects - Application Objects - Configuration Objects






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






25. 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.






26. OLTP retains data ________






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






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






29. Compound - Homogeneous - Heterogeneous






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






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






32. 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






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






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






35. Grid View - Graph View - Grid/Graph View - SQL View






36. A detailed - graphical representation of the physical structure of a database. Usually based on a logical data model.






37. 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






38. Data is read-only - Data is aligned by business subject - Data formatting is uniform - Data is long-term data (2-5+ years)






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






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






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






42. 1 - Form definition 2 - Form general info 3 - Form category 4 - Form format






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






44. 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






45. Folder List - Object Viewer - Shortcut Bar






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






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






48. A shortcut to an existing Object in a Project






49. View Filters are saved with the _____________.






50. 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.