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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 options for Sorting
Characteristics of Nested Metrics
User Hierarchies
To save a Report Format
2. Enables you to select and display subsets of a report as separate pages.
File > Email Reports As
To qualify a Metric in a Set Qualification
Process for creating the Project Metadata
Page-by
3. All report-level options overwrite ___________.
Project-level options/settings
Table Keys
Stored
To drill through User Hierarchies
4. A condition data must meet in order to be included in a report. Does affect the SQL.
Report Filter
Default Project folder structure
Characteristics of Nested Metrics
Logical Data Model
5. AND - OR - OR NOT - AND NOT
4 basic Schema objects
Page-by
Report Filter operators
Data warehouse characteristics
6. roject Creation Assistant - Schema Object Editor - Architect Graphical Interface
3 project creation interfaces
Attribute Forms
Homogeneous Fact
Attribute Relationships
7. Formula - Level (Dimensionality) - Conditionality - Transformation
3 types of Attributes
Report Filter operators
3 components of a Report
Components of a Metric
8. You must select "Other directions" when drilling attributes while viewing a report
To drill through User Hierarchies
MSTR Desktop
Short-term (2 - 6 months)
User Hierarchies
9. The Attribute Form maps to the same column name in multiple tables
Homogeneous Attribute
Facts
Report Objects
The 3 MSTR Tools
10. Design View - Grid View - Graph View - Grid/Graph VIew - SQL View
3 Schema types
5 Report display views
Simple Metrics
Types of drilling
11. Cannot be directly put onto a Report - must be aggregated in a Metric - which can be added to a Report
Facts
File types are allowed for exporting a Report
Column Aliases
Gigabytes (GB)
12. Direct: A parent > child relationship - Indirect: 2 or more attributes are related only through a fact or set of facts
2 types of Attribute Relationships
5 Report display views
ID form
To edit the appearance of a Graph in a report
13. Used to: - Create the Project - Select Project tables - Create basic Facts - Create basic Attributes and their relationships
4 tasks of the Attribute Creation Wizard
MSTR Connectivity Wizard
Compound Attribute
Project Creation Wizard
14. View Filters are saved with the _____________.
Characteristics of a Simple Table Key
Lookup Table structure of a completely normalized schema
Report Definitions
3 functions of Attribute Forms
15. 1 - List info from the data source 2 - Identify facts 3 - Identify attributes 4 - Determine direct attribute relationships 5 - Organize hierarchies
5 steps to creating a logical data model
Components of the Logical Data Model
Lookup Tables
Column Aliases
16. Simple - Nested - Compound - Numeric Constants - Simple metrics with levels - conditions or transformations as part of their definition
4 types of Metrics
Sample Metrics commonly performed on Facts
Components of the Logical Data Model
Components of Compound Metrics
17. Specifies what info to retrieve from a data-warehouse - and how to display it
4 types of Report Filters
Attribute Forms
Warehouse Catalog
Report Template
18. More storage - Complex SQL - Simple ETL
Short-term (2 - 6 months)
Characteristics of a Compound Table Key
5 steps to creating a logical data model
Architect Graphical Interface
19. An environment in which the MSTR Desktop connects directly to the Metadata database.
2-Tier Architecture
Desktop Designer
Notes
Different methods for creating Page-by fields
20. To change the display of a report - including alignments - fonts - borders and backgrounds. You can format report headers - values or both.
Simple Metrics
Lookup Tables
Report Formatting
2 types of Facts
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
Architect Graphical Interface
Compound Attribute
To qualify a Metric in a Set Qualification
Different methods for creating Page-by fields
22. To define the level of aggregation for a specific metric - Used for qualifications
Advantage of a completely denormalized schema
Reference Report Objects
Attributes
Display views you can Print by
23. A full-featured version that enables Report Developers to design complex and sophisticated reports and documents
Schema
Drilling
Derived Metrics
Desktop Designer
24. Level of OLAP integration
Very high; part of ETL process
3 types of Attributes
Facts
Stored
25. Design the logical data model - Design the data-warehouse schema - Create the project in Architect - Manage the project schema
Cannot create project objects
Components of a Derived Metric
3 column types of a Physical Schema
4 parts of the Project Design Process
26. Desktop (2 versions: Designer and Analyst) - Architect - Administrative Functions
Banding
Locking and Resizing
The 3 MSTR Tools
5 steps to creating a logical data model
27. A simplified version of Desktop - providing interactive "slice-&-dice" capabilities
2 types of Table Keys
To edit the appearance of a Graph in a report
Attributes
Desktop Analyst
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
Compound Attribute
Tasks when defining a User Hierarchy
Drilling
Report Filter
29. Fact Creation Wizard: Used to create simple - homogeneous facts - Fact Editor: Used to create derived - heterogeneous facts
Report Filter
Fact Tables
Components of a Derived Metric
2 methods to creating Facts
30. Grid View - Graph View - Grid/Graph View - SQL View
Derived Metrics
Display views you can Print by
Desktop Architec
New SQL
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)
Homogeneous Fact
OLAP
Attribute Forms
Desktop Administrative Functions
32. A feature that enables users to delivers reports to the history list - cache or mobile
3 types of Attributes
Limitations of the Attribute Creation Wizard
Rollback your changes
Report Subscription
33. Used to "fine-tune" your Project
Architect Graphical Interface
Characteristics of a Compound Table Key
Gigabytes (GB)
Attribute or its relationship(s)
34. Create attribute ID form - Create attribute description forms - Select lookup table(s) - Create attribute relationships
Schema Object Editor
Value Prompts
4 tasks of the Attribute Creation Wizard
'View of a Report'
35. Create an empty Metadata database - Create the Metadata DSN connection - Create the Metadata shell
Display views you can Print by
Process for creating the Project Metadata
Methods are there to creating Attributes
3 Types of Objects in MSTR Desktop
36. MS Excel - MS Word - MS Access - PDF - HTML - Plain text
Stored
Data warehouse characteristics
File types are allowed for exporting a Report
Homogeneous Attribute
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
Types of drilling
2-Tier Architecture
2 options for Sorting
Heterogeneous Fact
38. Facts - Attributes - Hierarchies
Components of the Logical Data Model
Sorting
2 options for Sorting
Components of a Derived Metric
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
To create the Project connectivity
Simple Metrics
Lookup Table structure of a moderately denormalized schema
By default
40. ID columns - Description columns - Fact columns
OLAP
3 column types of a Physical Schema
Attribute Forms
Sorting
41. Used for - Initially populating the Metadata - Creating schema objects
Schema Objects
2 ways you can configure the Project Source to connect to the Metadata database
OLAP
MSTR Desktop Architect
42. Used to create or edit complex attributes - facts - hierarchies - and logical tables
Schema
By default
Schema Object Editor
Physical Schema
43. Objects that map directly back to the data-warehouse. Can be used directly or used to build objects pulled onto reports
Highest-level attributes
Components of a Metric
Required on the report for Outline Model to work
Schema Objects
44. Homogeneous - Heterogeneous
2 types of Facts
Characteristics of Nested Metrics
3 types of Attributes
Minimal or none
45. Creating multiple attributes quickly. Used during the initial project creation.
3 Sections of the MSTR Desktop interface
To create a Report Prompt
Attribute Creation Wizard good for
Required on the report for Outline Model to work
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
Characteristics of Nested Metrics
Level Prompts
3 functions of Attribute Forms
Gigabytes (GB)
47. Enables you to format report values based on a condition - such as highlights - font colors - etc.
ETL process
4 properties you must know in order to create attributes using the Attribute Editor
Thresholding
To save a Report Format
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
2 types of Fact Expressions
User Hierarchies
Tasks when defining a User Hierarchy
Characteristics of Nested Metrics
49. Metrics that perform multiple aggregations; one calculation inside of another.
Types of drilling
Nested Metrics
Lookup Tables
Very high; part of ETL process
50. They store the column data type - and must be changed when creating a derived fact expression with conflicting data types
4 parts of the Project Design Process
The System
Column Aliases
ETL