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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Attributes must be homogeneous - Attributes can only have simple form expressions - No more than 2 attribute forms (usually an ID and primary description)






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






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






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






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






6. It contains the ID and DESC columns of all higher-level attributes






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






8. 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






9. Subtotals reflect accumulations at selected attribute levels






10. Descriptive data that provides context for Facts.






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






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






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






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






15. A shortcut to an existing Object in a Project






16. 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






17. Create the Project Source - Create the Database Instance






18. ID columns - Description columns - Fact columns






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






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






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






22. Tables that contain fact data and attribute ID columns that describe the level at which the fact values are recorded






23. Metrics aggregate on the lowest-level attribute __________.






24. OLTP retains data ________






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






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






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






28. Top menu/dropdowns - Toolbar - Right-click popup menus






29. 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.






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. It contains the ID column of the parent attribute






32. All Attributes must have an _______.






33. Simple - Derived






34. Facts associated to different column names in 2 or more tables






35. Direct: 2-tier - Server: 3-tier






36. Simple: Single column unique identifier - Compound: 2 or more columns per unique identifier






37. Right-click on the attribute - Double-click it - Click the drill icon from the Toolbar






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






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






40. The unique values of an attribute obtained from the data-warehouse






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






42. Reduced number of JOINS in the generated SQL






43. Needed to create other application objects - like reports or documents - such as templates - filters - metrics - etc.






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






45. Used for - Initially populating the Metadata - Creating schema objects






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






47. View Filters can only ___________.






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






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






50. 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