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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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1. Used to: - Create the Project - Select Project tables - Create basic Facts - Create basic Attributes and their relationships






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






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






4. It creates the System Hierarchy - when you define Attributes and their corresponding relationships






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






6. Compound - Homogeneous - Heterogeneous






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






8. 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






9. Extraction - transformation - loading






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






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






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






13. View Filters can only ___________.






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. A subset of a report that users can manipulate without altering the SQL

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






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






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






26. Fact Creation Wizard: Used to create simple - homogeneous facts - Fact Editor: Used to create derived - heterogeneous facts






27. A condition data must meet - created "on-the-fly" - in order to be included in a report. Does not affect the SQL.






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






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






30. Must have Subtotals enabled - or you won't see any data for higher-level attributes






31. Prompts to select a single value on which to qualify a date - number or text string.






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






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






34. Filter definition prompts - Object prompts - Value prompts - Level prompts






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






36. A feature that enables users to delivers reports to the history list - cache or mobile






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






38. 1 - Form definition 2 - Form general info 3 - Form category 4 - Form format






39. Homogeneous - Heterogeneous






40. Subtotals reflect accumulations at selected attribute levels






41. ID columns - Description columns - Fact columns






42. It contains links to specific folders in the Folder List






43. Normalized: No data redundancy - Moderately Denormalized: Some data redundancy with shared Table Keys - Completely Denormalized: Lots of data redundancy with shared Table Keys and description columns






44. A condition data must meet in order to be included in a report. Does affect the SQL.






45. You can save your auto-style from the Top Menu > Grid > Save AutoStyle As...






46. You can _____________ in the Architect Graphical Interface.






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






48. OLAP retains data ________






49. 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






50. The default entry-points.