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Certified Project Designer Cpd

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






2. Represent business performance. Typically numeric. Must be aggregated to produce a meaningful result. Are directly linked to columns in the data-warehouse.






3. Descriptive data that provides context for Facts.






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






5. You can _____________ in the Architect Graphical Interface.






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






7. Compound - Homogeneous - Heterogeneous






8. Desktop (2 versions: Designer and Analyst) - Architect - Administrative Functions






9. Less storage - Simple SQL - Complex ETL






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






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






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






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






14. Attributes - Metrics - Hierachies - Consolidations - Custom Groups - Object Prompts






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






16. The Attribute Form maps to different column names in multiple tables






17. OLTP retains data ________






18. View Filters can only ___________.






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






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






21. MS Excel - MS Word - MS Access - PDF - HTML - Plain text






22. Folder List - Object Viewer - Shortcut Bar






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






24. Reduced number of JOINS in the generated SQL






25. 1 - Quick Sort: Only accessible from Grid view 2 - Advanced Sort: Available in Grid or Graph views






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






27. Create the Project Source - Create the Database Instance






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






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






30. A full-featured version that enables Report Developers to design complex and sophisticated reports and documents






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






32. More storage - Complex SQL - Simple ETL






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. What tool do you use to create the Metadata DSN connection?






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






40. Grid View - Graph View - Grid/Graph View - SQL View






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






42. Create attribute ID form - Create attribute description forms - Select lookup table(s) - Create attribute relationships






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






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






45. Facts - Attributes - Hierarchies






46. Simple - Derived






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






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






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






50. Simple - Compound - Nested - Derived