Exam 25: Reporting Systems and Olap

________ are used by a reporting system to prepare and deliver reports to proper users on a timely basis.

An online analytical processing (OLAP)cube is a characteristic of a measure in an OLAP report.

Explain the different types of reports.

In the case of online analytical processing (OLAP), a presentation of a measure with associated dimensions is referred to as an ________.

Which of the following does a user receive without any activity on his or her part?

Which of the following types of reports allows users to dynamically change the report grouping structures?

The process of dividing the data in online analytical processing (OLAP)reports into more details is termed drill down.

Which of the following is an example of a measure in an online analytical processing (OLAP)report?

Which of the following statements is true of dimensional databases?

How does a reporting system obtain the necessary data to generate reports?

For query reports, the report delivery system serves as an intermediary between a user and a report generator.

Query reports allow users to dynamically change the report grouping structures.

Describe online analytical processing (OLAP).

In an online analytical processing (OLAP)report, a data item that is to be processed is called a ________.

Reports that are not subject to change and are prepared from underlying data are referred to as ________.

A reporting system uses metadata to prepare and deliver reports to proper users on a timely basis.

Which of the following is an electronic report medium that can be customized for a particular user?

Which of the following types of reports is an example of a push report?

Which of the following types of reports has the ability to sum, count, average, and perform other simple arithmetic operations on groups of data?

In an online analytical processing (OLAP)report, the purchase date is an example of a(n)________.