Microstrategy interview questions and answers

MicroStrategy Interview Questions And Answers Question.1 What specific features and functionality do I get with OLAP Services?

Answer: With OLAP Services Microstrategy Web, Desktop and Office users can: Create unique report views based off an Intelligent Cube.

With OLAP Services, users can create unique report views by adding or removing attributes and metrics contained within the Intelligent Cube. This allows speed-of-thought report creation and modification with no need to extract data from the data warehouse.

Create new on-the-fly metric calculations from existing metrics in an Intelligent Cube.

The new calculation is performed without submitting a new request to the data warehouse.

Filter their view of the data within an Intelligent Cube.

The filtering will be performed on Microstrategy Intelligence Server within the Intelligent Cube.

Question.2 How are Intelligent Cubes different from ordinary cubes?

Answer: Intelligent Cubes are created automatically when a new report is run against the data warehouse. Subsequent requests by other users can seamlessly hit this new Intelligent Cube. The logic to match user requests with the appropriate Intelligent Cube is automatically handled within the Microstrategy platform. Users don't have to specify the cube to which they want to connect.

Question.3 Benefits of Intelligent Cubes include?

Answer: Greater Efficiency - Intelligent Cubes are automatically generated and shared among all users whenever a report is executed by a user or pre-cached by the administrator or a user.

Easy to Use - Intelligent Cubes can be designed by mainstream BI users, using the same interface and the same operations as are used with basic OLAP analysis.

More Scalable Cubes - Intelligent Cubes do not need massive pre-calculations or preaggregations. The mid-tier Intelligence Server can do these calculations on-the-fly as the cubes are being used.

Increased Manageability and Reliability - Intelligent Cubes can be configured to expire or refresh automatically whenever underlying data or definitions change. http://bigclasses.com/microstrategy-online-training.html

Increased Power for End-Users - Users can seamlessly drill through to the full depth of the data warehouse, or slice and dice with speed-of-thought response time within the Intelligent Cube.

Question.4 What end user products leverage OLAP Services?

Answer: Microstrategy Web (Analyst and Professional versions), Microstrategy Desktop (Analyst and Designer versions) and Microstrategy Office all leverage the functionality enabled

by OLAP Services.

Question.5 What does an end-user need to do to take advantage of this?

Answer: The usage of OLAP Services is transparent to end-users. Users do not need to know the name and location of an Intelligent Cube, or even if it exists. OLAP Services works with Microstrategy Intelligence Server to automatically use the appropriate Intelligent Cube or create a new one to satisfy the end user request.

Question.6 How is security handled?

Answer: Intelligent Cubes used by OLAP Services automatically inherit all of the security provisions of every report object used within the Intelligent Cube, and those provisions are dynamically applied to each user's security profile when the cube is accessed. If a user only has privileges to use four of the five metrics contained in an Intelligent Cube, that restriction will automatically and seamlessly apply when the user accesses the Intelligent Cube. The user will still have access to the Intelligent Cube for the four metrics he or she has privileges to use.

Question.7 Can I access Intelligent Cubes without OLAP Services?

Answer: Yes, with the appropriate version of Microstrategy Web or Desktop, certain functions leverage the Intelligent Cubes. These functions include: report formatting down to cell level, column aliasing, drilling, pivoting, page-by, adding metric thresholds, adding subtotals, ranking and sorting. Please see the Web and Desktop version comparisons to determine exactly which Web or Desktop version includes the desired functionality.

Question.8 Is OLAP Services sold as a separate product?

Answer: Yes, OLAP Services is sold as a separate product that is installed with Microstrategy Intelligence Server. It is licensed either on a per-user or per-CPU basis.

Question.9 What is Microstrategy Narrowcast Server?

Answer: Microstrategy Narrowcast Server is a software product that monitors and delivers individualized information to users via email, web portals, and wireless devices such as PDAs, pagers, and phones. Through a easy-to-use web page, users specify what information they want, when and how they want to receive it. http://bigclasses.com/microstrategy-online-training.html

Question.10 What are the business benefits of Microstrategy Narrowcast Server?

Answer: Microstrategy Narrowcast Server provides an easy and inexpensive way to send corporate information to untrained employees, partners, and customers. As a result, decisionmakers have the information they need to maximize revenue generation and streamline business processes that cut operating costs.

Question.11 How long does it take to get Microstrategy Desktop up and running?

Answer: Microstrategy Desktop installs in minutes and automatically presents a list of available Microstrategy Intelligence Servers. Within an hour, the installation and setup are completed.

Question.12 How does Microstrategy Desktop integrate with the rest of the Microstrategy platform?

Answer: Microstrategy Desktop is the intuitive client-server interface used by business analysts and application developers. Microstrategy Desktop interacts with the Intelligence Server to build metrics, create and format reports, and retrieve timely, accurate information to the desktop to enhance the decision-making process.

Question.13 What security is provided with Microstrategy Desktop?

Answer: Microstrategy Desktop provides a host of security options to ensure that data is kept confidential and private. To facilitate easy deployment and minimal maintenance, Microstrategy Desktop integrates with Windows NT and 2000 security and with Novell directory. As a result, users who have logged into these systems will not need to log on again.

Question.14 To what extend can Microstrategy Desktop be personalized?

Answer: Each Microstrategy Desktop user has a security profile defined by their administrator.

This profile controls access to application functionality, specific reports or particular data for individual users or groups of users. The Desktop interface will adapt and display only what this user is allowed to see Question.15 Is the Microstrategy MDX engine certified by SAP? Answer: Yes. This new Dynamic MDX Engine generates optimized MDX syntax that is fully certified with SAP BW using SAP's high performance BAPI interfaces.

Question.16 Can users join data across SAP BW Info Cubes and Query Cubes?

Answer: Yes. Users can use Microstrategy Desktop to create reports that access SAP data and join data across SAP BW Info Cubes and Query Cubes as well as access multiple instances of SAP BW at once. http://bigclasses.com/microstrategy-online-training.html

Question.17 Can Microstrategy Desktop join data across heterogeneous data sources?

Answer: Yes. Microstrategy 8 extends the Microstrategy data modeling flexibility to include integrated views of data across heterogeneous data stores. By mapping conforming dimensions from different sources, Microstrategy Desktop can automatically join data from multiple different sources in the same report document. Data can come from any source accessible by Microstrategy 8, including the data warehouse, data marts, SAP BW, and any number of operational system databases Question.18 Does Microstrategy provide predictive modeling capabilities commonly available in data mining tools?

Answer: Yes. Microstrategy 8 can calculate four of the primary data mining functions including neural network algorithms, clustering algorithms, regression algorithms, and tree algorithms.

Question.19 Can Microstrategy incorporate best-of-breed data mining insight into mainstream business reports and analysis?

Answer: Yes. Microstrategy 8 has extended its analytic engine with "Data Mining Services" capability that allows reports and analyses to include predictive capabilities in every Microstrategy report or analysis. Microstrategy 8 includes the new ability to import data mining models directly from best-of-breed data mining products from vendors like IBM, Teradata, SAS, and SPSS using the new PMML or predictive modeling mark-up language standard.

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