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Question.1 What is single LTS and multiple LTS?

Answer: The logical table created at the BMM layer can be based on the data from a single physical layer
table, when it is called single Logical Table source. When the specific logical layer table is dependent on the
columns of different physical layer tables, it is called Multiple LTS. Most of the time we will be dealing with
Multiple LTS.
Question.2 If we have 5 different dimension tables and we need to have hierarchies for
only one table, is it mandatory to have hierarchies implemented for all the tables?
Answer: No, it is not mandatory to create the hierarchies for all the tables, we can just define hierarchies to
those tables that need to have it.
Question.3 How is the Query repository tool used?
Answer:

The Query repository tool gives the option to search and analyse the data from the database
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Question.4 What are opaque views in database? When is it advisable to create one?
Answer: The opaque views are tables that are created with join or other query data that contain SELECT
query output. The opaque views make the logical understanding simple for implementation but there are heavy
performance constraints. They are only used when there is no other way to get to the final solution.
Question.5
How does the user of Aggregate tables help you in speeding up query
responses? How is Siebel Analytics Server advantageous in this aspect?
Answer: The Aggregate tables are the ones that get values initialized in them as and when the related fields
in the other tables get updated. This type of automatic updates to frequently used measures help you in
speeding up the queries. If there is a column for number of products produced for every month and you often
want to have the summation of the number per year and average for every year often for all the queries, the
aggregate table created will have the option to give you that value without computations every time. Siebel
Analytics server gives the added advantage that the queries need not be aware of the readily available
aggregate table names. If this was the case the SQL queries and the entire design might become complex.
Question.6

What is an implicit fact column?

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Answer: The implicit fact column is the one that is created due to the join, combinations from the different data
or columns from the different tables. There may not be the exact data in form of the column in the result or even
in the physical layer of database. These are implied from different data and can just be a temporary layer which
help us in getting the required result.
Question.7 How can you map each of the reports across to the different tables that are
being accessed?
Answer: The Admin tool has the Manage Sessions tab which gives you the access to the logs that are being
generated for each session.After the report generation sessions, you can easily view the log to map each
requests to the corresponding tables and databases.
Question.8

How can you migrate the presentation layers across to different servers?

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