Part 1 : Cognos 1.What are the technologies that are used in cognos? 2.What are complex reports? 3.What is page break? 4.What is layout component? 5.How do you use extract function? 6.What is the use of Crosstab space? 7.What is Rank()? 8.What is the use of Query calculation and layout calculation? 9.What is Slicer and Dicer? 10.How can you create users in Cognos? 11.What is last child member? 12.What is the use of Conditional blocks? 13.What is Conditional Formatting? 14.What is group span? 15.In which types of reports does the page breaks applicable? Is it applicable in excel reports? 16.I want to show a up arrow and down arrow image in cross tab report, if the revenue is > 5000 (up arrow) and if <5000 (down arrow)? How will you achieve this? 17.What are types of Filters in RS? What is Summary Filter and Detail Filter? 18.What is Cast Function? 19.How will you create prompts for the example like this : In a single report I want a) List report (Need a prompt for this) b) Crosstab report (Need a separate prompt for this) c) Chart ()(Need a separate prompt for this) Part II : Framework Manager (FM) 1. What is Determinant in FM? 2. What is Cardinality? 3. What are the types of filters used in FM? 4. Can we create cubes with Relational Data sources? 5. What is Aliasing and Shortcut? 6. What is Session Parameter & Parameter Maps? 7. How many types of securities that we have in FM? 8. What is Data Security in FM? Part III : Data warehousing 1.What are various types of Schemas? 2.What is Star Schema and Snow Flow Schema? Difference between both? 3.What is surrogate key? Part IV : Databases 1.What are NVL Functions? 2.What is left outer join? Give an Example? 3.Can we straightaway use the tables that we have in the database instead of creating the package’s FM and making use of them, through Report Studio (RS)?

2 Answers   Satyam,

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How can you link a query to a data container manually in Report Studio?

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15. If I select the current month and year how can we display previous 11 months data?

2 Answers   TCS,

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wht is the reason for using sql queries in the report 1. inorder drag the items to conatiner we can use use packages but wht is the neccessity of using sql queries to drag the items into the container

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what are burst options you have?

2 Answers   HCL, IBM, TCS,

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How to hide/unhide the prompts which are not used by unauthorized users?

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Why are meta service important then other services?

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What is the difference between cognos 8.2 and cognos 8.3?

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what is difference btw summary filter and detail filter, plz explain with example

10 Answers   IBM, TCS,

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Give the advantages of cognos?

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------------------- What is Busschema?

1 Answers   Cap Gemini,

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How do we implement Check Box Prompt in COgnos Report Studio?

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