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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I have created a database "TestingDB" in MS SQL Server 2005. I have set the port properties and the Cognos Service is up. But I don't see anything in the Cognos. In the administration i have set the ODBC connection and it tested successfully.If i copy the samples to the appropriate directory then i can see the samples.But I don't know how to do the same thing with my own database "TestingDB". As i have configure the cognos in my company which is having a database (very near to production database).I am a novice in cognos. Please help me out.

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What is IQD?What is contained in IQD?

3 Answers   ABC, IBM, Infosys,

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What is stitched Query?

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I have four region(Us, Uk, Canada, Europe) in my value prompt. Along with this I want new prompt called All. Once I click on All it should display all regions data. How can I achieve this ?

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how to change the colour of the bar in charts...?

3 Answers   IBM,

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What do you understand by the cognos?

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What are the Macros?

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What you mean by drill across?

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what is the difference between querystudio in reportnet and cognos8

0 Answers   CTS,

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I am currently pursuing a career in Cognos and need your support in the same regard. I am in the position that you were in as described above. I would like you to share your experience during interviews, project explanation, on the job etc. I am preparing for the interviews and am quite nervous about cracking it. I am sure you understand the anxiety. Your help will be greatly appreciated. Awaiting your response!

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which type of project we r going to snowflake schema

0 Answers   IBM,

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