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Cognos Interview Questions

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What is diffence between query calculation and layout calculation?

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we have a column of int/varchar datatype,but when we run the report we should get the date format i.e., suppose date key is a query item consists of data as 20040105,20030503,20060410....... output should be 5 jan 2004,3 may2003,10 apr 2006..........respectively.Can i knnow the answer

IBM,

4 7080

After generating value prompt,when we run the report... then we will get the prompt in the output.. Along with that prompt we will get diff types of symbols highlited......How can we hide those symbols?

IBM,

1 4665

After applying date prompt and when we run the report we fet from date and todate prompts..so when we enter todate

IBM,

2029

How can I change reports to another package???

IBM,

3 7145

1.How to apply sorting to Crosstab report? If so please give me example? 2.How to create Report level Joins?explain with example?

Cognizant,

2 8404

how to create relationship between emp and salgrade tables in frameworkmanager?

TCS,

1 4907

what is the use of layout component reference

Satyam,

3 15953

what is the difference between group span and level span

Satyam,

1 10174

how many notations are posible(cordinolity)are there in between two tables(one is fact and another is dimension)pls give me a example pls.

1921

hi my name is siraj i want to know cognos queriy language

2269

how to find the rank in report studio? i need steps for this question.

2 5938

Re: hi,dis is Hari.I'm searhing on cognos.1 want realtime scenarios with solutions.persons having hands on experience in real time plz help me out. my mail-id is shankerhari17@yahoo.com, hope u will respond as soon as possible. thank u in advance

Satyam,

2113

what is alias what is shortcut what ia alias shortcut and diff among them if u know explain clearly

TCS,

2 14672

what is conditional query subject and example

TCS,

2 6269

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1. We have been asked to add summary information to sales reprasentatives performance report. The report needs to be grouped by country and city to compare performance between areas Also we need to include revenue totals for each city and each country.

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What are the themes in a data warehouse?

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I have ten columns that needs to be totalled... but some columns are empty...how do i get sum all the columns even if sum are empty? Can i get a total of the rows instead of columns? if yes, what is the function to be used?

2005

If we are migrating lower version of Cognos reports (e.g. from Ver 7.0 to Cognos 8) then how we migrate Impromptu Catalog (ver 7.0) in Cognos 8? Do we create FM model for that? Please explain.

2105

what are the difficult problem are you involved in cognos report net and 8 and impromptu if any pls share with us

2945

What is defined as Cognos Impromptu?

1081

Is it possible to join multiple Databases in a Catalog?

1116

What are query items?

1016

Can you define drill down and drill up?

1032

What is defined as catalog and types of catalogs in Cognos?

1131

what is the diff. between a link n a union? what is a custom view? what is the use of unlocking a report ? plz answer to these

2017

What is the model filter?

1008

What are various types of gateways in cognos?

1050

what are the special features in cognos reportnet?

1059

What do you understand by the term 'aggregate advisor?'

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