Cognos Interview Questions
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what is repeater table and repeater where to use these? can any one explain with senario greatly helpfull

IBM,

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In my report i want display sales rep name, country ,city how to achieve this by using repeater table

IBM,

1521

I want to run one page with filter and another page without filter, what is process?

1 4385

Can any body suggest me that Drill through of packages is possible? If yes, how it can be done?

1 4638

im having null data in one of the cell in my report i have to display as "no data" when u run the report how can i achive this problem?

IBM,

6 8114

In Drill through, Reports are executing successfully when rename & run the created reports? Pls tel me the reason?

IBM,

2 3738

How to hide value prompt box and list when run report?

IBM,

4 7173

How to select all in value prompt instead of cascade prompt?

IBM,

3 7365

I have to apply drill through 1,2,7 out of 10 in order method, how can i do?

Satyam, TCS,

1 4308

im having a value prompt, in that value prompt im having the values as ABC and CDF, i want to hide the select box in that value prompt? is it possible in cognos?

IBM,

1 4311

example for generated prompt

1 3803

what is dynamic sort?

Infosys,

1 5475

What is conditional styling? a.format applied based on filter b.format applied based on user c.format applied based on on condition d.all the above 2. For a company X, actual revenue and budgeted revenue are captured in two tables Fact_Ac_Rev and Fact_Bud_rev. Both are at diff levels of granularity (Fact_Act is month and budget @ quarter leve )and there is one common Time dimension, A report is created to show the actual and budgeted revenue 2gther but the data for budgeted is wrong. Which should be doing for rectifing the error? a. create determinants for month and quarter b. join the two table facts into a single fact c. Create 2 time dimensions @ FM d. Need to create 2 separate reports as the required info cant be shown using a single report. 3. Template in a Query Studio? a. sample Data set b. CSS c. A standard that applies for all reports d. None of the listed options 4.you are a report author @ the Company, which sells sporting equipment 5. Sales person in different regions each need a report showing sales target for each country. which of the following is the best way to distribut? a. Email b. Bursting c. storing in public folders d. All the above. 6. I)A query subject behave as a dimensional in one query and fact in other query. ii) Queries with more than one fact results in stitched query. iii) Cognos identifies a query subject as Fact based only on the measure a. ii only b. i only c. both i and ii d. iii only 7. what is meant by pivoting? a. making a stacked set b. swapping rows into columns c. making column as filter d. none of the above 8. A report cant be viewed in which? a. CSV b. XML c. ASCII d. Excel 9.A user wants to retriv all products which are not sold for last X days. Which prompt is used? a. Time b. Value c. Text d. Interval 10. Dispatcher? a.routes request to appropriate services and start services b. routes request to appropriate services c.starts all service d. none of the abv Frenz Please help me out !!! :) Thanks in Advance

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11. Which is a collection of data defined in Analysis Studio that can be saved and reused in the same analysis? a. Custom set b. Predefined set c. Level based set d. Measure set 12. In a list report in Report Studio there are 3 columns A,B,C and they are grouped by Col A. To show the values of Col A for every value of Col B , which of following steps should be taken? a. Ungroup b. Set Group span to Col A c. Set Group span to Col B 13. Which of following cant be set as a Governer in FM? a. no of tables to b selected in a query b. Left outer joins c. No of Columns to be selected in a query d. Cross Product joins 14. Purpose of analysis studio? a. To provide interactive reporting capability b. All the options c. To generate complex reports d. To help in more trend analysis 15.How to suppress Nulls in Analysis Studio reports? a. Choose the suppression as TOTAL > 0 b. Choose the suppression as TOTAL is NULL c. Choose the suppression as TOTAL is ZERO d. Choose the suppression as TOTAL is not NULL 16.Frame work Manager cant import Metadata from which of folowing? a. Decision Stream b. XML datasource c. Impromptu Catalogs d. Excel Sheets 17. In a report, to perform aggregation using aggregator expression, what should we use? a.Aggregation LIst b.Aggregation type c.Aggregation mode d. None 18. What is the role for gateways? Thanks in Advance

1 5688

How to schedule the report twice in a day?

Cognizant,

2 8752


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What are the two types of framework manager?

667


How can I test reports in cagonos?

540


What is Bitmap Index?

596


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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i'm searching on cognos..i want to know real time scenarios..persons having real time exp or undertaking trainings or who searching on cognos...can send me the details...for proper guidence..for project and interview preparation..pls help me out..my mail-id is ammu2india@gmail.com..hope u will respond as soon as possible..thanks..

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how to test reports in cognos?

576


What is the report studio?

584


how you create security to reports?

591


What is the difference between low affinity and high affinity connections?

542


How to create a cube in Transformer? What is the process? Please mention process thank u

1320


what are the errors faced while bursting the reports and how to solve those errors?

1552


Define metrics studio?

567


What are the types of catalogs in cognos?

660


Can you define cognos decision stream?

590


What is a Datastore in Cognos?

782