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

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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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tell me the creation of Snapshots?

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What is a Framework manager?

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i have a sales project interviewe asked tel me the how many facts&dimensions used in ur project.

2 Answers   IBM,

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What is parameter maps & Session parameter?

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When we save a report in report studio with what extn it save?

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What is metric studio?what is score cards and how to implement score cards what is the use of score card?

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Tell me about Dnamic and Static Dashboards?

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can anyone let me know some tips or interview questions on framework manager metadata modeling, creating joins, and all other aspects related to Cognos 8 framework mgr

0 Answers   TCS,

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Define metrics studio?

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1)How can we do the Union in Report Studio? 2)What is the meaning of Aggregation and Rollup Aggregation? 3)How can we hide the columns in Report Studio and How can we view the hiding Objects? 4)Can we provide joins in Report Studio and in which situation we can go for outer join? 5)If we take a Date Prompt and run it once it will show default data,how can we change it exact 1 month back data?

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