What are user classes?

1 Answers   HCL,

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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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What are the best practices while building a Cognos Framework Manager Package ? As in, what calculations would you not like to be handled in FM and rather get it directly from Database.

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Q1. Why do we use determinant? Please explain with examples? Q2. What is new arrive dimensions? Please explain with examples? Q3. Suppose we have a table which is holding a large number of records. There are 4 columns which are very frequently used in the Cognos reports, so can we create indexing on those 4 columns?

2 Answers   Mphasis,

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hi, I want to create this report... List View--- -(Drop down list) Order Date From: \/ To: Customer Employee Order customer ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------ customer c-name c-address c-phone c- city.................... ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ----- c-id c-type . . . ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Employee .............same like one list Order.....................same like one list These are all in one page....i want u show... condtions *when i select in view type ex:employee and date as 10-05- 2007 to 10-05-2010 I need to go the employee list table and display the items .. And Iam trying in value prompt for creating of (cust,emp,ord)in a single value prompt,that will not created... and how to create 3-list and connection for those in value prompt.. Pls any one knows explain me (by step by step) of creating that report? Thanks Vannur

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can anybody send me interview questions with answers on IBM cognos-FM and Report studio. My mail ID is: cskcognos@gmail.com

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Hi, I got a requirement wehre in in a drill through report , in parent report i have a column of numbers on which i have to apply drill through to child report.The condition is in that column if the number ia not zero the drill through link should appear (i.e., 1 to 9) if its 0 or negative number link should not appear. How ? Help would be appreciated

1 Answers   IBM,

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What is Fullouterjoin?

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How to Create users in cognos Access Manager from 1) front end 2) back end

1 Answers   TCS,

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what is the diff b/w excel 2000 and excel 2002 sheets if any body know this answer plz tell me

4 Answers   IBM,

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Q1. We have a crosstab report which is having product, region and Revenue information. Now the requirement is that we need to add a new column with the information 'High' and 'Low' just beside the Revenue column. If Revenue is high is should display as 'High' and if Revenue is low then it should display as 'Low'. Q2. If my Cube size is 2GB, now I have got the requirement to reduce it. What are the parameters I have to follow to reduce the cube size? Q3. How to get the 2nd highest salary of an employee without using any function (I mean without rownum etc.)? Q4. What is the difference between joins and scope relationship?

5 Answers   Mphasis,

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Explain the different types of views used in cognos.

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