Cognos Interview Questions
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Hi all... how can we publish packages using bmp scripts to Path:Public Folder Packages Folder

IBM,

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Aptech,

1820

If you have a report with list and cross tab in the same page. How do you restrict one user can see only the list and the other user can see both.

IBM,

4 8035

Usage of Stored Procedures in Cognos

General Motors GM, TCS,

1 3087

can any one explain about blue prints&performance tuning in cognos? 

TCS,

1 3112

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.

3 5591

Explain the workflow of your current project from end to end?what is the steps?

Accenture, Cap Gemini, Cognizant, HCL, IBM, Infosys, Nokia,

2 7596

What is Cognos Mashup Services .what is the use of Cognos Mashup Services and where to use.

1 3372

In one of my report i have one data item sales_amount. If this report is run by one user from india so the sales_amount should be display in indian repees(Rs.) format, if USA user then in dollers($), if UK user then In Pounds.Hou can i achive this? Please answer me.

Accenture, HCL, IBM,

4 7686

How to generate the Catalog in Cognos? Basically all post describing generating the Catalog from cognos impromptu . Is there any way to generate the Catalog using Cognos Administration or Framework Manager?

HCL,

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Are you aware of any limitations in Cognos?

HCL,

1 2344

can we insert list report in corsstab report?

JPMorgan Chase,

1 3362

i want to create a crosstab report where product will be on rows year on column and revenue on measure. based on the users selection in value prompt, if user select the August 15, crosstab year column should display values for aug 15, aug 14, aug 13 and aug 12 i.e for last for years but same month. how could we achieve this?

JPMorgan Chase,

1 3328

can we create master detail report where master and detailed container is separate?

JPMorgan Chase,

2 4247

which table we load first in DW. dimension or fact? why?

IBM, JPMorgan Chase,

4 6447


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Diff b/w Crossproduct and Outerjoin?

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What you mean by drill across and what is the difference between drill through, drill across?

553


What is defined as Cognos Impromptu?

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Can you explain model durability?

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How we check the errors before running the report?

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2. We have asked to create a repots showing sales by region in order to determine which regions are generating the most revenue and highest sales volume. The report needs to include the revenue and quantitiy sold of each subcategory with in category.

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Define cognos report net?

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Hi All, I have 1.6 years of experience in cognos in India. I always wanted to do a MS program to earn some money in US. But I think I am little late in taking the decision. As If I have to write my GRE it will be August or September of 2012 and will have to apply for fall 2013 as fall 2012 admissions are almost done now. So my concern is how will be my career do if my MS is at this stage,. i,.e. 3 years experience in Cognos and 2 years MS program in and again looking for job in U.S. Have I been too late in taking the call? I heard that MIS (Managing Information Systems) is having very good placements now. So guys, please advice me in taking the decision to have a good career and also in terms of earning money as I have few financial problems to solve (which I am hoping to solve when I get job in US after completion of my MS program). Thanks a lot friends. I really appreciate and thank one and all for their valuable comments in this site.

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what is the main advantage of impromptu over cognos reportnet?

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my report ended at the half of the last page but i don't want that matter in the last page I would like to adjust the matter in the previous page .how can i do this?

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What are products of cognos?

562


difference between impromptu and cognos8

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10. How many queries did you use in the complex reports? 11. How will you use the joins in the queries used in your report? 12. How many reports did you create in your project? 13. How many cubes did you create in your project? 14. How will you create .iqd file in FM. 15. Was your package multilingual or single language? 16. If you have created a single language package…and you have a client who need to access that in other language…how will you do that? 17. How many dimensions and facts did you use in your reports? 18. How will you use your package in Analysis studio? 19. Something like types of files in power play like pyi..i don’t remember this question. 20. If you want to create a prompt with 4 list, not containing any value using value prompt, which when we will see in the run time…if we will select any list, it should show us the data related to that list. 21. What all kind of packages you can create using FM. 22. In your project was your cube a relational or multidimensional? 23. I replied MD for the above question then they asked why did you use that? 24. How do you publish a cube? 25. Slicer and dicer….its use…where is it used? 26. Bursting…. 27. How many types of query subjects are there? 28. Difference between before and after aggregation?

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--------------Diff b/w ODS and OLAP?

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