Interview Questions

How to find out YEAR CALCULATION? THAT MEANS YOU SHOW THIS YEAR REVENUE AND LAST YEAR REVENUE. WHEN YOU FILTER THIS YEAR VALUE THE RESULT SHOULD DISPLAY THIS YEAR RESULT AND LAST YEAR RESULT?

By using expressions, I mean by using conditional constructs and thru graphs we can view the revenue and calculated data as well.



How to configure the Cognos configurations to work in the Windows 2000 Server machine?

Go to Cognos Configuration and see the settings for cognos in the explorer page. There u can set for win2000 server

What is drill down and slicing and dicing what are the difference between them?

Drill down means it will explains the summary level information to lowest level information.

Slicing is nothing but cutting edge of the cube.

Dicing is nothing but viewing the cube in all possible directions.

Drill down is the way to get the more detailed data.

Slicing and dicing is to get the data according to where clause.

What are the enhancements in cognos reportnet ?

Enhancements in Cognos reportnet is Cognos 1.0, 1.1, MR1.1, MR1.2 Cognos 1.0,1.1,MR1.1,MR1.2 AND cognos 8,8.1.1MR,8.1.2MR, now new version is 8.2Enhancement in cognos in the list report:-

1) Apply list column title styles

2) Apply list column body styles

3) Apply table styles

Explain the different stages in creating a report in cognos report net?

Open cognos connection in that select Report studio or query studio it will displays there u have packages(ex: gosales and goretailr (defult)) clik on that it display Report studio in that select Object pane select required query subject then click run it displays ur report on report viewer screen.

What is Report item?

Report item is nothing but a query item when it is drag and drop into the work area.

Example in Go sales and retailers package-> Product (is a query subject) and-> Product line is( a query item)->when PL is dropped into the work area then its a report item.