Cognos Questions,Cognos FAQ's -II

1)how to create catalog?
2)If i want to include views in my catalog is it possible?.
3)tell me abt Styles?.have you created any styles?.
4)what is the difference between Snapshot and Hotfile?.
5)tell me cube creation steps?.
6)If you are developing model..how many windows are appear on the screen?.
7)what is dimension line?.
8)If you create cube how many dimensions are allowd into your dimension line?any restrictions?.
9)what is the extension of snapshot?.
10)extension of hotfile?.
11)your catalog size?.
12)how many cubes you developed?.
13)tell me the dimensions?
14)what is cube group?.
15)what is the relationship between dimension and facts?.
16)how to protect the cube data?.
17)If i don’t want to show the particular dimension in my cube is it posible?.
18)tell me the views in transformer?.
19)what is user classes?.
20)what reports you developed in powerplay?(dont say predefined reports like single line,multiline etc).
21)cube sources?it allowd relational databases?.
22)how can you extract the different databases intothe catalog?.
23)How to see erros in impromptu?.
24)loops in cognos?have you across his type of loops in cognos?.
25)how to create hotfile?.what is extension?.
26)what is UPFRONT?
27)what is webreports?
28)what is ticketing?.
29)what is macro have you developed any macros?.
30)cube size?
31)how many types of dimensions?.
32)what is semiadditive facts,additive facts?
33)how many types of facts?.
34)have you used cognos7?
35)what is incemental aggregation and incemental update?.
36)If model changes any changes in cube?

Cognos Questions,FAQ's

1. What is the difference between Cognos,BO?.
2. The loops in BO,
3. Which version u used cognos and BO?.
4. The reports developed in Cognos?.
5. The reports developed in BO?
6. What is dimension
7. )What are the types of dimension
8. )The tools u used in cognos?.
9. )Cognos supports drilldown,drillacross,drillthru?.
10. What are the steps to create cube?.
11. how much size your cube?.
12. Your cube source?.
13. What are the sources allowed into the Cube?.
14. How to select views at the catalolg creation?.
15. What is cascading promt?.
16. What is the difference between catalogpick list,report picklist,file picklist?.
17. how to secure your catalog?.
18. How to secure your cube?.
19. How to improve your cube performance?.
20. Waht is cube groups and uses of that ?.
21. what is upfront in cognos?.
22. What is MAcro?.Have u developed any macros in cognos?.
23. What type od catalog u created in Cognos?.
24. after creating the cube it will be saved in what extension?.
25. After creating the model it will be saved in what extension?.
26. The impromptu report will be saved default extension?.
27. types of reports in Impropmtu?.
28. Types of reports in powerplay?.
29. The modes in powerplay?.What is the default mode?.
30. Views in transformer?.
31. How can you hide the dimensions in cube?.
32. What is the difference between reporter and explorer?.
33. how to extract the two databes into the one catalog?.
34. what is catalog?.What it contains?.
35. The difference between catalog and Datamart?.
36. what is snapshot?.what is hotfile?.
37. how many cubes u created in transformer?.
38. Scheduling in cognos?.
39. What is OLAP?Is cognos OLAP?.
40. Webreports in Cognos?.
41. Linking of reports in cognos?.
42. what problems u faced at the catalog creation?.
43. what problems u faced at the cube creation.?
44. how many windows are come at the creation of model?.
45. how to send the cube to others?.Is there any option?.
46. what is the difference between .MDL and .MDC?.
47. If i want to change database is there any changes in your catalog?.
48. If I want to change the database is there any changes in your hotfile?.
49. Is there any changes in your cube if the database Changes?.
50. what is incremental aggregation in cube?.