Cognos Interview Question and Answers

16. What is the difference between macros and prompt?
 
  • Macro is set of instructions to run report.
  • Prompts provide a way to dynamically change the reports.
 
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17. What is transformer?
  Transformer is used for building the Cubes (Multidimensional Structure used for OLAP processing).
 
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18. What is catalog and types of catalogs in cagonos?
  A catalog is a file containing the information (Database tables) that Impromptu users need to create reports.
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19. What is Cardinality?
  Relationships exist between two query subjects. The cardinality of a relationship is the number of related rows for each of the two query subjects. The rows are related by the expression of the relationship; this expression usually refers to the primary and foreign keys of the underlying tables.
 
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20. What is the security module used in cognos?
  The security module used in cognos is cognos access manager.
 
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