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1. What is a Pie chart and explain in detail?

A pie chart shows data in slices with a Measure, Category and Series. Pie charts are a good option to
display a contribution of the parts to the whole. It can plot only one data series; if you require more than
one, you should use another type and choose 100 Percent Stacked.
Note: When you display the report in PDF or HTML, you can show 16 pies or gauges per chart.

a. Pie

b. Exploded Pie

c. Pie with 3D effects

d. Exploded Pie with 3D effects

e. Donut

f. Exploded Donut

g. Donut with 3D effect

h. Exploded Donut with 3D effect

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1. What are the various properties of a Query?

Data Properties
Auto Group & To group non-fact data items (identifiers and attributes) and apply aggregate
Summarize
function to fact data items.
Note: for OLAP data sources, data is always summarized regardless of this property
is set.

Generated SQL

SQL that is generated from the query we built. It has '2' options: Native and Cognos
SQL.

Override
Dimension Info
Define Member
Sets

To add dimension information when the data source has no dimension information
available.
specifies the set structure of a query. If it is not defined, it is assumed that each
data item defines an unrelated set.

Query Hints
Auto-Sort

To specify whether to automatically sort data based on data type.

Processing

To decide where the query processing should be done locally or database.

Avoid Division by To return a NULL value when it encounters a division by zero.

Zero
Note: this property applies only to relational data sources

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Rollup Processing

Specifies whether aggregates to be done in the database or locally. The extended

means aggregates are computed using an extended aggregate operation.

Execution
Optimization

Maximum Rows Specifies the maximum number of database rows that a query can retrieve. An
Retrieved
error is returned if the number of rows exceeds the specified value.

Maximum Tables
Maximum
Execution Time
Maximum Text
Blob Characters
Outer
Join
Allowed
Suppress
Cross
Product
Allowed
Use SQL With
Clause
Use Local Cache
Execution
Method
Use Parameter
Info

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SQL Join Syntax

Use
SQL
Parameters
Use 1.x Behavior To specify Cognos ReportNet query semantics if they differ from Cognos BI 10 rules

Miscellaneous
Name

Name of the Query that is created.

1. What are the different types of report templates supported by Report Studio?

Blank
List
Crosstab
Chart
Map
Financial
Repeater Table
Blank Active Report
Active Report

1. What is a List template, explain in detail?

List is a tabular representation of data. Each List has a List Column Body where the actual data is
rendered and a List Column Title where the column titles are shown.
The Ancestor for a List shows the following options:

List: to select entire list

List Column: to select a specific column
List Columns: to select all the columns
List Columns Title Style: to select all the column Titles
List Columns Body Style: to select list body where the data is rendered

Conditional
Conditional Styles
Style Variable
Render Variable
No Data Contents
1. Performance Tuning in Cognos?
It is strongly recommended that the database connection in the Framework Manager to be set as
"Limited Local".

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For the reports build in Report Studio, the configuration is being set for each individual query. If the
database server is equipped with sufficient memory and CPU configuration, It is recommended to use
the following settings:

Processing: Database
Rollup Processing: Database
Execution Optimization: All Rows
Use Local Cache: No
Use of Parameter Info: Yes
Execution Method: Concurrent

1. What are the different services available in Cognos?

ContentManagerService
AnnotationService
MonitorService
Dispatcher
CPS Producer Registration Service
DeliveryService
IndexSearchService
MetadataService
DimensionManagementService
JobService
IndexUpdateService
HumanTaskService
AgentService
IndexDataService
Fragment Server Service
ReportService
SystemService
idVizService
idVizServer
QLSBIService
QLSImportService
SMDService
QLSService
EventService

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GraphicsService
camAsyncAA
BUX Service
relationalMetadatService
QueryService
SACamSrvc
RepositoryService
IBM Cognos Enhanced Search Service
burstDistributionService
visualizationGalleryService
BatchReportService
ContentManagerCacheService
CacheService
PresentationService
PDC
ReportDataService
LogService

1. What is Cognos Express Manager?

IBM Cognos Express Manager is a centralized portal that provides the ability to install, configure and
administer all the IBM Cognos Express products: Publish data sources, Add users and secure business
content etc.

On the right, the event messages area provides the most recent events in the system. On the left, we
can control which system modules to start and stop.

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