IBM Cognos Financial Statement Reporting Developer Sample Questions:
1. When selecting automatic note numbering, it is important to use a correct note variable naming convention. You should choose a note variable name that corresponds to the line item that will contain the note. For example, if a note will correspond to the line item: receivables from affiliated parties, you would use ##RAP. Using this logic, which two choices are valid note variables? (Choose two.)
A) ##WR
B) ##PEOC
C) ##IACS
D) ##IRE
2. A client has started to load data from an OLAP cube through the "Load Data" function. The client wants to use query variables in the "Year" dimension. Which statement is correct?
A) Query variables are added and edited in the OLAP data wizard.
B) Check on the allow query variables, input the variables into the file path.
C) Ensure that the query variables are not checked when selecting data from an OLAP cube.
D) Query variables are automatically added when connecting to an OLAP cube.
3. An administrator has built a global workflow for eight users. However, 10 users have access to the FSR application. How can the administrator restrict viewing access of the objects to the two users that are not part of the global workflow?
A) In the Tools > Report Setup window make the changes.
B) In the Users table, select the user to restrict; in the "Filter By" dropdown menu, select "None".
C) In the Users table, select the user to restrict; in the "Filter By" dropdown menu, select "By Workflow".
D) In the Users table, select the user to restrict; in the "Filter By" dropdown menu, select "By Visibility".
4. A user has certain objects tagged as custom group "Q1", but they should be tagged as "Q2/Q3" only. How can this be resolved?
A) Select the objects in the Section Pane, right-click, and select "Q2/Q3".
B) In the Status by Object table in the Report Summary node, highlight the objects and change the group from "Q1" to "Q2/Q3".
C) Navigate to each individual object, click on the "Set Customized Group" icon, deselect "Q1" and select "Q2/Q3" from the list.
D) Navigate to each individual object, click on the "Set Customized Group" icon and select "Q2/Q3' from the list.
5. A user sets up a section with two objects. The first Word object is a footnote and the second object is an Excel table. Upon generation of the report, the Excel table appears right after the footnote. What should the user do to move the Excel table to a new page?
A) Change Break Type to New Page and set # Pages to 1.
B) Insert a Page Break at the end of the footnote 1 Word object.
C) Change Break Type to Blank Rows and set # Rows to 0.
D) Change Break Type to New Page and set # Pages to 0.
Solutions:
| Question # 1 Answer: B,C | Question # 2 Answer: A | Question # 3 Answer: C | Question # 4 Answer: C | Question # 5 Answer: A |
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