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IBM Cognos Analytics Flashcards

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  1. In IBM Cognos Analytics administration, a 'deployment' is used to:

    Answer: Move Cognos content such as reports and packages between environments like test and production

    A Cognos deployment is an export/import mechanism that packages content store objects (reports, dashboards, packages) and migrates them between Cognos environments in a controlled manner.

  2. What is the IBM Cognos Content Store?

    Answer: The internal repository database where Cognos stores configuration, reports, packages, and schedules

    The Content Store is the Cognos metadata repository — typically a relational database (DB2, SQL Server, Oracle) — that persists all Cognos objects including report specs, security, schedules, and system configuration.

  3. IBM Cognos TM1, now rebranded as IBM Planning Analytics, is primarily used for:

    Answer: Multi-dimensional planning, budgeting, forecasting, and what-if scenario analysis

    TM1/Planning Analytics is an in-memory OLAP engine built for financial and operational planning workloads, enabling organizations to build budgets, forecasts, and run rapid what-if analyses on multi-dimensional cubes.

  4. In a Cognos Analytics distributed environment, what is the role of the Dispatcher?

    Answer: It routes service requests to the appropriate Cognos server component and manages load across the cluster

    The Dispatcher is a core Cognos service that receives incoming requests (report runs, interactive queries, administration tasks) and routes them to the correct service (Report Service, Query Service, etc.) while balancing load.

  5. Which IBM Cognos security mechanism controls which rows of data individual users can see within a report?

    Answer: Security filters applied within Framework Manager packages

    Security filters in Framework Manager are conditions added to query subjects that automatically restrict the rows returned based on the authenticated user's identity or group membership.

  6. What is the purpose of IBM Cognos Lifecycle Manager?

    Answer: Validating, comparing, and managing Cognos report objects and packages across different environments

    Cognos Lifecycle Manager provides tools to compare report specifications between environments, validate changes, and ensure controlled promotion of Cognos artifacts through development, test, and production stages.

  7. In IBM Cognos Analytics, which authentication namespace type is used to integrate Cognos with Microsoft Active Directory?

    Answer: LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) namespace

    Cognos uses an LDAP-based namespace (specifically the Active Directory namespace type) to bind to Microsoft Active Directory, importing users and groups for authentication and authorization.