The database containing the Content Store crashed. The administrator needs to restore the Content
Store in its entirely including all of the configuration settings that were defined.
What must be done to recover the configuration settings?
C
Explanation:
Specify if Configuration Objects and Children are Part of Deployment.
You can specify if configuration objects and their children are included as part of deployment. By
default, they are not included.
You can change the default setting using the advanced setting
CM.DEPLOYMENTINCLUDECONFIGURATION.
By default, it is set to False (do not include configuration objects in deployments).
To change the default to include configuration objects and their children, set it to True.
References: IBM Cognos Administration Version 10.1.0, Administration and Security Guide, page 384
An environment is configured to use Compatible Query Mode (CQM).
Which statement is true about request flow?
C
Explanation:
OLAP style queries, like those against SAP BW, Oracle Essbase and IBM Cubing Services type data
sources, will go to the OLAP query planner.
References: The IBM Cognos 10 Dynamic Query Cookbook (2010), page 7
A user needs to create a data module that uses a datasource named MyDatabase.
What actions must be taken to enable the user to access this datasource?
C
Explanation:
You can combine multiple sources into one data module. After you add a source, click Add sources
(Add a data source.) in Selected sources to add another source.
References:
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEP7J_11.0.0/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.ca_mdlg.doc/c_data_modules.html
An administrator needs to exclude users from rendering reports as PDF output.
How can this be enabled?
A
Explanation:
By default, all users have permissions for the following capabilities:
These separately secured functions support the management of system resources. To control the
formats options that users can see and run in the user interface, set access permissions for these
capabilities.
References:
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEP7J_11.0.0/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.ug_cra.doc/c_specifyreportformat.html
An administrator created a Content Store export and included the user account information.
How can a listing of the content be exported?
D
Explanation:
You can specify if configuration objects and their children are included as part of deployment. By
default, they are not included.
You can change the default setting using the advanced setting
CM.DEPLOYMENTINCLUDECONFIGURATION.
By default, it is set to False (do not include configuration objects in deployments).
To change the default to include configuration objects and their children, set it to True.
In a LifeCycle Manager Project, a user can create either a Benchmark task or a Comparison task.
Which statement is INCORRECT when describing the application of Benchmark tasks?
C
Which statement is true about the Default User Profile?
A
Which policy rule is defined by this statement?
If a policy has not been explicitly defined for an IBM Cognos Analytics object, then the policy that is
applied to its parent object will be used to evaluate if the object can be accessed.
D
Explanation:
Users must have at least traverse permissions for the parent entries of the entries they want to
access. The parent entries include container objects such as folders, packages, groups, roles, and
namespaces.
References:
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEP7J_11.0.0/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.ug_cra.doc/c_accesspermissions.html
An administrator would like to log the activity for a single user.
Which action is required?
C
Explanation:
You can use logs to diagnose a problem that is occurring for one or more specific users.
You enable and disable logging for specific users by using the Remote Process service for Java
Management Extensions (JMX), a technology that supplies tools to manage and monitor applications
and service-oriented networks. You connect to the JMX Remote Process service using the jconsole
executable that is provided with the Java JDK.
References:
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEP7J_11.0.0/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.ug_cra.doc/t_disableipfuser.html
An administrator needs to add users from multiple authentication providers to a single role.
What needs to be done?
B
Explanation:
In the Cognos Analytics user interface, authentication providers are represented by namespaces.
Cognos Analytics supports the following types of authentication providers:
Authentication providers are configured in IBM Cognos Configuration, under the Security >
Authentication category. After the provider namespace is added there, and the IBM Cognos service is
restarted, the namespace name is displayed in Manage > Accounts, and users can log on to Cognos
Analytics using that namespace.
References:
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEP7J_11.0.0/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.ag_manage.doc/c_ca_external_namespaces.html