Epic COG170 Cogito Fundamentals
Certification: Ultimate -Question
Practice Bank with Detailed
Rationales
1. Assuming a user has the appropriate user role to access a
dashboard, what other dashboard settings control whether the
dashboard is available for viewing?
Answer: The "Ready for use" and "Enabled for user selection" check boxes.
Rationale: A dashboard must be marked both "Ready for use" and
"Enabled for user selection" to be visible to users, even if they have the
appropriate role.
2. Which of the following is NOT a form available in the Dashboard
Editor?
A. Resource Settings
B. Content
C. Personalization
D. Access
Answer: C. Personalization
,Rationale: The six forms in the Dashboard Editor are Basic Information,
Layout, Content, Resource Settings, Parameters, and Access. Personalization
is not a form—it refers to user-created copies of source dashboards.
3. You have built a component record. Which of the following could
explain why the component does not appear on a specific
dashboard? (Select all that apply)
a. The component is not set as ready for use.
b. The component is not listed on the Content form of the dashboard.
c. The component and the dashboard do not share any report groups.
d. The component has not been marked as enabled for user selection.
Answer: Both a and b.
Rationale: For a component to appear on a dashboard, it must be set as
"ready for use" and must be listed on the Content form of the dashboard.
Report group sharing and user selection settings relate to access, not
visibility on a specific dashboard.
4. True or False: Components require a defined Display title on the
Display form.
Answer: True
Rationale: The Display title is a required field in the Display form of the
Component Editor.
,5. What is a Dashboard in Epic?
Answer: Dashboards centralize content from around Hyperspace, the
graphical user interface which allows users to enter, access, and interact
with Epic data.
Rationale: Dashboards serve as the hub of reporting and analytics in Epic,
consolidating data from across the healthcare system.
6. What is a Component?
Answer: Each section of content on a dashboard is a component.
Components built by administrators are source records; components built
by end-users are personalization records.
7. What are Personalization records?
Answer: When an end user selects a source dashboard from the Analytics
Catalog, a personalized copy is created just for them. These end-user
copies are considered personalization records.
8. How do you access the Dashboard Editor?
, Answer: Via Chart Search, editing a dashboard from the Analytics Catalog,
or editing a dashboard from the Proxy Dashboard prompt.
9. How many forms control a dashboard's content and metadata?
Answer: Six forms—Basic Information, Layout, Content, Resource Settings,
Parameters, and Access.
10. What are the guidelines for creating and editing Radar content?
Answer: Any dashboard available to a user must work; all parts of a
dashboard must work; dashboards must have a defined target audience;
each user in that audience must have security/access for all components
and reports on the dashboard.
11. How do you access the Component Editor?
Answer: Via Chart Search for Component Editor.
12. What are the six types of component records in Radar?
Answer: 1. Graph, 2. Link, 3. Message Board, 4. Native HTML, 5. Report
Listing, 6. Table
Certification: Ultimate -Question
Practice Bank with Detailed
Rationales
1. Assuming a user has the appropriate user role to access a
dashboard, what other dashboard settings control whether the
dashboard is available for viewing?
Answer: The "Ready for use" and "Enabled for user selection" check boxes.
Rationale: A dashboard must be marked both "Ready for use" and
"Enabled for user selection" to be visible to users, even if they have the
appropriate role.
2. Which of the following is NOT a form available in the Dashboard
Editor?
A. Resource Settings
B. Content
C. Personalization
D. Access
Answer: C. Personalization
,Rationale: The six forms in the Dashboard Editor are Basic Information,
Layout, Content, Resource Settings, Parameters, and Access. Personalization
is not a form—it refers to user-created copies of source dashboards.
3. You have built a component record. Which of the following could
explain why the component does not appear on a specific
dashboard? (Select all that apply)
a. The component is not set as ready for use.
b. The component is not listed on the Content form of the dashboard.
c. The component and the dashboard do not share any report groups.
d. The component has not been marked as enabled for user selection.
Answer: Both a and b.
Rationale: For a component to appear on a dashboard, it must be set as
"ready for use" and must be listed on the Content form of the dashboard.
Report group sharing and user selection settings relate to access, not
visibility on a specific dashboard.
4. True or False: Components require a defined Display title on the
Display form.
Answer: True
Rationale: The Display title is a required field in the Display form of the
Component Editor.
,5. What is a Dashboard in Epic?
Answer: Dashboards centralize content from around Hyperspace, the
graphical user interface which allows users to enter, access, and interact
with Epic data.
Rationale: Dashboards serve as the hub of reporting and analytics in Epic,
consolidating data from across the healthcare system.
6. What is a Component?
Answer: Each section of content on a dashboard is a component.
Components built by administrators are source records; components built
by end-users are personalization records.
7. What are Personalization records?
Answer: When an end user selects a source dashboard from the Analytics
Catalog, a personalized copy is created just for them. These end-user
copies are considered personalization records.
8. How do you access the Dashboard Editor?
, Answer: Via Chart Search, editing a dashboard from the Analytics Catalog,
or editing a dashboard from the Proxy Dashboard prompt.
9. How many forms control a dashboard's content and metadata?
Answer: Six forms—Basic Information, Layout, Content, Resource Settings,
Parameters, and Access.
10. What are the guidelines for creating and editing Radar content?
Answer: Any dashboard available to a user must work; all parts of a
dashboard must work; dashboards must have a defined target audience;
each user in that audience must have security/access for all components
and reports on the dashboard.
11. How do you access the Component Editor?
Answer: Via Chart Search for Component Editor.
12. What are the six types of component records in Radar?
Answer: 1. Graph, 2. Link, 3. Message Board, 4. Native HTML, 5. Report
Listing, 6. Table
