NetSuite SuiteAnalytics Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
SuiteAnalytics - CORRECT ANSWER - provides real-time operational, tactical, and strategic
intelligence in a single system
Reports - CORRECT ANSWER - Provide point in time analysis:
1. tap standard reports for visibility into all areas of your business
2. Add new fields, hierarchical groupings, and formulas for custom analysis
3. Configure ad-hoc reports to present specific metrics
4. present in easy-to-read, polished format
Saved Searches - CORRECT ANSWER - Help you mine your data quickly through:
1. expose data from across your business
2. Define your query
3. design your display
saved searches 2 - CORRECT ANSWER - Present lists of dynamic results to take action on:
1. set different views and access
2. Update underlying record quickly
3. Enforce business process flows
4. Focus users on critical information
Key performance indicators (KPIs) - CORRECT ANSWER - measure performance against
objectives, identify trends, apply course correction in a timely fashion, leverage key performance
indicators and scorecards
,real-time dashboards - CORRECT ANSWER - put business intelligence in front of all users:
1. create personalized and smart dashboards
2. get intelligence on all areas of your business
3. keep close to your business indicators
4. empower users to work intelligently and effectively
use standard reports when you need to - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. summarize data into
groups, totals, and subtotals
- ex: the current inventory status report provides a snapshot of your current inventory data and
can be useful in monitoring the current inventory levels and determining ordering schedules
2. view details of data within the report
- ex: to drill down into record details directly from report
with a standard report you cannot - CORRECT ANSWER - update data from within the report
1. you can't change the results displayed in the report on-the-fly
2. you can drill-down to the actual record from the report and make changes
when not using standard reports - CORRECT ANSWER - you might spend time creating
custom reports to collect data when the data is already available in standard reports
best reporting practices - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. review your company's existing reporting
needs
2. peruse standard reports on the reports overview page
3. study netsuite topics for report definitions and content detail
4. refer to your business requirements document
5. execute a standard report to test content : a) examine data and data sources
b) Run similar reports, compare the output (both summary and detail)
,summary-level standard report - CORRECT ANSWER - many reports allow viewing
summary or detail-level information
1. toggle between summary and view detail
drill down - CORRECT ANSWER - use drill-down balloons to get to the lowest level of detail
1. depending upon the report, you can drill into one of the standard NetSuite record types of
entity, transaction, CRM, or item
parent-child relationship - CORRECT ANSWER - parent child relationships enable grouping
and subtotaling in reports
name vs name (grouped) - CORRECT ANSWER - name - simple list without groupings
name grouped- names grouped by heirarchy
true/false - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. reports assist you in summarizing data into groups,
totals, and subtotals - true
2. you can update the underlying data from the report - false
3. starting with NetSuite standard reports is a waste of time - false
4. using name (grouped) exposes any underlying hierarchy - true
5. using the full name is the best way to get grouping and subtotaling - false, full name doesn't
enable grouping or subtotaling
grouping - CORRECT ANSWER - for grouping, think "totaled by"
1. group with previous column allows data to be subtotaled by the data in the previous column
2. subtotals are provided for each grouping level
3. more than one grouping level is allowed, but don't group too many fields or else the report will
be unreadable
run reports - CORRECT ANSWER - some reports may take time to generate output,
especially if they contain a lot of data
, 1. click alert me when ready link if the report is large
2. saved report results display in reports - report results portlet on the reports overview page
report output features - CORRECT ANSWER - report footer options are tailored to the
report's definition
1. filters: date, subsidiary context, column
2. tools: options, expand, collapse, find
distribute reports - CORRECT ANSWER - reports may be shared from netsuite:
1. graph or print
2. email or schedule
3. export to another application
graph - CORRECT ANSWER - display, copy, and paste into another application
export - CORRECT ANSWER - send to word, excel, pdf, or csv
date filter - CORRECT ANSWER - select the point-in-time
collapse - CORRECT ANSWER - roll data up to the highest level
drill down balloon - CORRECT ANSWER - hover over, click, go to detail
email - CORRECT ANSWER - send to recipient
schedule - CORRECT ANSWER - provide report on recurring basis
column filter - CORRECT ANSWER - slice and dice your report
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
SuiteAnalytics - CORRECT ANSWER - provides real-time operational, tactical, and strategic
intelligence in a single system
Reports - CORRECT ANSWER - Provide point in time analysis:
1. tap standard reports for visibility into all areas of your business
2. Add new fields, hierarchical groupings, and formulas for custom analysis
3. Configure ad-hoc reports to present specific metrics
4. present in easy-to-read, polished format
Saved Searches - CORRECT ANSWER - Help you mine your data quickly through:
1. expose data from across your business
2. Define your query
3. design your display
saved searches 2 - CORRECT ANSWER - Present lists of dynamic results to take action on:
1. set different views and access
2. Update underlying record quickly
3. Enforce business process flows
4. Focus users on critical information
Key performance indicators (KPIs) - CORRECT ANSWER - measure performance against
objectives, identify trends, apply course correction in a timely fashion, leverage key performance
indicators and scorecards
,real-time dashboards - CORRECT ANSWER - put business intelligence in front of all users:
1. create personalized and smart dashboards
2. get intelligence on all areas of your business
3. keep close to your business indicators
4. empower users to work intelligently and effectively
use standard reports when you need to - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. summarize data into
groups, totals, and subtotals
- ex: the current inventory status report provides a snapshot of your current inventory data and
can be useful in monitoring the current inventory levels and determining ordering schedules
2. view details of data within the report
- ex: to drill down into record details directly from report
with a standard report you cannot - CORRECT ANSWER - update data from within the report
1. you can't change the results displayed in the report on-the-fly
2. you can drill-down to the actual record from the report and make changes
when not using standard reports - CORRECT ANSWER - you might spend time creating
custom reports to collect data when the data is already available in standard reports
best reporting practices - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. review your company's existing reporting
needs
2. peruse standard reports on the reports overview page
3. study netsuite topics for report definitions and content detail
4. refer to your business requirements document
5. execute a standard report to test content : a) examine data and data sources
b) Run similar reports, compare the output (both summary and detail)
,summary-level standard report - CORRECT ANSWER - many reports allow viewing
summary or detail-level information
1. toggle between summary and view detail
drill down - CORRECT ANSWER - use drill-down balloons to get to the lowest level of detail
1. depending upon the report, you can drill into one of the standard NetSuite record types of
entity, transaction, CRM, or item
parent-child relationship - CORRECT ANSWER - parent child relationships enable grouping
and subtotaling in reports
name vs name (grouped) - CORRECT ANSWER - name - simple list without groupings
name grouped- names grouped by heirarchy
true/false - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. reports assist you in summarizing data into groups,
totals, and subtotals - true
2. you can update the underlying data from the report - false
3. starting with NetSuite standard reports is a waste of time - false
4. using name (grouped) exposes any underlying hierarchy - true
5. using the full name is the best way to get grouping and subtotaling - false, full name doesn't
enable grouping or subtotaling
grouping - CORRECT ANSWER - for grouping, think "totaled by"
1. group with previous column allows data to be subtotaled by the data in the previous column
2. subtotals are provided for each grouping level
3. more than one grouping level is allowed, but don't group too many fields or else the report will
be unreadable
run reports - CORRECT ANSWER - some reports may take time to generate output,
especially if they contain a lot of data
, 1. click alert me when ready link if the report is large
2. saved report results display in reports - report results portlet on the reports overview page
report output features - CORRECT ANSWER - report footer options are tailored to the
report's definition
1. filters: date, subsidiary context, column
2. tools: options, expand, collapse, find
distribute reports - CORRECT ANSWER - reports may be shared from netsuite:
1. graph or print
2. email or schedule
3. export to another application
graph - CORRECT ANSWER - display, copy, and paste into another application
export - CORRECT ANSWER - send to word, excel, pdf, or csv
date filter - CORRECT ANSWER - select the point-in-time
collapse - CORRECT ANSWER - roll data up to the highest level
drill down balloon - CORRECT ANSWER - hover over, click, go to detail
email - CORRECT ANSWER - send to recipient
schedule - CORRECT ANSWER - provide report on recurring basis
column filter - CORRECT ANSWER - slice and dice your report
