CLR 110 - CLARITY DATA MODEL FUNDAMENTALS
EXAM (2026)
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
What is the first step in the report writing process? – ANSWER
-Analyze request for key features...
• Who needs it
• What purpose
• How much data should it return
• How up to date does the data need to be
• How does the data need to be formatted
The most important decision of the report writing process is... - ANSWER-Which reporting tool
can best be used to meet the reporting need
In general, Operational Reports share the following key characteristics: - ANSWER-
• Time-sensitive
• Relatively small
• Easily accessible
* Actionable
____ _____ generally, put more emphasis on filtering out unnecessary information than they do
on showing a comprehensive picture. - ANSWER-Operational reports
What is the difference between operational and analytical reports? - ANSWER-Operational
reports are real-time reports needed by end users to do their jobs. Analytical reports are over-time
reports that show long-term trends and data.
Why should you use Clarity for analytical reporting needs? - ANSWER-Clarity reports can be
run over very large data sets without slowing down your production server.
They also can include complex grouping and mathematics, and can be used to do integrated
reporting on Epic and non-Epic data.
Why should you not use Clarity for operational reporting needs? - ANSWER-Most importantly,
Clarity data is not real-time, so any operational reports built from Clarity data will be out-of-date
from the moment they're generated.
They also cannot be used interactively, such as in a workflow where the report jumps a user to a
patient's chart.
,You have a reporting need, and there is no pre-built application report to meet it. Do you need to
use Clarity to meet this need? - ANSWER-Not necessarily. Reporting Workbench can be used for
many non-standard reporting needs.
Would the following report be an operational or analytical report?
Create a report that counts the number of logs each surgeon has been documented as performing
in during the past year. Display the log ID, the name of the surgeon, and the log's primary
procedure. - ANSWER-Analytical report
The report should display all patient encounters where the patient was less than 18 years old at
the time of the encounter. The report should be grouped by the primary visit provider, and then
by patient. Visits without a visit provider should be excluded. For each provider, the report
should show the provider's name. For each patient, the report should show the patient's name,
primary MRN, and sex. For each encounter, the report should show the date of the encounter, the
patient's age at the time of the encounter, and the patient's weight at the time of the encounter.
Is this report operational or analytical? - ANSWER-Analytical.
Time frame for this report is unclear
If the requester followed up saying that the report would only be run for the last five days, the
report could be considered operational.
The report should display all patient encounters where the patient was less than 18 years old at
the time of the encounter. The report should be grouped by the primary visit provider, and then
by patient. Visits without a visit provider should be excluded. For each provider, the report
should show the provider's name. For each patient, the report should show the patient's name,
primary MRN, and sex. For each encounter, the report should show the date of the encounter, the
patient's age at the time of the encounter, and the patient's weight at the time of the encounter.
What reporting tool would you use to create this report? - ANSWER-Crystal Reports.
Operational or Analytical?
Surgical procedures conducted over the past year, by physician - ANSWER-Analytical
Operational or Analytical?
Pending departmental transfers - ANSWER-Operational
Operational or Analytical?
Wait times for patients currently in the ED - ANSWER-Operational
Operational or Analytical?
Top 100 Chief Complaints in the ED - ANSWER-Analytical
, These reports are integrated into Epic's applications as part of the workflow, and are by far the
tools end users are most familiar with. - ANSWER-Application Reports
____ _____ is a standardized operational reporting tool that can provide a similar look-and-feel
to reports across applications. - ANSWER-Reporting Workbench
Almost every Epic application release standard Reporting Workbench report template, including
_____, _____, and _____ applications - ANSWER-1. Clinical
2. Billing
3. Access
True or False
It is possible to substantially modify a Reporting Workbench template or even to create a new
one from scratch - ANSWER-True
Because Reporting Workbench is integrated into Hyperspace, it can be acted on just like an ____
_____ - ANSWER-Application Report
_____ is the programming language on which Chronicles is built - ANSWER-Caché Script
A custom _____ report has almost limitless flexibility, and in many cases can be optimized for
much better speed at a certain task than another tool can provide. - ANSWER-Caché
Analytical reports generally share the following characteristics: - ANSWER-1. Comprehensive
2. Summarized
3. Standardized
Which Analytical report characteristic is described below...
Analytical reports are designed to make sense out of large patterns. To discern large patterns,
they need access to large amounts of data. An operational report might display ten data points; an
analytical report might display ten million. - ANSWER-Comprehensive
Which Analytical report characteristic is described below...
While the analytical report might be based on ten million data points, there are very few people
that want a ten million line document. Generally, analytical reports are grouped and summarized.
Gleaning a few key numbers out of a vast bulk of data can require much more sophisticated
mathematics than are generally required by operational reports. - ANSWER-Summarized
Which Analytical report characteristic is described below...
EXAM (2026)
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
What is the first step in the report writing process? – ANSWER
-Analyze request for key features...
• Who needs it
• What purpose
• How much data should it return
• How up to date does the data need to be
• How does the data need to be formatted
The most important decision of the report writing process is... - ANSWER-Which reporting tool
can best be used to meet the reporting need
In general, Operational Reports share the following key characteristics: - ANSWER-
• Time-sensitive
• Relatively small
• Easily accessible
* Actionable
____ _____ generally, put more emphasis on filtering out unnecessary information than they do
on showing a comprehensive picture. - ANSWER-Operational reports
What is the difference between operational and analytical reports? - ANSWER-Operational
reports are real-time reports needed by end users to do their jobs. Analytical reports are over-time
reports that show long-term trends and data.
Why should you use Clarity for analytical reporting needs? - ANSWER-Clarity reports can be
run over very large data sets without slowing down your production server.
They also can include complex grouping and mathematics, and can be used to do integrated
reporting on Epic and non-Epic data.
Why should you not use Clarity for operational reporting needs? - ANSWER-Most importantly,
Clarity data is not real-time, so any operational reports built from Clarity data will be out-of-date
from the moment they're generated.
They also cannot be used interactively, such as in a workflow where the report jumps a user to a
patient's chart.
,You have a reporting need, and there is no pre-built application report to meet it. Do you need to
use Clarity to meet this need? - ANSWER-Not necessarily. Reporting Workbench can be used for
many non-standard reporting needs.
Would the following report be an operational or analytical report?
Create a report that counts the number of logs each surgeon has been documented as performing
in during the past year. Display the log ID, the name of the surgeon, and the log's primary
procedure. - ANSWER-Analytical report
The report should display all patient encounters where the patient was less than 18 years old at
the time of the encounter. The report should be grouped by the primary visit provider, and then
by patient. Visits without a visit provider should be excluded. For each provider, the report
should show the provider's name. For each patient, the report should show the patient's name,
primary MRN, and sex. For each encounter, the report should show the date of the encounter, the
patient's age at the time of the encounter, and the patient's weight at the time of the encounter.
Is this report operational or analytical? - ANSWER-Analytical.
Time frame for this report is unclear
If the requester followed up saying that the report would only be run for the last five days, the
report could be considered operational.
The report should display all patient encounters where the patient was less than 18 years old at
the time of the encounter. The report should be grouped by the primary visit provider, and then
by patient. Visits without a visit provider should be excluded. For each provider, the report
should show the provider's name. For each patient, the report should show the patient's name,
primary MRN, and sex. For each encounter, the report should show the date of the encounter, the
patient's age at the time of the encounter, and the patient's weight at the time of the encounter.
What reporting tool would you use to create this report? - ANSWER-Crystal Reports.
Operational or Analytical?
Surgical procedures conducted over the past year, by physician - ANSWER-Analytical
Operational or Analytical?
Pending departmental transfers - ANSWER-Operational
Operational or Analytical?
Wait times for patients currently in the ED - ANSWER-Operational
Operational or Analytical?
Top 100 Chief Complaints in the ED - ANSWER-Analytical
, These reports are integrated into Epic's applications as part of the workflow, and are by far the
tools end users are most familiar with. - ANSWER-Application Reports
____ _____ is a standardized operational reporting tool that can provide a similar look-and-feel
to reports across applications. - ANSWER-Reporting Workbench
Almost every Epic application release standard Reporting Workbench report template, including
_____, _____, and _____ applications - ANSWER-1. Clinical
2. Billing
3. Access
True or False
It is possible to substantially modify a Reporting Workbench template or even to create a new
one from scratch - ANSWER-True
Because Reporting Workbench is integrated into Hyperspace, it can be acted on just like an ____
_____ - ANSWER-Application Report
_____ is the programming language on which Chronicles is built - ANSWER-Caché Script
A custom _____ report has almost limitless flexibility, and in many cases can be optimized for
much better speed at a certain task than another tool can provide. - ANSWER-Caché
Analytical reports generally share the following characteristics: - ANSWER-1. Comprehensive
2. Summarized
3. Standardized
Which Analytical report characteristic is described below...
Analytical reports are designed to make sense out of large patterns. To discern large patterns,
they need access to large amounts of data. An operational report might display ten data points; an
analytical report might display ten million. - ANSWER-Comprehensive
Which Analytical report characteristic is described below...
While the analytical report might be based on ten million data points, there are very few people
that want a ten million line document. Generally, analytical reports are grouped and summarized.
Gleaning a few key numbers out of a vast bulk of data can require much more sophisticated
mathematics than are generally required by operational reports. - ANSWER-Summarized
Which Analytical report characteristic is described below...
