COG170 EXAM SCRIPT 2026
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ Define: Metric
Answer: The metric framework allows an organization to collect,
store, and display data for key performance indicators (KPIs) and
other metrics in Radar.
Further, it allows you to share with other Epic Community members
and benchmark your performance against your peers.
◉ Define: Dashboard resource
Answer: The Dashboard resources reside in the IDK master file.
Resources store settings related to how the data is actually displayed
like what linked reports appear when a row is expanded.
Each resource points to its particular metric and displays the data
associated with that metric.
◉ Define: Summary Level
,Answer: Or Benchmark definitions (metrics) reside in the IDN
master file.
They determine how raw data are summarized into displayable data.
Example:
If you were asked to find the percentage of active MyChart users, you
would divide the number of active users by the total number of
users. That, in essence, is a metric
◉ Define: Summary Target
Answer: The records of the CSF master file store the data points that
are shown on the dashboard. Each record represents the collection
of data associated with a metric for a specific summary level and
summary level target.
Example:
The metric about MyChart activation rates would have one CSF
record for each department, location, service area and facility for
which it collected data.
◉ Define: Manual SQL Metrics
,Answer: The IDJ master file is primarily used for Manual SQL
metrics, and is where you define the settings for the query as well as
the query script itself.
◉ Define: Metric Notification
Answer: Organizations track metrics to prompt action and decision-
making. Radar can track metric values and notify users should the
values meet defined criteria.
These notifications are also known as Triggered Metric Events
(TMEs). Use the Notification Editor to build TMEs.
Though abbreviated as Triggered Metric Events (TMEs), metric
notifications do not live in a TME master file.
◉ Perform Task: Build a component that uses multiple dashboard
resources.
Answer: Practice!! Refer to Manual: Page: 6-15, or 153
◉ Perform Task: Build a component that pulls data from multiple
summary targets for the same resource.
Answer: Practice!! Refer to Manual: Page: 6-27, or 165
◉ Perform Task: Build a metric notification
, Answer: Page: 162
1. Use the Notification Editor
2. General Tab is responsible for deciding which metric's data to
track for which summary levels, along with other settings.
3. Condition Tab is responsible for defining what logic to use to
trigger metric notifications.
4. Distribution: the remaining tabs of Notification Editor are
responsible for defining which medium to use to distribute
notifications and to whom to deliver those notifications.
Note: The email, In Basket and broadcast distribution options are
designed similarly to the options for broadcast messages to
dashboards.
◉ Explain: How settings on the different levels of the metric
framework affect how users experience their dashboards.
Answer:
◉ Check Box
Answer: Use override settings to control dashboard resource
components on this dashboard
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ Define: Metric
Answer: The metric framework allows an organization to collect,
store, and display data for key performance indicators (KPIs) and
other metrics in Radar.
Further, it allows you to share with other Epic Community members
and benchmark your performance against your peers.
◉ Define: Dashboard resource
Answer: The Dashboard resources reside in the IDK master file.
Resources store settings related to how the data is actually displayed
like what linked reports appear when a row is expanded.
Each resource points to its particular metric and displays the data
associated with that metric.
◉ Define: Summary Level
,Answer: Or Benchmark definitions (metrics) reside in the IDN
master file.
They determine how raw data are summarized into displayable data.
Example:
If you were asked to find the percentage of active MyChart users, you
would divide the number of active users by the total number of
users. That, in essence, is a metric
◉ Define: Summary Target
Answer: The records of the CSF master file store the data points that
are shown on the dashboard. Each record represents the collection
of data associated with a metric for a specific summary level and
summary level target.
Example:
The metric about MyChart activation rates would have one CSF
record for each department, location, service area and facility for
which it collected data.
◉ Define: Manual SQL Metrics
,Answer: The IDJ master file is primarily used for Manual SQL
metrics, and is where you define the settings for the query as well as
the query script itself.
◉ Define: Metric Notification
Answer: Organizations track metrics to prompt action and decision-
making. Radar can track metric values and notify users should the
values meet defined criteria.
These notifications are also known as Triggered Metric Events
(TMEs). Use the Notification Editor to build TMEs.
Though abbreviated as Triggered Metric Events (TMEs), metric
notifications do not live in a TME master file.
◉ Perform Task: Build a component that uses multiple dashboard
resources.
Answer: Practice!! Refer to Manual: Page: 6-15, or 153
◉ Perform Task: Build a component that pulls data from multiple
summary targets for the same resource.
Answer: Practice!! Refer to Manual: Page: 6-27, or 165
◉ Perform Task: Build a metric notification
, Answer: Page: 162
1. Use the Notification Editor
2. General Tab is responsible for deciding which metric's data to
track for which summary levels, along with other settings.
3. Condition Tab is responsible for defining what logic to use to
trigger metric notifications.
4. Distribution: the remaining tabs of Notification Editor are
responsible for defining which medium to use to distribute
notifications and to whom to deliver those notifications.
Note: The email, In Basket and broadcast distribution options are
designed similarly to the options for broadcast messages to
dashboards.
◉ Explain: How settings on the different levels of the metric
framework affect how users experience their dashboards.
Answer:
◉ Check Box
Answer: Use override settings to control dashboard resource
components on this dashboard
