Cognos 8 Planning 7.3 Software Environments

Updated: May 29, 2006

 

Supported Locales, Character Sets, and Languages

The locale, character set, and language information found on the page linked below are supported by Cognos 8 Planning 7.3 products.

Supported Locales, Character Sets, and Languages*

 

System Requirement

Cognos 8 Planning 7.3 System Requirements (56 KB, PDF)

 

Software Environments

The software environments supported by Cognos 8 Planning 7.3 are described below. They are listed as either active, compatible or not supported. Environments denoted as active are the environments tested by Cognos. Although environments denoted as compatible may also be tested, testing may be limited or support may be based on upward compatibility statements from Cognos partners and third-party vendors. Older releases of environments may transition over time from active to compatible as significant testing would have occurred in previous Cognos releases.

 

Operating Systems | Database Support
ODBC Database Support | Web Browsers | Web Servers
Directory Servers | Excel Hosts | Third Party Components
Export Format Targets | Terminal Servers | Other

 

Operating Systems		Support
Windows Server 2003 SP1, Standard Edition		Active
Windows Server 2003 SP1, Datacenter Edition		Compatible
Windows Server 2003 SP1, Enterprise Edition		Compatible
Windows Server 2003 SP1, Web Edition		Compatible
Windows XP Professional SP1 and SP2 (client-based products)		Active
Windows XP Professional (server-based products for non-production use only)		Compatible
Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Edition SP3 (client-based products)		Compatible
Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Edition SP3 (server-based products)		Compatible
Windows 2000 Professional Edition SP4 (client-based products)		Active
Windows 2000 Professional Edition SP4 (server-based products)		Compatible
Windows 2000 Server Edition SP4 (client-based products)		Compatible
Windows 2000 Server Edition SP4 (server-based products)		Active
Windows 2000 Advanced Server Edition SP4 (client-based products)		Compatible
Windows 2000 Advanced Server Edition SP4 (server-based products)		Active
NT 4.0 SP6a (Workstation and Server)		Not Supported
Windows 98 (2nd Edition)		Not Supported
Database Support	Database Client/OS	Support
DB2 UDB 8.1 Fix Pack 6b via DB2 Connect 8.1(1)	Windows	Active
DB2 UDB 7.2 via DB2 Connect 7.2(1)	Windows	Compatible
DB2/390 6.1 via DB2 Connect 7.1(1)	Windows	Not Supported
MS SQL Server 2005(2)	Windows	Compatible
MS SQL Server 2000 SP4 via OLE-DB	Windows	Active
MS SQL Server 2000 DTS via OLE-DB	Windows	Compatible
MS SQL Server 7.0 via OLE-DB	Windows	Compatible
MS SQL Server 6.5 via DB Lib	Windows	Not Supported
Oracle 10G Release 2 (3) (Cognos Planning 7.3 MR1 only)	Windows/UNIX	Active
Oracle 10.1.0.3 (10G) via 10.1.0.3 client or via 9.2.0.6 Oracle client, 9.2.0.4 OLE DB Provider, and Oracle client patch set 3557062	Windows/UNIX	Active
Oracle 9i (Oracle 9i Release 2) via 9.2.0.6 Oracle client, 9.2.0.4 OLE DB Provider, and Oracle client patch set 3557062	Windows/UNIX	Active
Oracle 9.0.1.1 (Oracle 9i)	Windows/UNIX	Not Supported
Oracle 8.1.7 via 9.2.0.6 Oracle client, 9.2.0.4 OLE DB Provider, and Oracle client patch set 3557062	Windows	Compatible
Oracle 8.1.7 via Oracle 8.1.7.0 client	Windows	Not Supported
ODBC Database Support	Database Client/OS	Support
MS SQL Server 2000 via ODBC	Windows	Active
MS SQL Server 7.0 via ODBC via 7.0 ODBC 3.70	Windows	Compatible
MS Access 2000 via ODBC 4.0	Windows	Active
MS Access 7.0	Windows	Compatible
Web Browsers	Operating System	Support
Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2	Windows	Active
Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1	Windows	Active
Internet Explorer 6.0	Windows	Compatible
Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2+	Windows	Compatible
Internet Explorer 5.5	Windows	Not Supported
Internet Explorer 5.01 SP2	Windows	Not Supported
Web Servers	Operating System	Support
IIS 6	Windows Server 2003	Active
IIS 5	Windows 2000, Windows XP	Active
IIS 4	NT 4.0	Not Supported
Apache 2.0 (Contributor Web Only)	Windows 2000	Active
Personal Web Manager 5	Windows 2000	Compatible
Personal Web Server 4	NT 4.0	Not Supported
Directory Servers	Operating System	Support
Microsoft Active Directory Server 2003	Windows 2003	Active
Microsoft Active Directory Server 2000	Windows	Compatible
Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2	Windows	Active
Sun ONE Directory Server 5.1 SP1+	Windows 2000	Compatible
Excel Hosts		Support
Excel 2003		Active
Excel XP (2002)		Active
Excel 2000		Active
Excel 97		Not Supported
Third Party Components (embedded/bundled)		Support
Microsoft .Net Framework 1.1		Active
MDAC 2.8		Active
MDAC 2.7		Compatible
Export Format Targets		Support
Adobe Reader 7.0		Active
Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.05 and 6.0		Compatible
Terminal Servers		Support
Note: Analyst, Contributor and Finance are supported products in a Citrix environment. These products, used in conjunction with other Cognos products on Citrix, are not supported.
Citrix Presentation Server 4.0		Active
Citrix Metaframe XP		Compatible
Citrix Metaframe 1.8		Not Supported
Windows 2003 Window Terminal Services		Compatible
Windows 2000 Window Terminal Services		Compatible
Windows XP Window Terminal Services		Compatible
Other		Support
Microsoft NetMeeting 3.01+		Not Supported
Netegrity SiteMinder 6.0		Active
Netegrity SiteMinder 4.5.1		Not Supported

 

 

Footnotes

⁽¹⁾Not supported for Korean and Thai locales.

⁽²⁾The level of support of MS SQL 2005 across Cognos Planning and Cognos Series 7 BI products is not consistent; Cognos Planning used by itself is compatible.

⁽³⁾Cognos Planning has been actively tested against Oracle running on HP-UX and Sun Solaris. Oracle running on IBM AIX or LINUX is considered compatible.