The locale, character set, and language information found on the
page linked below are supported by Cognos Planning 7.3 and Cognos
Finance 7.3 products.
The software environments supported by Cognos Finance 7.3 and Cognos 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 |
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 |
| dBase (Cognos Finance) |
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
(Cognos Finance 7.3 SP4 only) |
Windows |
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 |
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 |
Active |
| Oracle 9.0.1.1 (Oracle 9i) |
Windows |
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 |
| Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5.1 (Cognos Finance) |
Windows |
Compatible |
| Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5.0.1 via CT-Lib (Cognos Finance) |
Windows |
Compatible |
| 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 |
| DB2/400 v5R2 (Cognos Finance only) |
Windows |
Active |
| Other SQL compatible data sources (Cognos Finance only) |
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 Metaframe XP |
Active |
| 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 |
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