All versions stated of an environment presume the initial release
of a 3rd party product without any need for patches/service packs
or equivalent terms unless stated. Equally, unless stated, we presume
that the product has not been configured to disable new features
(compatibility modes) and that all patches/service packs are upward
compatible for our products.
The software environments listed are applicable to those environments configured to use the Latin 1 code page only. All products, with the exception of Tru64, are 32-bit products. Cognos products will integrate with 3rd party 32-bit libraries only. All references to Windows refer to Windows on Intel only.
Information on the locales, character sets, and languages that are supported by Cognos ReportNet.
Cognos ReporNet can be configured to run in locales other than those listed, but only those listed are supported. In unsupported environments there may be problems with collating, display, etc. If you are running in an unsupported locale and experience difficulties, you should attempt to reproduce them in a supported locale prior to calling support.
Below are the environments supported by Cognos ReportNet 1.1. 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 from active to compatible over time as significant testing would have occurred in previous Cognos releases.
| Operating Systems |
Framework Manager
Support |
ReportNet
Server
Support |
| NT 4.0 SP6a |
Unsupported |
Unsupported |
| NT 4.0 SP6a (Server) |
Unsupported |
Unsupported |
| Windows 2000 Professional Edition SP4+ |
Active |
Compatible |
| Windows 2000 Server Edition SP4+ |
Compatible |
Compatible |
| Windows 2000 Advanced Server Edition SP4+ |
Active |
Active |
| Windows 2000 DataCentre Server Edition SP4+ |
Compatible |
Compatible |
| Windows XP Professional |
Active |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Web Edition |
Compatible |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition |
Compatible |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition |
Active |
Active |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition |
Compatible |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 |
Not Supported |
Not Supported |
| HP 11.0 |
Unsupported |
Unsupported |
HP/UX 11i version 1.1 (11.11)
(required patches) |
N/A |
Active |
| AIX 5.2 (required patches) |
N/A |
Active |
AIX 5L Version 5.1 (PowerPC)
(required patches) |
N/A |
Compatible |
| AIX 4.3.3 |
N/A |
Unsupported |
| Solaris 8 (SPARC) (required patches) |
N/A |
Compatible |
| Solaris 9 (SPARC) (required patches) |
N/A |
Active |
| Database Support |
ReportNet
Server
Support |
| Note: Due to end of service announcements
from IBM (effective September 30th 2004), versions 6.x and 7.x of
DB2 UDB and DB2 Connect are not longer supported. Please contact
your supplier for more details on their recommended upgrade path. |
| DB2 UDB 7.1 via 7.1 runtime client |
Unsupported |
| DB2 UDB 7.2 via 7.2 runtime client |
Compatible |
| DB2 UDB 8.1 FixPak 1 and higher via 8.1 runtime client |
Active |
| DB2/400 V5R1 via DB2 Connect 7.2 |
Compatible |
| DB2/400 V5R2 via DB2 Connect 7.2 |
Active |
| DB2/390 6.1 via DB2 Connect 7.1 |
Compatible |
| DB2/390 Version 7.1 via DB2 Connect 7.1 |
Compatible |
| DB2 Universal Database for z/OS Version 8 |
Unsupported |
| Informix IDS 9.4 via Informix Connect 2.81 |
Active |
| Informix IDS 9.30 via Informix Connect 2.7 |
Compatible |
| Informix IDS 9.21 (IDS2000) via Informix-Connect 2.5 |
Compatible |
| Informix Dynamic Server 7.31 |
Compatible |
| Informix XPS 8.4 via Informix-Connect 2.7 |
Active |
| Informix XPS 8.3.2 via Informix-Connect 2.7 |
Compatible |
| Informix XPS 8.3.1 via Informix-Connect 2.5 |
Compatible |
| MSSQL Server 2000 via OLE-DB |
Active |
| MSSQL Server 7.0 via OLE-DB |
Compatible |
| Oracle 8.1.7.2 via Oracle 8.1.7.2 client |
Compatible |
| Oracle 9.2.0.1 via Oracle 9i client (Oracle 9i Release 2) |
Compatible |
| Oracle 10G |
Active |
| Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.0.0.1 via CT-Lib |
Compatible |
| Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5.0.1 via CT-Lib |
Compatible |
| Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5.1 via CT-Lib |
Active |
| ODBC Support from Windows |
ReportNet
Server
Support |
| The following sources
have ODBC drivers that conform to at least the ODBC 2.5 specification
or higher. There are many data sources
not listed here which have ODBC connectivity from Windows using ODBC
drivers to the 2.5 (or higher) specification. These sources are not
tested. |
| DB2/400 V5R1 via Client Access Family Express V5R1 |
Compatible |
| DB2/400 V5R2 via Client Access Family Express V5R2 |
Active |
| Sybase Adaptive Server 12.5.1 |
Compatible |
| Sybase IQ 12.5 |
Compatible |
| Sybase IQ 12.4.2 |
Compatible |
| Sybase IQ 12.4.3 |
Compatible |
| MS Access 2000 via ODBC 4.0 |
Compatible |
| MS Access 7.0 |
Compatible |
| MSSQL Server 2000 |
Active |
| MSSQL Server 7.0 |
Compatible |
| ODBC from UNIX and Windows |
ReportNet
Server Support |
| The following sources
have ODBC drivers that conform to at least the ODBC 2.5 specification
or higher. |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2000 via DataDirect Version 4.10 |
Compatible |
Informix Redbrick Decision Server 6.2
|
Active |
Informix Redbrick Decision Server 6.3
(Cognos ReportNet
1.1 MR1 only)
|
Compatible |
| Teradata V2R4.1 via 3.0 ODBC drivers |
Compatible |
| Teradata V2R5 via 3.02 ODBC drivers |
Compatible |
| Teradata V2R5.1 via TTU7.1 (3.3.x.x) |
Active |
| Multidimensional Data Sources |
ReportNet
Server
Support |
| For best results with SAP BW the
following versions are the required minimum. For questions about service packs
not listed, please contact Cognos Customer Support. |
| SAP BW 3.0B Patch Level 15 with correction 648556 and kernel note 494348, or Patch Level 16 (with correction note 648556 applied prior to upgrade) and kernel note 494348, via SAP GUI 6.20, all compilations except #5. |
Active |
| SAP BW 3.1 CONTENT Patch level 9 with correction 648556 and kernel note 494348, or Patch Level 10 (with correction note 648556 applied prior to upgrade) and kernel note 494348, via SAP GUI 6.20 all compilations, except #5 |
Active |
| SAP BW Support for Cognos Reportnet 1.1 MR1 |
ReportNet
Server
Support |
| For best results with SAP BW the
following versions are the required minimum. For questions about service packs
not listed, please contact Cognos Customer Support. |
| 3.0B SP22 |
Active |
| 3.0B SP16 to SP21 |
Compatible |
| 3.1C SP16 |
Active |
| 3.1C SP10 to SP15 |
Compatible |
| 3.2C SP16 |
Active |
| 3.2C SP10 to SP15 |
Compatible |
| 3.3C SP16 |
Active |
3.3C SP10 to SP15
|
Compatible |
| Content Stores via JDBC |
Operating System |
ReportNet
Server
Support |
| Note: The database must be configured to use a Unicode character set. |
| MS SQL Server2000 (except Personal Edition) via JSQLConnect |
Windows/UNIX |
Active |
| Oracle 8.17 via Oracle 8.17 JDBC driver (classes12.zip) |
Windows/UNIX |
Compatible |
| Oracle 9.2 via Oracle 9.0.1 JDBC driver (classes12.zip) |
Windows/UNIX |
Compatible |
Oracle 9.2 via Oracle 9.2.0.5+ JDBC driver (classes12.zip)
(Cognos ReportNet 1.1 MR1 only) |
Windows/UNIX |
Active |
Oracle 10G via Oracle 10G JDBC driver
(Cognos ReportNet 1.1 MR1 only) |
Windows/UNIX |
Active |
IBM UDB 7.2 VIA DB2 7.2 JDBC driver
(not supported for DB2 for z/os or AS/400) |
Windows/UNIX |
Compatible |
IBM UDB 8.1 via DB2 8 JDBC driver
(not supported for DB2 for z/os or AS/400) |
Windows/UNIX |
Active |
Third Party Metadata Sources Version MIMB 4.x
for Framework Manager |
Framework Manager
Support |
| CA ERwin 4.0 SP1 to 4.1 (*.xml) |
Active |
| IBM DB2 Cube Views 8.1 (*.xml) |
Active |
| Oracle Designer 1.3.2, 2.1.2, 6.0, 6 (*.dat) |
Active |
| XML/XMI 1.1 OMG CWM 1.0 (*.pdm) |
Active |
| Business Objects Designer 5.1 - 6.0 (*.unv) |
Compatible
|
| CA ERwin 3.0 - 3.5.2 (*.erx) |
Compatible
|
| Informatica PowerCenter (formerly PowerMart) 5.1 to 7.x (MX2 XML) (*.xml) |
Compatible
|
| Teradata MDS 5.0 - 5.1 |
Compatible
|
| Rational Rose 2000e to 2002 XML/XMI 1.1 |
Compatible
|
| OMG CWM Pre-1.0 (*.xml) |
Compatible
|
| CA COOL:Gen 4.1a - 6.5 |
Compatible
|
| Sybase PowerDesigner CDM 7.5 - 9.5 (xml format) (*.cdm) |
Compatible
|
| Sybase PowerDesigner PDM 7.5 - 9.5 (xml format) (*.pdm) |
Compatible
|
| Web Browser Support By Components |
| Cognos Connection and Report Viewer |
Operating System |
ReportNet
Server
Support |
| Note: A small number of Cognos Connection dialogs are used in Framework Manager. Reference testing platform is Windows. |
| Internet Explorer 6 SP1 |
Windows |
Active |
| Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 |
Windows |
Active |
| Mozilla 1.5 |
Windows |
Compatible |
| Netscape Communicator 4.76 |
Windows |
Compatible |
| Netscape 7.1 |
Windows |
Active |
| Safari 1.2.x |
Macintosh |
Active |
| Note: MS Office integration is only supported on Windows platforms (i.e. export to Excel) |
| Query Studio |
Operating System |
ReportNet
Server
Support |
| Internet Explorer 6 SP1 |
Windows |
Active |
| Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 |
Windows |
Active |
| Mozilla 1.5 |
Windows |
Compatible |
| Netscape Communicator 4.76 |
Windows |
Unsupported |
| Netscape 7.1 |
Windows |
Active |
| Report Studio |
Operating System |
ReportNet
Server
Support |
| Internet Explorer 6 SP1 |
Windows |
Active |
| Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 |
Windows |
Active |
| Netscape Communicator 4.76 |
Windows |
Unsupported |
| Netscape 7.1 |
Windows |
Unsupported |
| Application Servers |
Operating
System |
ReportNet
Server
Support |
BEA WebLogic 6.1 SP4+ with chunking patch CR102751_61SP4.jar
(Unsupported for Cognos Reportnet 1.1 MR1) |
Windows/UNIX |
Compatible |
| BEA WebLogic 6.1 SP6 required for Cognos Reportnet 1.1 MR1 |
Windows/UNIX |
Active |
BEA WebLogic 7.0 SP2+ with chunking patch CR100172__70SP2.jar or SP3
(Unsupported for Cognos Reportnet 1.1 MR1) |
Windows/UNIX |
Compatible |
| BEA WebLogic 7.0.3+ |
Windows/UNIX |
Active |
BEA WebLogic 8.1 SP1+
(Cognos ReportNet 1.1 MR1 only) |
Windows/UNIX |
Active |
| IBM WebSphere 4.0.4 through 4.0.7 |
Windows/UNIX |
Compatible |
IBM WebSphere 5.0.2+
|
Windows/UNIX |
Active |
IBM Webshere 5.1
(Cognos ReportNet 1.1 MR1 only)
Note: Please contact IBM for the latest JVM
if currently using the one that ships with
any version of WebSphere. |
Windows/UNIX |
Active |
Oracle 10G (9.0.4) Full Release
(Cognos ReportNet 1.1
MR1 only)
|
Windows/UNIX |
Active |
| SAP J2EE Engine 6.20 Patch Level 61200.20 SP16 |
Windows/UNIX |
Active |
| SAP J2EE Engine 6.20 SP23 required for Cognos ReportNet
1.1 MR1 |
Windows/UNIX |
Active |
| Java Runtime Libraries |
Operating
System |
ReportNet
Server
Support |
| 1.3.1_07+ |
Windows/Unix |
Active |
1.4.1_02+
(Cognos ReportNet 1.1 MR1 only) |
Windows/Unix |
Active |
| Cognos Portal Services |
Operating
System |
ReportNet
Server
Support |
| IBM WebSphere Portal 4.2 |
Windows
AIX/Solaris |
Compatible |
| IBM Websphere Portal 5.0 |
Windows
AIX/Solaris |
Active |
| SAP EP (Enterprise Portal) 5.0 with SP5 |
Windows |
Active |
SAP EP 6.0 (Cognos ReportNet 1.1 MR1 only)
|
Windows |
Active |
| Web Servers |
Operating
System |
ReportNet
Server
Support |
| IIS 6 |
Windows 2003 |
Active |
| IIS 5 |
Windows 2000/XP |
Compatible |
| Sun ONE Web Server 6.0 SP5+ |
Windows/UNIX |
Compatible |
| Sun One Web Server 6.1 SP1 |
Windows/UNIX |
Compatible |
| Apache 1.3.26+ |
Windows/UNIX |
Compatible |
| Apache 2.0.47+ |
Windows/UNIX |
Active |
| IBM HTTP Web Server 1.3.26+ |
Windows/UNIX |
Compatible |
| IBM HTTP Web Server 2.0.47+ |
Windows/UNIX |
Active |
| IBM HTTP Web Server 6.0 |
Windows/UNIX |
Active |
| Directory Servers |
Operating
System |
ReportNet
Server
Support |
| Sun ONE Directory Server 5.1 SP1 |
Windows/UNIX |
Compatible |
| SUN One Directory Server 5.2 |
Windows/UNIX |
Active |
| Microsoft Active Directory Server 2000 |
Windows |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Active Directory Server 2003 |
Windows |
Active |
| Other LDAP v3 compliant servers |
Windows/UNIX |
Compatible |
| Authentication Providers |
ReportNet
Server
Support |
| LDAP Version 3 (see "directory servers" for vendor support) |
Active |
| SAP 3.5 |
Active |
| Active Directory |
Compatible |
| NT LM |
Active |
| SiteMinder 4.51 |
Active |
Netegrity SiteMinder 5.5
(agents must be configured to support 4.x agents) |
Compatible |
Access Manager LDAP Namespace (versions 6.1)
|
Active |
Access Manager LDAP Namespace (versions 7.x)
|
Active |
| Project Repositories |
Operating System |
ReportNet
Server
Support |
| Visual SourceSafe 6.0 SP6 |
Windows |
Active |
| CVS 1.11.5 |
Windows |
Active |
| BI Bus SOAP API |
ReportNet
Server
Support |
| Java 1.3.1 |
Active |
| VB 6.0 |
Active |
| net2003 |
Active |
| Strong Encryption Providers (All Platforms) |
ReportNet
Server
Support |
| Entrust Authority™ Security Toolkit for Java™ 6.1 SP1 |
Active |
| Entrust Toolkit for SSL/TLS 6.0 SP1 or SP2 |
Active |
| Entrust File toolkit (PKCS #7 Toolkit for C/C++) 6.0 SP1_Patch_62953 or 6.0 SP2_Patch_77764 |
Active |
| Export Format Targets |
ReportNet
Server
Support |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.5
Accessibility and Forms patch |
Compatible |
| Adobe Reader 6 |
Compatible |
| Adobe Reader 6.01 |
Active |
| Excel 2000 via HTML/XML |
Compatible |
| Excel 2002 via MHT |
Compatible |
| Excel 2003 via MHT |
Active |
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