The locale, character set, and language information found on the page linked below are supported by Cognos 8 Planning 8.3 products.
Cognos is committed to supporting the latest technologies being used by our customers. As we move forward in our support for these newer technologies, Cognos 8 Planning will be the last release to support the following environments:
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.
All Cognos products are 32-bit products. Cognos products will integrate with 3rd party 32-bit libraries only. All references to Windows refer to Windows on x86 Architecture. Software environments listed for Cognos 8 Planning 8.2 are listed as 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 |
| Microsoft Vista (for Web Client only) |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 Standard Edition |
Active |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 Web Edition |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 Datacenter Edition |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 Enterprise Edition |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Datacenter Edition |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2,
Enterprise
Edition |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Web Edition |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1, Standard Edition |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1, Datacenter Edition |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1,
Enterprise
Edition |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1, Web Edition |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web, Standard,
Enterprise & Datacenter editions
(client-based products) |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 (client-based products) |
Active |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1 (client-based products) |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional (server-based products for
non-production use only) |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Edition SP3 and SP4 (client-based
products) |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Edition SP3 and SP4 (server-based products) |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition SP4 (client-based products) |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition SP4 (server-based products) |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Edition SP4 (client-based products) |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Edition SP4 (server-based products) |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Edition SP4 (client-based products) |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Edition SP4 (server-based products) |
Compatible |
| Planning Database Support |
| Database Support |
Support |
| DB2 UDB 8.1 Fix Pack 6b via DB2 Connect 8.1(1) |
Active |
| DB2 UDB 8.2 Fix Pack 12 via DB2 Connect 8.2 Runtime Client |
Compatible |
| DB2 UDB 7.2 via DB2 Connect 7.2(1) |
Compatible |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2005 via Native Client |
Compatible |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2005 via OLE-DB |
Active |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP4 via OLE-DB |
Compatible |
| Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 via OLE-DB |
Compatible |
| Oracle Real Application Clustering (Oracle 10g Release 2) |
Compatible |
| Oracle 10G Release 2 |
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 |
Compatible |
| 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 |
Compatible |
| External Data Sources |
| Data Source |
Operating
System |
Support |
| SAP NetWeaver 2004s BI (Unicode) |
Windows/UNIX |
Compatible |
| SAP BW 3.5 |
Windows/UNIX |
Active |
| SAP BW 3.1 |
Windows/UNIX |
Compatible |
| For the required minimum SAP BW notes see Cognos 8 BI 8.3 |
| Cognos 8 Packages |
| Data Source |
Operating
System |
Support |
| Cognos 8 BI 8.3 Cognos Packages - see Data Source Support |
Windows/UNIX |
Compatible |
| Web Browsers |
Operating System |
Support |
| Internet Explorer 7.0 |
Windows |
Active |
| Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 |
Windows |
Compatible |
| Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 |
Windows |
Compatible |
| Internet Explorer 6.0 |
Windows |
Compatible |
| Web Servers |
Operating System |
Support |
| IIS 6 |
Windows Server 2003 |
Active |
| IIS 5 |
Windows 2000,
Windows XP |
Compatible |
| Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP1+ |
Windows, UNIX |
Compatible |
| Sun Java System Web Server 6.0 SP4+ |
Windows |
Compatible |
| Apache 2.0.48+ |
Windows |
Active |
| Apache 2.0.48+ |
UNIX |
Compatible |
| Apache 1.3.26+ |
Windows |
Compatible |
| Apache 1.3.26+ |
UNIX |
Compatible |
| IBM HTTP Web Server 6.0 |
Windows |
Active |
| IBM HTTP Web Server 6.0 |
UNIX |
Compatible |
| IBM HTTP Web Server 1.3.26 |
Windows, UNIX |
Compatible |
| Excel
Hosts and Interoperability |
Support |
| Excel 2007 |
Active |
| Excel 2003 |
Compatible |
| Excel XP (2002) |
Compatible |
| Excel 2000 |
Compatible |
| Third Party
Components (embedded/bundled) |
Support |
| MDAC 2.8 |
Active |
| MDAC 2.7 |
Compatible |
| Cognos 8.3 Platform |
| Cognos 8 Security (see Directory Servers and Authentication Providers) |
| Cognos 8 Portals (see Portal Services) |
| Cognos 8 Application Servers (see Application Servers) |
| Cognos 8 Java Run Time Libraries (see JRE) |
| Content Store |
Content Store database conformance in a Planning deployment is driven by the configuration of the Planning Store;
- If the same database is used to house both the Planning Store tables and the C8 Content Store then that database server version must be one of the versions supported for Planning Stores
- If the C8 Content Store and the Planning Store are in Separate databases then the Content Store conformance is the same as C8 BI 8.3 Content Store and the Planning Store still must be housed in a database version that is supported for Planning Applications.
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| 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 |
| Windows 2003 Windows Terminal Services |
Compatible |
| Windows 2000 Windows Terminal Services |
Compatible |
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