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 Cognos products are 32-bit, with the exception of Cognos TM1 64-bit.
Cognos products will integrate with 3rd party 32-bit libraries only. All references
to Windows refer to Windows on Intel only.
Please see the chapter entitled "Features No Longer Supported" in
the Readme product documentation for information about functionality that
is either not supported in this release or will not be supported after this
release. The Readme documentation is included with product installation and
Readme Updates and can be downloaded using the Documentation & Utilities
Library on this site.
The locale, character set, and language information found on the page linked
below are supported by Cognos Series 7 Version 4 MR1 products.
Below are the environments supported by Cognos Series 7 Version 4 MR1 products.
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 |
Support |
| Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Edition SP4+ |
Compatible |
| Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4+ |
Compatible |
| Windows 2000 Server SP4+ |
Compatible |
| Windows 2000 Professional SP4+ |
Compatible |
| Windows Server 2003 SP1 Web Edition |
Compatible |
| Windows Server 2003 SP1 Standard Edition |
Compatible |
| Windows Server 2003 SP1 Enterprise Edition |
Compatible |
| Windows Server 2003 SP1 Datacenter Edition |
Compatible |
| Windows Server 2003 R2 |
Active |
| Windows XP SP1 Professional |
Compatible |
| Windows XP SP2 Professional |
Active |
| HPUX 11i PA-RISC (11.11) (patches
for 7.4 MR1 )
|
Compatible |
| HPUX 11 Version 2 PA-RISC
(11.23) (patches
for 7.4 MR1 )
|
Active |
| AIX 5L Version 5.3 (PowerPC)
(patches
for 7.4 MR1 )
|
Active |
| AIX 5L Version 5.2 (PowerPC)
(patches
for 7.4 MR1 )
|
Compatible |
| Solaris 9 (SPARC) (patches
for 7.4 MR1 )
|
Compatible |
| Solaris 10 (SPARC) (patches
for 7.4 MR1 )
|
Active |
| Database Support |
Database Client/OS |
Support |
| DB2 UDB 8.1 Fixpack 1+ via 8.1 runtime client |
UNIX/Windows |
Compatible |
| DB2 UDB 8.2 via 8.2 runtime client |
UNIX/Windows |
Compatible |
| DB2 UDB 9.1 via 9.1 runtime client |
UNIX/Windows |
Active |
| DB2/400 V5R2 via V5R2 runtime client |
UNIX/Windows |
Compatible |
| DB2/400 i5/OS V5R3 via DB2 runtime client |
UNIX/Windows |
Compatible |
| DB2/400 V5R4 via DB2 Connect 9.1 runtime client |
UNIX/Windows |
Active |
| DB2/390 Version 7.1 via DB2 Connect 8.x (z/OS) |
UNIX/Windows |
Compatible |
| DB2 z/os 8 via DB2 Connect 8.1 |
UNIX/Windows |
Active |
| Informix Dynamic Server 7.31 via Informix Connect 2.81 |
UNIX/Windows |
Compatible |
| Informix XPS 8.5 via Informix Connect 2.81 |
UNIX/Windows |
Active |
| Informix XPS 8.4 via Informix-Connect 2.81 |
UNIX/Windows |
Compatible |
| Informix XPS 8.3.2 via Informix-Connect 2.7 |
UNIX/Windows |
Compatible |
| Informix IDS 9.4 via Informix Connect 2.81 |
UNIX/Windows |
Compatible |
| Informix IDS 10 via Informix Connect 2.9 |
UNIX/Windows |
Active |
| MS SQL Server 2005 via OLE-DB |
Windows |
Active |
| MS SQL Server 2000 via OLE-DB |
Windows |
Compatible |
| Oracle 9.2.0.x via Oracle 9i client Oracle 9i Release
2 |
UNIX/Windows |
Compatible |
| Oracle 10.1.x via 10.1.x client |
UNIX/Windows |
Compatible |
Oracle 10G R2 via 10G R2 client
|
UNIX/Windows |
Active |
| Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5 (via client 12.5) |
UNIX/Windows |
Compatible |
| Sybase 12.5.1 via CT-Lib (via client 12.5.1) |
UNIX/Windows |
Compatible |
| Sybase 12.5.2 via CT-Lib (via client 12.5.2) |
UNIX/Windows |
Compatible |
| Sybase 12.5.3 via CT-Lib (via client 12.5.3) |
UNIX/Windows |
Compatible |
| Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 15 ESD#1 via CT-Lib |
UNIX/Windows |
Active |
| ODBC
Database Support |
Database Client/OS |
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 V5R2 via Client Access Family Express V5R2 |
Windows |
Compatible |
| DB2 i5/OS V5R3 via Client Express V5R3 |
Windows |
Active |
| DB2/400 V5R4 via Client Access Family Express V5R4 |
Windows |
Active |
| Informix RedBrick Decision Server 6.2 |
Windows |
Compatible |
| Informix RedBrick Decision Server 6.3 |
Windows |
Active |
| Sybase Adaptive Server IQ 12.7 |
Windows |
Active |
| Sybase Adaptive Server IQ 12.6 |
Windows |
Active |
| Sybase Adaptive Server IQ 12.5 |
Windows |
Compatible |
| Sybase Adaptive Server IQ 12.5.1 |
Windows |
Compatible |
| MS Access 2003 |
Windows |
Active |
| MS Access 2000 |
Windows |
Compatible |
| MS SQL Server 2005 |
Windows |
Active |
| MS SQL Server 2000 |
Windows |
Compatible |
| SQLBase 7.0.1 |
Windows |
Compatible |
| OpenIngress II |
Windows |
Compatible |
| Interbase 6.0 |
Windows |
Compatible |
| The following sources have ODBC
connectivity from Windows and UNIX using ODBC drivers to the 2.5
level. |
| Teradata V2R5 via 3.02 ODBC |
UNIX/Windows |
Compatible |
| Teradata V2R5.1 via 3.03 x.x ODBC drivers (TTU7.1) |
UNIX/Windows |
Compatible |
| Teradata V2R6 via 3.04 x.x ODBC drivers (TTU 8.0) |
UNIX/Windows |
Compatible |
| Teradata V2R6.1 via 3.05 x.x ODBC drivers (TTU 8.1) |
UNIX/Windows |
Compatible |
| Teradata V2R6.2 via 3.06 x.x ODBC drivers (TTU 8.2) |
UNIX/Windows |
Active |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2005 via DataDirect Version 5.2 |
UNIX/Windows |
Active |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2005 via DataDirect Version 5.1 |
UNIX/Windows |
Compatible |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2000 via DataDirect Version 5.2 |
UNIX/Windows |
Active |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2000 via DataDirect Version 5.1 |
UNIX/Windows |
Compatible |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2000 via DataDirect Version 5 |
UNIX/Windows |
Compatible |
| DBASE |
UNIX/Windows |
Compatible |
| JDBC Support for NoticeCast |
Database Client/OS |
Support |
| MS SQLl Server 2005 via JSQLConnect |
UNIX/Windows |
Active |
| MS SQL Server 2000 via JSQLConnect 2.286 (JSQLConnect.jar) |
UNIX/Windows |
Compatible |
| Oracle 9.2 via Oracle 9.2 JDBC driver (classes12.zip) |
UNIX/Windows |
Compatible |
| Oracle 10G via 10G JDBC driver |
UNIX/Windows |
Active |
| IBM UDB 8.2 via DB2 8 JDBC driver |
UNIX/Windows |
Active |
| IBM UDB 8.1 via DB2 UDB 8.1 JDBC driver (db2java.zip) |
UNIX/Windows |
Active |
| Informix Dynamic Server 9.3 via JDBC driver version
2.20 |
UNIX/Windows |
Active |
| OLAP Support |
Database Client/OS |
Support |
| Cognos Finance 7.3 SP3 |
Windows |
Active |
| Cognos Planning - Analyst 7.3 SP3 |
Windows |
Active |
| Cognos Planning - Contributor 7.3 SP3 |
Windows |
Active |
| Essbase OLAP 6.5 |
UNIX/Windows |
Compatible |
| Essbase OLAP 7.1 |
UNIX/Windows |
Compatible |
| MSSQL Server Analysis Services 2005 |
Windows |
Active |
| MSSQL Server Analysis Services 2000 |
Windows |
Compatible |
| DB2 OLAP Server 8.1 FP1+ |
UNIX/Windows |
Compatible |
| DB2 OLAP Server 8.2 |
UNIX/Windows |
Active |
| Web Browsers |
Operating System |
Support |
| Internet Explorer 7.0 |
Windows XP |
Active |
| Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 |
Windows 2000/2003 |
Active |
| Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 |
Windows XP |
Compatible |
| Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 |
Windows |
Compatible |
| Netscape 7.2 |
Windows |
Compatible |
| Firefox 2.0 |
Macintosh/Windows |
Active |
| Firefox 1.5.0.2 |
Macintosh/Windows |
Compatible |
| Firefox 1.0.4 |
Macintosh/Windows |
Compatible |
| Web Servers |
Operating System |
Support |
| IBM HTTP Web Server 1.3.26+ |
Windows/UNIX |
Compatible |
| IBM HTTP Web Server 2.0.47+ |
Windows/UNIX |
Active |
| Personal Web Manager 5 |
Windows 2000 |
Compatible |
| IIS 5.x |
Windows 2000, XP |
Compatible |
| IIS 6.0 |
Windows 2003 |
Active |
| Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP1+ |
Windows/AIX/Solaris/HP
(please refer to Sun's website for supported versions of these platforms) |
Active |
| Apache 1.3.26+ (cgi) |
UNIX |
Compatible |
| Apache 2.0.47+ (cgi and mod) |
UNIX |
Compatible |
| Apache 2.2.3+ (cgi and mod) |
UNIX |
Active |
| Directory Servers |
Operating System |
Support |
| Microsoft Active Directory Server 2000 |
Windows |
Active |
| Microsoft Active Directory Server 2003 |
Windows 2003 |
Compatible |
| Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Application Mode |
Windows 2003 |
Active |
| Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2 Server |
Windows/AIX/Solaris/HP
(please refer to Sun's website for supported versions of these platforms) |
Active |
| IBM Directory Server 5.2 |
Windows/HP/
Solaris/AIX |
Active |
| Java Run Time Libraries |
Operating System |
Support |
| JRE 1.5 |
Windows/AIX/Solaris/HPUX |
Active |
| JRE 1.4.2+ |
Windows/AIX/Solaris/HPUX |
Compatible |
| JRE 1.4.1 |
Windows/HPUX |
Compatible |
| Excel
Hosts for PowerPlay Excel |
Support |
| Excel 2003 |
Active |
| Excel XP (2002) |
Compatible |
| Excel 2000 SR1+ |
Compatible |
| Formatted
Export Format Targets |
Support |
| Excel 2003, 2002 |
Active |
| Excel 2000 (except Cognos Query) |
Compatible |
| Adobe Acrobat 6.0.x |
Compatible |
| Adobe Acrobat 7.0 |
Compatible |
| Adobe Acrobat 7.0.5+ |
Unsupported |
| Adobe Acrobat 8.0 |
Active |
| Screen Reader
for 508 Accessibility |
Support |
| JAWS 4.5 |
Active |
Non Relational Data Sources
(PowerPlay Transformer Only) |
Operating System |
Support |
| dBase versions III, IV and 5.0 |
Windows |
Compatible |
Access Query/Table
NOTE: Secured password-protected files are not supported |
Windows |
Compatible |
| Excel Crosstab/Database |
Windows |
Compatible |
| PowerHouse Subfile |
Windows |
Compatible |
| fixed field ascii |
Windows/UNIX |
Compatible |
| delimited ascii test |
Windows/UNIX |
Compatible |
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