Cognos Series 7 Version 4 MR2 Software Environments

Updated: July 15, 2008

 

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.

 

Features No Longer Supported

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.

 

Supported Locales, Character Sets, and Languages

Updated: October 18, 2007

The locale, character set, and language information found on the page linked below are supported by Cognos Series 7 Version 4 MR2 products.

 

System Requirements

 

Supported Datatypes

 

Software Environments

The environments supported by Cognos Series 7 Version 4 MR2 products are listed below. They 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 from active to compatible over time as significant testing would have occurred in previous Cognos releases.

 

Software Environment Section Navigation

Operating Systems | Database Support | ODBC Database Support
JDBC Support for NoticeCast | OLAP Support | Web Browsers | Web Servers
Directory Servers | Java Run Time Libraries | Excel Hosts for PowerPlay Excel
Formatted Export Format Targets | Screen Reader for 508 Accessibility
Non-Relational Database Sources | Compilers for Access Manager Trusted Services Plug-in SDK

 

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 Compatible
Windows Server 2003 SP2 Active
Windows XP SP1 Professional Compatible
Windows XP SP2 Professional Active
Windows Vista Active
Note: Only client products and components supported.
HPUX 11i PA-RISC (11.11) (patches for 7.4 MR2 )
Compatible
HPUX 11i Version 2 PA-RISC (11.23) (patches for 7.4 MR2 )
Compatible
HPUX 11i Version 3 PA-RISC (11.31) (patches for 7.4 MR2 ) Active
Note: Cognos Query is unsupported on this operating systemversion.
AIX 5L Version 5.3 (PowerPC) (patches for 7.4 MR2 )
Active
AIX 5L Version 5.2 (PowerPC) (patches for 7.4 MR2 )
Compatible
Solaris 9 (SPARC) (patches for 7.4 MR2 )
Compatible
Solaris 10 (SPARC) (patches for 7.4 MR2 )
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 V5R3 via DB2 Connect 8.1 runtime client UNIX/Windows Compatible
DB2/400 V5R4 via DB2 Connect 8.2 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 Compatible
DB2 z/os 9 via DB2 Connect 9 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 Compatible
Informix IDS 11 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 2007 Windows Active
MS Access 2003 Windows Compatible
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 Compatible
Oracle 10G R2 via 10G JDBC driver UNIX/Windows Active
IBM UDB 8.2 via DB2 8 JDBC driver UNIX/Windows Compatible
IBM UDB 8.1 via DB2 UDB 8.1 JDBC driver (db2java.zip) UNIX/Windows Compatible
IBM UDB 9.1 via DB2 UDB 9.1 JDBC driver UNIX/Windows Active
Informix Dynamic Server 11 via JDBC driver UNIX/Windows Active
Informix Dynamic Server 10 via JDBC driver UNIX/Windows Compatible
Informix Dynamic Server 9.3 via JDBC driver version 2.20 UNIX/Windows Compatible
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 Active
Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 Windows Compatible
Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 Windows 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 Windows/AIX/Solaris/HP
(please refer to Sun's website for supported versions of these platforms)
Compatible
Sun Java System Directory Server 6.1 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
Compatible
IBM Directory Server 6.0 Windows/HP/
Solaris/AIX
Active
Java Run Time Libraries Operating System Support
JRE 1.6 Windows/Solaris Active
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 2007 Active
Excel 2003 Compatible
Excel XP (2002) Compatible
Excel 2000 SR1+ Compatible
Formatted Export Format Targets Support
Excel 2007, 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 Compatible
Adobe Acrobat 8.1 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
Compilers for Access Manager Trusted Services Plug-in SDK Operating System Support
Visual C++ version 6.0 Windows Active
aCC version A.03 HP-UX Active
FORTE C++ 7.0 (5.4 C++ Compiler) Solaris Active
VisualAge C++ Professional, version 6.0 AIX Active

 

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