Abstract
The following provides information about the software environments that have been officially tested with IBM Cognos Express. Please note that there may be differences in support among the various products and client applications in the offering and these have been identified.
Content
Cognos Express and Virtualization
Cognos Express is supported in a virtualized environment under the terms of the IBM Virtualization Policy.
Software Environments
The following Cognos Express environments have been officially tested with IBM Cognos Express.
Prerequisites | Operating Systems | Relational Databases
OLAP Support | Authentication Providers | Portals | Web Browsers
Export Target Formats - Cognos Express Reporter
Open Target Formats - Cognos Express Reporter
Component Specific Support - Framework Manager
IBM Cognos Insight Stand Alone Support
| PREREQUISITES |
| Cognos Express Xcelerator / Xcelerator Client |
| Microsoft Office 2003/2007/2010 (32-bit) Professional Edition |
| Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.5 SP1 |
| Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 6.0 or later (1) |
| Cognos Express Advisor / Data Advisor |
| Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.5 SP1 |
| OPERATING SYSTEMS |
| Production Version |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2/R2 (Enterprise Edition, Standard Edition) 64-bit |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2/R2 (Enterprise Edition, Standard Edition) 64-bit |
| Clients (Architect, Data Advisor, Framework Manager, Xcelerator Client, Planner Administrator) |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2/R2 (Enterprise Edition, Standard Edition) 64-bit |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2/R2 (Enterprise Edition, Standard Edition) 64-bit |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 32-bit |
| Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 32-bit/64-bit |
| RELATIONAL DATABASES |
| IBM Cognos Express Manager |
| IBM DB2 UDB 9.5 via DB2 Connect Runtime Client |
| IBM DB2 UDB 9.7 via DB2 Connect Runtime Client |
| Informix IDS 11.5 via Informix Connect 3.5 |
| Informix IDS 11.7 via Informix Connect 3.5 |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (via OLE-DB/Native Client/ODBC) |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (via OLE-DB/Native Client/ODBC) |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (via OLE-DB/Native Client/ODBC) |
| Oracle 11g via Oracle 11g Client |
| Oracle 11g R2 via Oracle 11g R2 Client |
| Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.0 |
| Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.5 |
| ODBC |
| Client Specific (Data Advisor, Architect) |
| ODBC |
| OLAP SUPPORT |
| ICAS (IBM Cognos Analytic Server) |
| AUTHENTICATION PROVIDERS |
| Microsoft Active Directory Server 2003 |
| Microsoft Active Directory Server 2008 |
| PORTALS |
| Microsoft SharePoint Portal 2007 |
| Microsoft SharePoint Portal 2010 |
| WEB BROWSERS |
| Cognos Express Manager / Welcome Page |
Operating System |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 |
Windows |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 |
Windows |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 |
Windows |
| Firefox ESR 10 (as of Cognos Express 10.1 FP1) |
Windows |
| Cognos Connection, Report Viewer, Query Studio, Report Studio |
Operating System |
Note: A small number of Cognos Connection dialogs are used in Framework Manager. Reference testing platform is Windows.
Microsoft Office integration is only supported on Windows. |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 |
Windows |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 |
Windows |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 |
Windows |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP2 |
Windows XP |
| Firefox ESR 10.0 (as of Cognos Express 10.1 FP1) |
Windows |
| Xcelerator Web Client/Contributor |
Operating System |
| Internet Explorer 9.0 |
Windows |
| Internet Explorer 8.0 |
Windows |
| Internet Explorer 7.0 |
Windows |
| Firefox ESR 10.0 (as of Cognos Express 10.1 FP1) |
Windows |
| EXPORT TARGET FORMATS – COGNOS EXPRESS REPORTER |
| Adobe Reader X (as for Cognox Express 10.1 FP1) |
| Adobe Reader 9.x |
| Adobe Reader 8.1.x |
| Adobe Reader 8.0 |
| Adobe Reader 7.0 |
| Microsoft Excel 2007 |
| Microsoft Excel 2007 Native XLS |
| Microsoft Excel 2003 via Office 2007 Compatibility Pack |
| Microsoft Excel XP via Office 2007 Compatibility Pack |
| Microsoft Excel 2002 via MHT |
| Microsoft Excel 2003 via MHT |
| OPEN TARGET FORMATS – COGNOS EXPRESS REPORTER |
| Microsoft Excel 2007 |
| Microsoft Excel 2002/2003 via MS Compatibility Pack |
| COMPONENT SPECIFIC SUPPORT – FRAMEWORK MANAGER |
| THIRD PARTY METADATA SOURCES VERSION MIMB 6.x |
| IBM DB2 Cube Views 9.1 (*.xml) |
| IBM Rational Data Architect 6.1 to 7.x |
| IBM Rational Rose v98 to 2000, v4.0, v2000e to 2003 (*.mdl) |
| IBM WebSphere DataStage 7.5 to 8.x (*.dsx/*.xml) |
| Business Objects Designer 5.1.5 - 6.1, 6.5, 11.0, 11.5, 12.0 (*.unv) |
| CA COOL: Gen 4.1a to 7.5 |
| Informatica PowerCenter 5.0 to 8.x (MX2 XML) (*.xml) |
| Oracle Designer 1.3.2, 2.1.2, 6.0, 6i to 11g (*.dat) |
| Sybase PowerDesigner CDM 7.5 - 12.0 (xml format) (*.cdm) |
| Sybase PowerDesigner PDM 7.5 - 12.0 (xml format) (*.pdm) |
| XML/XMI 1.1 OMG CWM 1.0 to 1.1 (*.xml) |
| XML/XMI OMG CWM Pre-1.0 (*.xml) |
| LINEAGE PROVIDERS |
IBM InfoSphere Metadata Workbench 8.1 with patches:
Workbench patch: patch_cq136087_windows.zip
IS/Metadata Sever Patches:
patch_CQR119875_Import_Service_identity_query_internal.zip
patch_CQR121501_ASCLBI_identity.zip
patch_CQR131677_ASCLCT_identity.zip |
| GLOSSARY PROVIDERS |
| IBM InfoSphere Business Glossary 8.1 |
Footnotes
(1) Production Server on Windows 2003 or Windows 2008
(2) Support for Cognos Insight 10.2 is considered compatible for publish operations. Some new features in Cognos Insight 10.2, such as high fidelity publish of workspaces to Cognos Workspace, are not supported.