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Cognos Series 7 Version 5 FP1 Software Environments

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Abstract

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.

Content

IBM Cognos Series 7.5 FP1 supports Windows, Solaris and HP-UX (RISC). Support for the AIX platform will be available for download shortly.


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 link on this site.


Supported Locales, Character Sets, and Languages
The locale, character set, and language information found on the page linked below are supported by Cognos Series 7 Version 5 products.



Supported Datatypes
Cognos Products and 64-bit Architecture
IBM Cognos Series 7 Products are 32 bit applications, but can be run on supported 64 bit operating systems as outlined in the "Cognos Products and 64-bit Architecture" statement. This does not apply to Impromptu Web Report 7.5, it cannot be run on a 64 bit operating system in 32 bit mode.

Software Environments
The environments supported by Cognos Series 7 Version 5 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
Non-Relational Database Sources
Compilers for Access Manager Trusted Services Plug-in SDK


Operating SystemsSupport
Windows 7 SP1Active (1)
Windows 7​Compatible (1)
Windows Vista SP2​Compatible (1)
Windows Vista SP1​Compatible (1)
Windows Vista​Compatible (1)
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (Standard Edition)Active (2)
Except IWR​
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (Web, Enterprise, Datacenter Editions)​Compatible (2)
Except IWR​
Windows Server 2008 R2 (Standard, Web, Enterprise, Datacenter Editions)​Compatible (2)
Except IWR​
Windows Server 2008 (Standard Edition)​Compatible​
Windows Server 2008 (Web, Enterprise, Datacenter Editions)​Compatible​
Windows Server 2003 SP2 (Standard Edition)​Active​
Windows Server 2003 SP2 (Web, Enterprise, Datacenter Editions)​Compatible​
Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 (Web, Enterprise, Datacenter Editions)​Compatible​
Windows Server 2003 SP1 (Standard, Web, Enterprise, Datacenter Editions)​Compatible​
Windows Server 2003 R2 (Standard, Web, Enterprise, Datacenter Editions)​Compatible​
Windows XP SP3 Professional​Active​
Windows XP SP2 Professional ​Compatible​
Windows XP SP1 Professional ​Compatible​
HPUX 11i Version 3 PA-RISC (11.31) (​patches for 7.5)​Active​
HPUX 11i Version 2 PA-RISC (11.23) (​patches for 7.5)​Compatible​
AIX Version 6.1 (​patches for 7.5)​Active​
AIX 5L Version 5.3 (PowerPC) (​patches for 7.5)​Active​
Solaris 10 (SPARC) (​patches for 7.5)​Active​
Solaris 9 (SPARC) (​patches for 7.5)​Compatible​

Database SupportDatabase Client / OSSupport
DB2 UDB 9.7 via 9.7 runtime client​UNIX/Windows ​Active​
DB2 UDB 9.5 via 9.5 runtime client​UNIX/Windows ​Compatible​
DB2 UDB 9.1 via 9.1 runtime client​UNIX/Windows ​Compatible​
DB2 for i V7R1UNIX/WindowsActive
DB2 for i V6R1​UNIX/Windows ​Compatible
DB2/400 V5R4 via DB2 Connect 8.2 runtime client ​UNIX/Windows ​Compatible
DB2 z/os 10 via DB2 Connect 10UNIX/WindowsActive
DB2 z/os 9 via DB2 Connect 9​UNIX/Windows​Compatible
Informix IDS 11.7 via Informix Connect 3.5UNIX/WindowsActive​
Informix IDS 11.5 via Informix Connect 3.5​UNIX/Windows​Compatible
Informix IDS 11 via Informix Connect 3.0​UNIX/Windows​Compatible​
Informix IDS 10 via Informix Connect 2.9 ​UNIX/Windows​Compatible​
Informix IDS 9.4 via Informix Connect 2.81 ​UNIX/Windows​Compatible​
Informix XPS 8.5 via Informix Connect 2.81 ​UNIX/Windows​Active​
MS SQL Server 2008 R2 via OLE-DB ​Windows​Active​
MS SQL Server 2008 via OLE-DB ​Windows​Compatible
MS SQL Server 2005 via OLE-DB ​Windows​Compatible​
MS SQL Server 2000 via OLE-DB​Windows​Compatible ​
Oracle 11g R2 via Oracle 11g R2 ClientUNIX/Windows ​Active​
Oracle 11g Release 1 via Oracle 11g Release 1 Client​UNIX/Windows ​Compatible
Oracle 10G R2 via 10G R2 client ​UNIX/Windows​Compatible​
Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.5 via CT-Lib​UNIX/Windows​Active​
Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.0.3 via CT-Lib​UNIX/Windows​Compatible
Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 15 ESD#1 via CT-Lib​UNIX/Windows​Compatible​
Sybase 12.5.3 via CT-Lib (via client 12.5.3) ​UNIX/Windows​Compatible​
Sybase 12.5.2 via CT-Lib (via client 12.5.2) ​UNIX/Windows​Compatible​
Sybase 12.5.1 via CT-Lib (via client 12.5.1) ​UNIX/Windows​Compatible​
Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5 (via client 12.5)​UNIX/Windows​Compatible ​

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 for i V7R1UNIX/WindowsActive
DB2 for i V6R1 via Client Access Family Express V6R1 ​Windows​Compatible
DB2/400 V5R4 via Client Access Family Express V5R4 ​Windows​Compatible​
Informix RedBrick Decision Server 6.3​Windows​Active​
Sybase Adaptive Server IQ 15Windows​Active​
Sybase Adaptive Server IQ 12.7​Windows​Compatible
Sybase Adaptive Server IQ 12.6​Windows​Compatible
MS Access 2010Windows​Active​
MS Access 2007​Windows​Compatible
MS Access 2003​Windows​Compatible​
MS SQL Server 2008 ​R2Windows​Active​
MS SQL Server 2008 ​Windows​Compatible
MS SQL Server 2005 ​Windows​Compatible
The following sources have ODBC connectivity from Windows and UNIX using ODBC drivers to the 2.5 level.​
Teradata 13.1 via TTU 13​UNIX/Windows​Active​
Teradata 13.0 via TTU 13​UNIX/Windows​Compatible
Teradata V2R12 via TTU 12​UNIX/Windows​Compatible​
Teradata V2R6.2 via 3.06 x.x ODBC drivers (TTU 8.2)​UNIX/Windows​Compatible​
Teradata V2R6.1 via 3.05 x.x ODBC drivers (TTU 8.1) ​UNIX/Windows​Compatible​
Teradata V2R6 via 3.04 x.x ODBC drivers (TTU 8.0)​UNIX/Windows​Compatible​
Teradata V2R5.1 via 3.03 x.x ODBC drivers (TTU7.1)​UNIX/Windows​Compatible​
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 via DataDirect Version 6UNIX/Windows​Active​
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 via DataDirect Version 5.3​UNIX/Windows​Compatible
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 via DataDirect Version 5.2​UNIX/Windows​Compatible​
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 via DataDirect Version 5.1 ​UNIX/Windows​Compatible​
DBASE​UNIX/Windows​Compatible​

JDBC Support for NoticeCast​Database Client / OS​Support​
MS SQLl Server 2008 via JSQLConnect​UNIX/Windows​Active ​
MS SQLl Server 2005 via JSQLConnect​UNIX/Windows​Compatible​
MS SQL Server 2000 via JSQLConnect 2.286 (JSQLConnect.jar) ​UNIX/Windows​Compatible​
Oracle 11g Release 1 via Oracle 11g Release 1 Client​UNIX/Windows​Active​
Oracle 10G R2 via 10G JDBC driver ​UNIX/Windows​Compatible ​
IBM UDB 9.7 via DB2 UDB 9.7 JDBC driver ​UNIX/Windows​Active​
IBM UDB 9.5 via DB2 UDB 9.5 JDBC driver ​UNIX/Windows​Compatible​
IBM UDB 9.1 via DB2 UDB 9.1 JDBC driver ​UNIX/Windows​Compatible​
Informix Dynamic Server 11.5 via JDBC driver ​UNIX/Windows​Active​
Informix Dynamic Server 11 via JDBC driver ​UNIX/Windows​Compatible​
Informix Dynamic Server 10 via JDBC driver ​UNIX/Windows​Compatible​

OLAP Support​Database Client / OS​Support​
Essbase OLAP 9.3.1 ​UNIX/Windows​Compatible​
Essbase OLAP 7.1 ​UNIX/Windows​Compatible​
Essbase OLAP 6.5 ​UNIX/Windows​Compatible ​
MSSQL Server Analysis Services 2008​ R2Windows​Active​
MSSQL Server Analysis Services 2008​Windows​Compatible
MSSQL Server Analysis Services 2005​Windows​Compatible​
MSSQL Server Analysis Services 2000 ​Windows​Compatible​

Web Browsers​Operating System​Support​
Internet Explorer 9.0 ​Windows ​Active​
Internet Explorer 8.0 ​Windows ​Compatible
Internet Explorer 7.0 ​Windows ​Compatible
Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2​Windows​Compatible​
Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1​Windows ​Compatible​
Firefox 5​.0Macintosh/Windows​Active​
Firefox 3.5​Macintosh/Windows​Compatible
Firefox 3.0​Macintosh/Windows​Compatible​
Firefox 2.0+​Macintosh/Windows​Compatible​

Web Servers​Operating System​Support​
IBM HTTP Web Server 7.0​Windows/UNIX​Active​
IBM HTTP Web Server 6.0​Windows/UNIX​Compatible​
Personal Web Manager 5​Windows 2000 ​Compatible​
IIS 7.5​Windows 2008 R2​Active​
IIS 7.0 ​Windows 2008​Active​
IIS 6.0 ​Windows 2003​Active​
IIS 5.x​Windows 2000, XP ​Compatible​
Sun Java System Web Server 7.0​Windows/AIX/ Solaris/HP ​(3)Active​
Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP1+ ​Windows/AIX/ Solaris/HP ​(3)Compatible​
Apache 2.2.10+ (cgi and mod) ​UNIX​Active​
Apache 2.2.3+ (cgi and mod) ​UNIX​Compatible​
Apache 2.0.47+ (cgi and mod) ​UNIX​Compatible​
Apache 1.3.26+ (cgi) ​UNIX​Compatible​

Directory Servers​Operating System​Support​
Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Server​Windows 2008​Active​
Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Application Mode ​Windows 2003 ​Active​
Microsoft Active Directory Server 2003​Windows 2003 ​Compatible​
Microsoft Active Directory Server 2000 ​Windows​Active​
Sun Java System Directory Server 6.3 ​Windows 2003/ Solaris/HP ​(3)Active​
Sun Java System Directory Server 6.1 ​Windows 2003/ Solaris/HP ​(3)Compatible​
Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2​Windows 2003/AIX/ Solaris/HP ​(3)Compatible​
IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.3Windows/HP/​
Solaris/AIX​
Active​
IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.2​Windows/HP/​
Solaris/AIX​
Compatible ​
IBM Directory Server 6.1​Windows/HP/​
Solaris/AIX​
Active​
IBM Directory Server 6.0 ​Windows/HP/​
Solaris/AIX​
Compatible​

Java Run Time Libraries​Operating System​Support​
JRE 1.6​Windows/Solaris​Active​
JRE 1.5 ​Windows/AIX/ Solaris/HPUX​Active​

Excel Hosts for PowerPlay Excel ​Support​
Excel 2010Active​
Excel 2007​Compatible ​
Excel 2003 ​Compatible​
Excel XP (2002)​Compatible​

Formatted Export Format Targets​Support​
Excel 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002 ​Active ​
Excel 2000Compatible
Adobe Acrobat 9.0​Active​
Adobe Acrobat 8.1​Compatible​
Adobe Acrobat 8.0 ​Compatible​
Adobe Acrobat 7.0.5+​Unsupported​
Adobe Acrobat 7.0​Compatible​
Adobe Acrobat 6.0.x​Compatible​

Non Relational Data Sources (PowerPlay Transformer Only) ​Operating System ​Support ​
dBase versions III, IV and 5.0 ​Windows ​Compatible ​
Access Query/Table ​(4)​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​




Footnotes
(1) Only client products and components supported.
(2) Except Impromptu Web Reports
(3) Please refer to Sun's website for supported versions of these platforms.
(4) Secured password-protected files are not supported


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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

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