Supported Cognos Analytics platforms

Component Platform Version
Cognos Analytics Server

11.2.2 (64-Bit)

Cognos Analytics Content Store Database Server

Oracle 19c, see note 1.

Microsoft SQL Server 2019 with SQL Server 2012 Compatibility Level. Native mode is not supported. See note 1 and note 2.

Operating System

AIX 7.2 TL4, see note 1.

Windows Server 2019 Standard, see note 1.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6, see note 1 and note 2.

Java for Cognos Analytics IBM JRE 8.0_6.15 (64-bit), see note 1.
Note: IBM recommends using the internal JRE that is bundled with Cognos Analytics. For more information, see your IBM documentation.

Note

  1. These platforms are eligible for “Supplementary Third-Party Vendor Update Support”. See Supplementary Third-Party Vendor Update Support.
  2. WFM is not tested or certified with Cognos/Linux and SQL Server/Windows combination. You cannot configure a datasource in Cognos to connect to the SQL Server database in this configuration. A commercial JDBC driver is available, but WFM does not provide or certify this driver.