Installation Known Issues

General Installation Issues

    

Problems running 7.3 pre-MR2/SP3 products when installing some 7.3 MR2/SP3 products on the same computer

    

Problems running PowerPlay Enterprise Server or Cognos Visualizer 7.3 MR2 BI after installing a hot site for some 7.3 MR2 BI products on the same computer

    

Unable to Return After Drilling Between Different Release Versions

    

Installing Multiple Cognos Products May Indicate Tools or Books as Installed

    

Unable to Communicate With Upfront When Using NSAPI Gateways on Solaris

    

Configuring Virtual Directories when Using Java System Web Server 6.x

    

Configuring Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) for the Series 7 Namespace

    

Producing the Euro Currency Symbol

    

Andale Font and the Yen Symbol

    

Configuring Your Web Server

    

NSAPI Gateway Access May Fail Between English and German Product Installations

    

Installing Additional Cognos Products on IBM AIX

    

Running IBM HTTP Server 2.0.47 with Apache mod Extensions Causes Web Server Crashes under Heavy Loads

    

Gateway Co-existence Issue When Running ReportNet and Other Cognos Products on the Same Web Server

Issues When Uninstalling Components

Component-Specific Installation Issues

    

Workstation Installations of Impromptu

    

Cognos Diagnostic Utility Not Supported on AIX Version 5.3

    

Fix to the Documented Procedure for Configuring Cognos Web Services Using an Alternative Application Server

    

Cognos Query Administration Tool Associated with One Cognos Query Server Group

    

Configuring Mirrored Servers and Cubes after a Default Installation

    

Windows 2000 Restricted User Limitations


Configuration Manager Known Issues

    

Errors When Configuring Certain 7.3 Maintenance Releases of Impromptu and Impromptu Web Reports on the Same Windows Computer

    

New 7.3 MR2 Properties do not Appear if a Version 7.3 or Version 7.3 MR1 Configuration Specification File is Opened on Startup


Data Access (UDA) Known Issues

Troubleshooting Distributed Sorting

Resolving Data Retrieval Problems

    

Large Memory Demands When Returning Large Results Sets Using Certain Versions of Oracle 9iR2 Client on UNIX

    

Support for Japanese Vendor-Defined Characters in Cognos Series 7


Access Manager Known Issues

Problems with Cognos Components

    

Error Encountered When Namespace Versions are Not the Same

    

Error Message When Adding Objects Containing the Same Basic Letter Configuration Using Active Directory Server

    

Logon Errors When Web Logon is Configured to Use Access Manager Server Authentication Services

    

Access Manager Audit Logging Does not Record User or Userclass Name Changes

    

Namespace not Properly Restored When Audit Logging Fails and Stop On Failure is Set

    

OS Signons Without Domain Qualification No Longer Supported

    

"kSecurityErrorNamespaceNameNotFound" Error When Logging into Upfront

    

Batch Maintenance Updates to Externally Linked Users May Cause LAE Namespace Corruption Detection

    

Cannot Configure the Directory Server for Series 7 Via a Secured Port

Third-Party Issues

    

Error When Configuring Tivoli Directory Server for Use with Cognos Products

    

Dialog Box Prompt for Credentials (Windows Integrated Authentication)

    

Internal Server Error When Logging on via Sun ONE Web Server on UNIX

    

Cannot Start Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2 Administration Server on HP-UX 11.11

    

Error When Logging In to Series 7 on HPUX with the Access Manager Apache Module Login Gateway

Access Manager Documentation Updates

    

Detect Corrupted Namespaces

    

Show Expired Passwords and Last Changed Dates for Passwords

    

Enhanced Namespace Auditing

    

Improved Flexibility for Web Single Signon

    

Configure External User Support for Secondary Directory Server


Architect Known Issues

    

ObjectStore VirtualAlloc Failure on Windows XP

    

Working in a Multiple Modeler Environment

    

DB2 Replicated Tables are Not Displayed in Architect

    

Right-to-Left Characters Displayed Incorrectly


Cognos Application Firewall Known Issues

    

Cognos Application Firewall Parameter-Signing and PowerPlay ISAPI Module

    

Cognos Application Firewall Logging (Windows 2000 XP, Windows 2003)

    

CAF Error When SiteMinder XSS-Checking is Enabled and Using Apache mod Cognos Gateways


Cognos Query Known Issues

    

Problems running 7.3 pre-MR2/SP3 products when installing some 7.3 MR2/SP3 products on the same computer

    

Retrieving Binary Large Objects (BLOBs)

    

Multiple Logon Requests When Using Upfront and Cognos Query

    

Unable to Connect to Database with Impromptu Web Reports and Cognos Query

    

Java Run-time Environment Version 1.5 Not Supported


Cognos Scheduler Known Issues

    

Editing a Task Appears to be Require Re-entry of the Password

    

Valid Settings for the Maximum Delay in Scheduler


CognosScript Editor Known Issues


Deployment Manager Known Issues

    

NewsIndex Structure Changed During Deployment Operation

    

Packing Options Not Available when Deploying Multiple Server Groups

    

Special Characters in Packlet Location Property for Dependent Components on UNIX


Impromptu Known Issues

Cognos Impromptu

    

Workstation Installations of Impromptu

    

Errors When Configuring Certain 7.3 Maintenance Releases of Impromptu and Impromptu Web Reports on the Same Windows Computer

    

Prompt Sort Order Now Locale Sensitive

    

Out-dated Database Conformance Information

    

Excel Column 255 Width in a Crosstab Too Small

    

Jaws Screen Reader Version 5.x is Unable to Read PDF Reports when Launched from Upfront

Impromptu Web Reports

    

Problems running 7.3 pre-MR2/SP3 products when installing some 7.3 MR2/SP3 products on the same computer

    

    

Errors When Configuring Certain 7.3 Maintenance Releases of Impromptu and Impromptu Web Reports on the Same Windows Computer

    

Incorrect WSDL Filepath in IWRCommand Documentation

    

Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 and IWR PDF-based Drill Links Created in Series 7 Version 1 or Version 2

    

Incorrect Accessibility References in Localized Documentation

    

Jaws Screen Reader Version 5.x is Unable to Read PDF Reports when Launched from Upfront

    

Missing Documentation on How to Automate the Cache Picklist Prompts and Refresh Cache Capabilities

Cognos PowerPrompts

    

Unable to Run a PowerPrompts Application from Developer Studio Using Windows XP SP2


NoticeCast Known Issues

    

Problems running 7.3 pre-MR2/SP3 products when installing some 7.3 MR2/SP3 products on the same computer

    


PowerPlay Known Issues

PowerPlay Enterprise Server/PowerPlay Web

    

Problems running 7.3 pre-MR2/SP3 products when installing some 7.3 MR2/SP3 products on the same computer

    

    

Problems running PowerPlay Enterprise Server or Cognos Visualizer 7.3 MR2 BI after installing a hot site for some 7.3 MR2 BI products on the same computer

    

Query Fails When Using DB2 OLAP Server

    

Add a MountAt Folder for Failover Environments

    

Web Launch Run Report in Windows on Windows XP Causes Runaway Firefox Process

    

Incorrect Apache Module Gateway Configuration for Multiple Server Groups

    

Bookmarking a Custom Subset on the Web Terminates IIS (inetinfo.exe) on Windows XP SP1

    

Requirement to Upgrade to JRE 1.4 to Avoid User Interaction Problems on UNIX

    

Publish to ReportNet Fails if a Different Format is Used to Identify the Series 7 Directory Server

    

Only Local Drives Appear when Adding a Cube or Report on Windows XP

    

Limited Support Available for SAP BW 3.0 and 3.1

    

Accessing User Class Views in PowerCubes when Using Cognos Connection as the Cognos Portal

    

Special Characters in Report Titles Not Displayed Properly When Exported to Microsoft Excel

    

Incorrect Accessibility References in Localized Documentation

PowerPlay Transformer

    

Problems running 7.3 pre-MR2/SP3 products when installing some 7.3 MR2/SP3 products on the same computer

    

ObjectStore VirtualAlloc Failure on Windows XP

    

Allocation Appears Incorrect in Time-based Partitioned Cubes if a Cube is Updated with Data from Another Period

    

Failure to Import Externalized Framework Manager IQD Columns that Contain TEXTBLOB, CLOB, or BLOB Data types

    

Problem Rendering Some Measure Formats Along the Y-axis of Certain Chart Types

    

Resolving Measure Overflow Error by Changing Data Type

    

Incorrect Documentation of Calculation Precedence

    

Incorrect Documentation of Exclude Drill-through Feature

    

Problems Accessing Help Topics

    

Documentation for Command-line Options is Incomplete

    

New Cognos ReportNet File Type When Setting Up Drill-Through

    

Length Constraints on Category Names for PowerPlay Report Readability

    

Suppressing Days from the Date Dimension Does Not Work When Viewed in PowerPlay

    

Oracle Database Schema Definition Modifies Numeric Category Labels

PowerPlay Windows

    

Default PowerPlay File Type

    

Possible Changes to PowerPlay Web Explorer Report Titles

    

Avoiding Blank Extra Lines in PowerPlay Report Titles

    

Use of PowerPlay Windows to Overwrite Existing NewsItems is not Supported

    

Incorrect Accessibility References in Localized Documentation

PowerPlay for Excel

PowerPlay Connect

    

New Cognos ReportNet File Type When Setting Up Drill-Through

Third-Party OLAP Providers

    

Configuring Access to Aggregate Storage Option Cubes (DB2 OLAP 8.2)


Upfront Known Issues

    

Missing Documentation on How to Automate the Cache Picklist Prompts and Refresh Cache Capabilities

    

Requests to Upfront Fail After a Hot Database Restore Using upfDBAdm

    

Error When Viewing File Created Outside of ASCII Characters by "Select a Version" on all Platforms

    

Changes to How Upfront Locates Images for Themes

    

Incorrect Accessibility References in Localized Documentation

    

Context-Sensitive Help Links in Web Portal User Guide Not Working (Localized Versions)

    

Installation Guide Refers to Upfront Theme That is Not Available

    

The Cognos Series 7 Upfront database unexpectedly shuts down on HP-UX


Cognos Visualizer Known Issues

    

Problems running 7.3 pre-MR2/SP3 products when installing some 7.3 MR2/SP3 products on the same computer

    

    

Problems running PowerPlay Enterprise Server or Cognos Visualizer 7.3 MR2 BI after installing a hot site for some 7.3 MR2 BI products on the same computer

    

Incorrect Documentation References to Labels in Some Visualizer Sample Charts

    

Missing Documentation about Need to Post Visualizations to Ensure Successful Dispatcher Failover

    

Web Edition Client is Unresponsive

    

Data Source Mappings are not Validated in Cognos Deployment Manager

    

Unable to Open a Secured Visualization

    

Firefox Launches Java Run-Time Environment Plug-in Download with Client Visualizations

    

Incorrect Apache Module Gateway Configuration for Multiple Server Groups

    

Map Data


Features No Longer Supported

Features Not Supported in Series 7 Version 3

    

Impromptu HTML Layout Formats

    

Impromptu File Save As Excel (Unformatted)

    

Impromptu File Save As Lotus 1-2-3

    

NoticeCast Windows Client

    

PowerPlay Web Dynamic HTML User Interface Capability

    

Supported Environments

Features Not Supported after Series 7 Version 3

    

Access Manager Configuration Wizard

    

Cognos Architect 3rd Party Metadata Import

    

DB2 Dimension Metadata Wizard

    

dBase Access Using Native API

    

Hewlett Packard Precision Architecture 1.1

    

Impromptu Save As Excel with Format (for Excel 2000)

    

Impromptu Toolbar Button Styles

    

Oracle Long, Raw, and Long Raw Data Types

    

SAP BW Access Using ODBO API


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