After many years, IBM Cognos Analytics continues to be an industry leader in analytics and business intelligence. Through IBM’s persistent updates to the software, the platform is constantly improving with new features, a better user experience, and increased functionality. Ironside is committed to staying on top of IBM Cognos Analytics updates and understanding business impact for our team and yours.
We will keep this page up to date so you can refer back to it and determine how to make the most out of IBM’s additions to the software.
The list of IBM releases updating Cognos Analytics is below, and you can continue scrolling to see some of our thoughts and observations from previous releases.
- 12.0.0 – June 2023
- 11.2.4 FP1 – March 2023
- 11.2.4 – December 2022
- 11.2.3 – August 2022
- 11.2.2 – March 2022
- 11.2.1 – September 2021
- 11.2.0 – May 2021
- 11.1.7 – Interim Fix 3
- 11.1.7 FP2 – December 2020
- 11.1.7 FP1 – October 2020
- 11.1.7.0 – July 2020
- 11.1.7 – LTS Release
Cognos Analytics 12.0.0 – June 2023
- Available June 2023
The full release from IBM can be found here.
Cognos Analytics 11.2.4 FP1 – March 2023
- Available March 2023
The full release from IBM can be found here.
Cognos Analytics 11.2.4 – December 2022
- Available December 2022
The full release from IBM can be found here.
Cognos Analytics 11.2.3
- Available August 2022
The full release from IBM can be found here.
Cognos Analytics 11.2.2
- Available March 2022
The full release from IBM can be found here.
Cognos Analytics 11.2.1
- Available September 2021
The full release from IBM can be found here.
Cognos Analytics 11.2.0
- Available May 2021
The full release from IBM can be found here.
Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 Interim Fix 3
- Available January 22, 2021 – https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6350229
- Affected reports involve queries that require joins
Release 11.1.7 FP2 – December 2020
- Additional Vender Supported Driver Versions Tested
- IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 FP2 supports an updated list of client driver versions
- New advanced setting – Configuration.cookieSameSite
- Due to recent security changes in some browsers, this setting will help avoid issues if your Cognos environment spans multiple domains
The full release from IBM can be found here.
Release 11.1.7 FP1 – October 2020
- Support for Multiple Data Modules in a report
- You can create a report that is based on multiple data modules (A query cannot have data items from multiple data modules)
- Content Manager ‘Health Check’ URL
- http://content_manager_computer_name:9300/p2pd/servlet will confirm the Content Manager is running
The full release from IBM can be found here.
Release 11.1.7.0 – July 2020
- New API’s for Developers – Expand RESTful APIs for working with themes, extensions, tenants, and more
- Schematics – User defined schematics can be uploaded and used for ‘mapping’ data
- Running a Single Page – Report Authors can now run just a single page of a report in any desired formatMetadata Modeling Guidelines – added to the Cognos Analytics modeling documentation set
The full release from IBM can be found here.
Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 – A Long Term Support (LTS) Release
- Provides standard support for two years with an available one year extended support option to provide coverage for a total of three years
- IBM will provide defect corrections, security patches, and select conformance updates on IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 as needed during the supported period
- The capabilities and feature set within this release will remain stable and unchanged to allow a consistent experience over the length of the supported lifecycle release.
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