Operating systems

Supported Microsoft Windows platforms:

Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard (64-bit).

For the recommended patches for Windows operating systems, see Windows patch recommendations for the InForm software.

Reporting

For information on the supported Cognos versions and patch numbers, see the InForm Reporting Cognos Installation Guide on the Oracle Help Center.

Note: For a list of the historical Cognos versions supported, see the Reporting  & Analysis tab in the Oracle Phase Forward Product Technology Compatibility Matrix available for download from MOS Article 180430.1 (Oracle Health Sciences Applications Supported Technology Stack). For InForm documentation relating to a version of Cognos listed as supported, contact Oracle Global Support.

LDAP

Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition 11g. Release 1 (11.1.1.7.2).

Note: The Oracle Directory Server can be installed on either the Microsoft Windows or the Linux operating system. For more information, see the Oracle website, the Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition documentation, or your Oracle database documentation.

Database Client

Supported Oracle versions:

Oracle Database Client 12.1.0.2 (32-bit).

For details on required components and patchsets, see Oracle client component and patch requirements for the InForm application server.

Required for the Cognos Report Server and the Cognos Content Manager.

Note: The Cognos Analytics 11 Reporting application server was validated using Oracle Enterprise Edition 12.1.0.2.

Other

• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8.

  Required for the Cognos Report Server and the Cognos Content Manager.

  Note: You must install .NET Framework before you install the database client.

• Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (64-bit).

  Required for the Cognos Gateway Server.

• Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable (32-bit).

  Required for installing the 32-bit version of the Oracle Database Client on the Cognos Report Server and Content Manager.

• IIS 8.5.

  The IIS configuration must include the Application Request Routing extension (ARR).

  If you configure IIS to use HTTPS, disable SSL and enable TLS 1.2 or higher.

• ASP.NET v4.0.30319

  Required for the Cognos Gateway Server.

• Java Runtime Environment (JRE 1.8 winx64)