Limitations and known issues in Cognos Analytics

The following limitations and known issues apply to Cognos Analytics.

Specifying the Cognos Analytics URL in Microsoft Teams

If you are using Cognos Analytics with Microsoft Teams, you must ensure that the Cognos Analytics URL ends with bi/ when adding the URL to Microsoft Teams. For example,

https://cpd-ca.example.com/cognosanalytics/cat3/bi/

IBM Db2 database server cannot use Oracle compatibility mode when creating the content store

If you configured the IBM® Db2® database server to use Oracle compatibility mode, you must temporarily disable the Oracle compatibility mode before creating the content store. After creating the content store, configure the IBM Db2 database server to use Oracle compatibility mode again. For details, see https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/515565.

Cognos Analytics Framework Manager using SAMLv2 is not supported

If you use Framework Manager, you are not able to authenticate using SAMLv2 and you are not redirected to the SAMLv2 authentication page.

HTML iFrame embedded elements are not supported for sharing reports

You cannot use the HTML iFrame embedded element to share reports.