What's new and changed in Cognos Dashboards

Cognos Dashboards updates can include new features and fixes. Releases are listed in reverse chronological order so that the latest release is at the beginning of the topic.

You can see a list of the new features for the platform and all of the services at What's new in IBM Software Hub.

Installing or upgrading Cognos Dashboards

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To install Cognos Dashboards along with the other IBM® Software Hub services, see Installing IBM Software Hub.
To upgrade Cognos Dashboards along with the other IBM Software Hub services, see Upgrading IBM Software Hub.
To install or upgrade Cognos Dashboards independently, see Cognos Dashboards.
Remember: All of the IBM Software Hub components associated with an instance of IBM Software Hub must be installed at the same version.

IBM Software Hub Version 5.1.3

A new version of Cognos Dashboards was released in April 2025 with IBM Software Hub 5.1.3.

Operand version: 5.1.3

This release includes the following changes:

Issues fixed in this release: This release of the service includes various fixes.
Customer-reported issues fixed in this release: For a list of customer-reported issues that were fixed in this release, see the Fix List for IBM Cloud Pak® for Data on the IBM Support website.

IBM Software Hub Version 5.1.2

A new version of Cognos Dashboards was released in March 2025 with IBM Software Hub 5.1.2.

Operand version: 5.1.2

This release includes the following changes:

Issues fixed in this release

This release of the service includes various fixes.

Customer-reported issues fixed in this release

For a list of customer-reported issues that were fixed in this release, see the Fix List for IBM Cloud Pak for Data on the IBM Support website.

Security issues fixed in this release

The following security issues were fixed in this release:

CVE-2024-29857, CVE-2024-30171, CVE-2024-30172, CVE-2024-34447, CVE-2024-43799

CVE-2023-32681

IBM Software Hub Version 5.1.1

A new version of Cognos Dashboards was released in February 2025 with IBM Software Hub 5.1.1.

Operand version: 5.1.1

This release includes the following changes:

New features

This release of Cognos Dashboards includes the following features:

Updated software version: This release of the service provides Version 12.0.4 IF2 of the Cognos Analytics dashboards software. For details, see Release 12.0.4 IF2 - Dashboards in the Cognos Analytics documentation.

To read more about these features, see What's new and changed in Cognos Dashboards in the IBM Cloud Pak for Data documentation.

Issues fixed in this release

This release of the service includes various fixes.

Customer-reported issues fixed in this release

For a list of customer-reported issues that were fixed in this release, see the Fix List for IBM Cloud Pak for Data on the IBM Support website.

IBM Software Hub Version 5.1.0

A new version of Cognos Dashboards was released in December 2024 with IBM Software Hub 5.1.0.

Operand version: 5.1.0

This release includes the following changes:

New features

This release of Cognos Dashboards includes the following features:

Updated software version: This release of the service provides Version 12.0.4 of the Cognos Analytics dashboards software. For details, see Release 12.0.4 - Dashboards in the Cognos Analytics documentation.

To read more about these features, see What's new and changed in Cognos Dashboards in the IBM Cloud Pak for Data documentation.

Issues fixed in this release

This release of the service includes various fixes.

Customer-reported issues fixed in this release

For a list of customer-reported issues that were fixed in this release, see the Fix List for IBM Cloud Pak for Data on the IBM Support website.