Troubleshooting
Problem
Cognos Analytics version 10 required the SAP classic RFC libraries to connect to SAP BW sources.
SAP deprecated support for the classic RFC SDK and libraries after the SAP 7.10 release in 2016.
For more details, please refer to SAP Note 413708.
SAP released a new RFC SDK and libraries with SAP NetWeaver 7.10, which SAP refers to as the SAP NetWeaver RFC library.
For more details, refer to the SAP Note 1025361.
The new SAP client is incompatible with the older classic RFC library.
Support for SAP NetWeaver RFC was introduced in Cognos Analytics 11.0.
SAP released a new RFC SDK and libraries with SAP NetWeaver 7.10, which SAP refers to as the SAP NetWeaver RFC library.
For more details, refer to the SAP Note 1025361.
The new SAP client is incompatible with the older classic RFC library.
Support for SAP NetWeaver RFC was introduced in Cognos Analytics 11.0.
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13 January 2026
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