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DQM Reports fail because of datasource not in JDBC format

Troubleshooting


Problem

Cognos Administrator has configured the datasource and tested it for both DQM and CQM. But when some users attempt to run any DQM report they get the following error: Connection string for data source is not in JDBC format

Symptom

Error message:

XQE-JDB-0005 Connection string for data source <datasource name> is not in JDBC format

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Modified date:
08 May 2025

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