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Dremio JDBC driver version 25 is incompatible with Cognos Analytics

Troubleshooting


Problem

Dremio version 25 introduced breaking changes that prevent it being loaded by the Java 8 run time in Cognos Analytics (12.x and 11.2.4.x).
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: JVMCFRE199E bad major version 55.0 of class=com/dremio/jdbc/Driver, the maximum supported major version is 52.0; offset=6
      at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:397)
      at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:358)

Cause

A copy of the Dremio version 25 JDBC driver has been placed in the <cognos>\drivers folder.

Resolving The Problem

Replace  the Dremio version 25 JDBC driver with version 24.x.

Cognos Analytics supported environment pages provides details on Dremio JDBC drivers that can be used.

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
06 May 2025

UID

ibm17149201