Troubleshooting
Problem
When testing Cognos Analytics 11.0.0 report against a Data Module package connecting to both Oracle 11g and Oracle 12c, the cells of the reporting object (list/crosstab/etc) shows '
Symptom
This only happens in the following situations:
- only for data types that use NVARCHAR2. Other tested data types that work are VARCHAR2 and NVARCHAR
- only for Data Module packages. FM packages work.
- only against Oracle datasource. Both Oracle 11g and 12c are affected. SQLServer using NVARCHAR2 works.
[{"Product":{"code":"SSTSF6","label":"IBM Cognos Analytics"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"Administration and Configuration v11x","Platform":[{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"11.0","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}},{"Product":{"code":"SS6G84","label":"IBM Cognos Analytics on Cloud"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":" ","Platform":[{"code":"","label":""}],"Version":"","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}},{"Product":{"code":"SSLKT6","label":"IBM Maximo Asset Management"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":" ","Platform":[{"code":"","label":""}],"Version":"","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB77","label":"Automation Platform"}}]
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Modified date:
13 January 2026
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