What's new and changed in Cognos Analytics

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Cognos® Analytics updates can include new features, bug fixes, and security updates. Updates 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 Cloud Pak for Data.

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Cloud Pak for Data Version 4.7.3

A new version of Cognos Analytics was released in September 2023 with Cloud Pak for Data 4.7.3.

Operand version: 24.3.0

This release includes the following changes:

New features

The 24.3.0 release of Cognos Analytics includes the following features and updates:

Updated software version
This release of the Cognos Analytics service provides Version 11.2.4 Fix Pack 2 + IF 1013 of the Cognos Analytics software. For details, see Release 11.2.4 FP2 - New and changed features in the Cognos Analytics documentation.
Updated JDBC driver version for Db2®
This release of the Cognos Analytics service provides an updated version of the Db2 driver to Version 4.32.45.
Issues fixed in this release

Version 24.3.0 of the Cognos Analytics service includes various fixes.

Customer-reported issues fixed in this release
DT223637: Cognos for CPD URL is being redirected to CPD URL

Cloud Pak for Data Version 4.7.0

A new version of Cognos Analytics was released in June 2023 with Cloud Pak for Data 4.7.0.

Operand version: 24.0.0

This release includes the following changes:

New features

The 24.0.0 release of Cognos Analytics includes the following features and updates:

Data migration with the cpd-cli export-import utility
You can now use the cpd-cli export-import utility to migrate Cognos Analytics data between Cloud Pak for Data instances. For more information, see Migrate Cognos Analytics data between clusters.
Cognos PowerCubes data source
You can now use Cognos PowerCubes as a data source. For more information, see Set up Cognos PowerCubes.
Reduced footprint
The vCPU requirements for Cognos Analytics are less than in Cloud Pak for Data Version 4.6.

Cognos Analytics instances now use fewer resources. The following resources are required for each plan size:

  • Fixed minimum: 10 vCPU (down from 11)
  • Small: 16 vCPU (down from 18)
  • Medium: 18 vCPU (down from 22)
  • Large: 25 vCPU (down from 27)

For more information, see Provisioning the Cognos Analytics service.

For the minimum resources required to install Cognos Analytics, see Hardware requirements.

Updated software version for Cognos Analytics
The 24.0.0 release of the Cognos Analytics service provides Version 11.2.4 Fix Pack 1 + Interim Fix of the Cognos Analytics software. For more information, see Release 11.2.4 FP1 - New and changed features
in the Cognos Analytics documentation.
Issues fixed in this release

Version 24.0.0 of the Cognos Analytics service includes various fixes.

Security issues fixed in this release

This release includes fixes for the following security issue:

CVE-2023-28953