Question & Answer
Question
Are semi-colons accepted characters in Cognos datasource signon passwords? While creating a signon password for Postgres SQL datasource in Cognos Admin, the following message is seen:
Cause
The Classic Admin Portal page blocks the use of semi-colons when creating Postgres datasource signon:
Answer
However, you can use the "Admin Lite" to create the Data Server connection using semi-colon:
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28 August 2020
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