The following features are no longer supported in Series 7 Version 4.
For a complete list of software environments no longer supported in Series 7 Version 4, please check the relevant link on the Software Environments page on http://support.cognos.com.
Series 7 Version 4 does not include the Access Manager Configuration wizard.
The Access Manager Configuration wizard allowed you to set up Access Manager runtime configuration such as authentication source type, connection information, and SSL parameters.
All functionality previously provided by the Access Manager Configuration wizard is available through the IBM Cognos Configuration Manager.
Series 7 Version 4 no longer supports metadata import from Informatica PowerMart or ERwin metadata sources.
You can import metadata directly from the underlying databases and perform the transformations to create the Business and Package layers.
In Series 7 Version 4, you can no longer customize the Impromptu Toolbar between flat and 3-D buttons.
Consistent with current Microsoft Windows user interface standards, this version of Impromptu provides only the flat button style.
Series 7 Version 4 no longer supports the wizard-based import of dimensional metadata from DB2 Cube Views.
You can import the metadata directly from the underlying databases and model the dimensionality using Impromptu Catalogs and Transformer models.
Series 7 Version 4 no longer supports access to dBase using its proprietary native Application Programming Interface.
You can continue to access dBase data sources using an ODBC driver.
Series 7 Version 4 no longer supports Hewlett Packard’s old Precision Architecture 1.1 chipset.
HP’s Precision Architecture 1.1 was introduced in 1989 with chips such as PA7000, PA7100, PA7150, PA7100LC, PA7200, PA7300LC. They were used, for example, in HP 9000 D/E/F/G/H/I Series and some K-Class UNIX servers.
Series 7 Version 4 and future versions of Series 7 will continue to support HP’s more modern Precision Architecture 2.0 chipset, found in chips such as PA8000, PA8200, PA8500, PA8600, PA8700, PA8800, PA8900. They are used, for example, in HP9000 Superdome, rp family and K, L, N and V-Class and some D-Series UNIX servers.
To ensure that you can still run IBM Cognos Series 7 products on your HP9000 HP-UX servers, check that your servers use Precision Architecture 2.0.
Series 7 Version 4 no longer supports Oracle’s Long, Raw, and Long Raw data types.
Oracle has indicated that these data types will likely not be supported in future versions of its database. See LONG-to-LOB Migration API in Oracle 9i, http://otn.oracle.com/products/database/application_development/SQL/Oracle9i_SQL_DS.html. "Although Oracle9i supports LONG as well as LOB data types, Oracle recommends that existing applications should migrate to use LOBs instead of LONGs because of the added benefits that LOBs provide."
You should follow Oracle’s recommendations and convert these data types to the CLOB (Character Large OBject) data type, which is supported by Series 7 Version 4.
Series 7 Version 4 no longer supports ODBO access to SAP Business Warehouse.