In Cognos 12.1.1, legacy data visualizations and charts that are no longer supported can still be viewed in existing reports without requiring any updates.

Some visualizations removed from IBM® Cognos® Analytics 12.1.0 and later, specifically those based on the Presentation Graphics SDK (PGSDK), are automatically converted to equivalent modern visualizations available in the Cognos.

Below is the list of visualizations and their converted substitutes:

Old VisualizationConverted Visualization
PGSDK pie visualizationPie chart with AVS engine
PGSDK combination visualizationCombination chart with the engine
PGSDK 3D combination visualizationCombination chart with the engine.
PGSDK radar visualization11.1 Pareto visualization, with VIDA engine

For all other PGSDK visualizations that cannot be converted, you receive the following message:

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