Voyager connections to Cognos Cubes

Hi All,
Can anyone please give me some info on the following:
1) Can we connect to Cognos Cubes through Voyager? If yes what is the procedure? Do we need to have any additional Addin's or installations?
2) Can we create a Universe directly connecting to an existing Cognos Cube just as we do with SAP BI Cubes?
Any answers on this will be really helpful.
Suma

Hi,
We cannot connect to Cognos cubes using Voyager. Voyager doesnu2019t support Cognos cubes.
I am not sure if we can create universe directly connecting to an existing Cognos Cube as there is no option in it for us to do it.
Thanks,

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