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Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

change currency conversion of "real difference" in intercompany accounts to calculate the difference first and convert it into group currency afterwards

change the order of calculating the real difference in intercompany reconciliation and currency conversion current status in Controller: 1. converts transaction amounts into group currency, accoring to account definition  2. calculates the re...
4 days ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) Submitted

Request for Automated SSL/TLS Certificate Management and Keystore Renewal for IBM Cognos Controller & Controller Web

With industry standards restricting commercial SSL/TLS certificate validity to a maximum of 398 days (and moving towards shorter 90 to 200-day cycles), the manual overhead required to update certificates across IBM Cognos Controller (CCR) and Cont...
7 days ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) Submitted

The "date" field reference within the Investment Elimination Template needs to accommodate groups with year ends that are not December, but closing in period 12

To illustrate the current issue, take a group reporting year end against 30 September.  This will then mean that period 2612 belongs to September 2026 for the finance year 25/26.  However, when inputting entry to the investment eliminati...
14 days ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) Future consideration

Removal of text reference to "Cognos" within the URL required for local client installation for IBM Cloud

The following URL is an example illustration, https://customer112.controller.ibmcloud.com/ibmcognos/controllerserver.  Rather than this URL referencing "IBMcognos", could the inclusion of "cognos" please be removed?  When running the cli...
14 days ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) Needs more information

Enrich system audit log details related to account structure and company structure

When I enable "tracking of structure changes details for system audit log > Structures" I would expect to see a detailed log of the changes I make to structures, such as the company structure. I have tested to change the "To Period" date, and t...
about 1 month ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) Under review

Possibility to hide rows in standard forms CCR web

We ask for a possibility to hide a row, that's included in a row definition, in a standard form in CCR web. Maybe a tick box in the row definition where you can select/deselect if a row should be visible in the standard form when you are reporting...
2 months ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) Under review

CCR needs to pull journals (company & GAC) layer by layer by subgroups unlike in PA which can be pulled directly in group level

The way CCR pulls journals is still too rigid, as compared to PA. In CCR Journal reports can only be generated group by group. Unable to select multiple groups. Auditors request for ALL journals to be provided, in this case, the consolidation team...
3 months ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) Under review

CCR audit log not so user friendly with codes which are not explained

Although under idea https://ibm-data-and-ai.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/BACC-I-281 it says that the enhancement has been delivered, the report continues to be not so user friendly. More details from Customer below: Codes are not user friendly, and unable ...
3 months ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) Under review

Consolidation Type not listed in generated user access Company Group report

Customer has cases where an entity can exist in more than one Consolidation Type. In the Security Groups configuration page, it will be segregated by Consol Type. However, when Company Group reports are generated, the Consol Type info is dropped, ...
3 months ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) Under review

Support of D-rates in intercompany reconciliation in Controller Web

It's not possible for customers using D-rates for currency conversion to use Controller Web for intercompany reconciliation. The reason is that Controller Web is converting PL-accounts using closing rates instead. The intercompany reconciliation r...
3 months ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) Future consideration