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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Make it easier to run Consolidations automatically

Our main User Group (Group Consolidation team) are aware of the ability to create automatic Consolidaitions via menu "Consolidation With Status" and "Schedule job...". But they want to create Consolidations on batch/schedule them in a more automat...
17 days ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Submitted

Report layout is not same as layout of the old version

In the current version/setup, we are running the embedded report library, which may cause slight layout differences in some reports. The embedded report library cannot be modified directly and requires an enhancement or idea request. The current v...
about 1 month ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Submitted

Controller Web – IC Reconciliation reports by dimension

I would like to highlight the importance of having the possibility in Controller Web to run IC reports by certain Extended Dimension. We would like to move to the Web version, but without that functionality it does not make sense. Otherwise, we ne...
about 1 month ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Planned for future release

Add 'net accounting of intercompany balances' option in standard report

Applicable to IBM Cognos Controller v 11 -> In standard report 'group / reconcile / intercompany balances', there is a default option 'net accounting of intercompany balances'. Such option doesn't exist in the standard report 'company / reconci...
about 1 month ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Under review

Investment Elimination Template - restrict to accounts on the control table

When entering the investment elimination template/journal for automatic elimination of investments, the parent’s investment side of the investment elimination template is straightforward as the investment account is usually automatically selected ...
about 2 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Planned for future release

UdBR copy between companies to copy all fields, also IC

We wanted to use UdBR to reverse some companies on a different company code in a journal. Copy data between companies with UdBR works, except for intercompany data, as only the field BOL is copied, but not the field URSBOL, containing the same cod...
4 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Ability to copy currency rates across more than one period

The main reason for copying currency rates is to copy ‘Constant’ rates through the 12 months of a Budget and/or Forecast actuality, and actuals restated at ‘Constant‘ rates. Therefore, it makes sense for consolidation/super users to be able to cop...
4 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release

'on no match default' functionality (for import specifications) in Controller Web

Customer already use import specs and CSV files to import data into Controller classic. However, they would like to use Controller Web instead. The customer relies on the classic functionality " on no match default " to get their classic impor...
4 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Planned for future release

Addition of loop formula for import spec design on CC Web

Controller Web cannot currently replicate the Controller Classic client for loading data that crosses multiple columns. For example, where a data file contains 12 columns relating to 12 months of a budget file, this can be loaded on Controller Cla...
4 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release

Conditional automatic journals to post values on different from REPO journal types

When using conditional automatic journals, it is not possible to re-direct postings to a different journal type then REPO, even if puting it on "Journal type" field, on control table. Even if filtering Trial Balance to show only REPO/BASE, automat...
5 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 8 Needs more information