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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Self-Service Restart, Status Monitoring, and Alert Notifications for API-Batch Service in Controller Web

Description Currently, when the API-Batch Service encounters issues or stops functioning, users must raise an IBM support case and wait for the SRE team to manually restart the service. This dependency introduces significant delays, especially dur...
5 days ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release

Automated Monitoring and Recovery for Finance Analytics Publisher (FAP) Service

Description Currently, the Finance Analytics Publisher (FAP) Service requires manual monitoring and restarting through Controller Web. There is no alert mechanism to notify stakeholders when the service stops due to errors, resulting in a highly m...
5 days ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release

Detailed Status and Logging for API-Based Data Loads in Controller

Current Challenge In the Classic Client, detailed log reports are available for data uploaded to Controller. Similarly, Controller Web provides status and detailed logs for consolidations, manual web imports, and a summary of Classic imports, incl...
6 days ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Planned for future release

Missing support for Microsoft SQL server 2025

When will SQL Server 2025 be supported as Database in Cognos Controller (CCR)? As of today SQL server 2022 is most recent listed in clarity reports for CCR 11.1.1 Customers upgrading to most recent Windows environments are asking for SQL 2025 supp...
3 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Planned for future release

FAP went into Error state:-The company was being modified, in Controller, at the SAME time as FAP was performing an Update Structure for that SAME company.

Hi Team, The company was being modified, in Controller, at the SAME time as FAP was performing an Update Structure for that SAME company and we have observed FAP went to error state. IBM case Reference:-TS018094586 Kindly help us to improve this p...
7 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release

Lock shareholdings popup form in Controller Web for editing of transaction dates older than current period

When populating the account connected to investment in group companies the popup window ensure correct values being entered into the data entry form. The feature that allows you to add rows with transaction dates within the current period is a goo...
8 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Planned for future release

Add the possibility to export free form in Controller Web

In the Export Company data which was delivered 2020: BACC-I-243 you cannot in any way export free forms in Controller Web meaning that the reporters can not export all forms thru controller web for documentations purposes which is needed in some c...
9 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 3 Planned for future release

Multiple User Administrators for Controller Web

It is currently only possible for a single administrator (ADM) to link IBM ID's to Controller users. In the interest of business continuity and to avoid credentials sharing, it would be really beneficial if additional user administrators could be ...
10 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Planned for future release

Unlock all periods should be moved/removed

The "unlock all periods" checkmark in "change multi period locking" menu is too easy to press on accident, it should be moved to a different menu or there should be set an additional security measure where additional access should be given to be a...
12 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Planned for future release

In Controller Web it should be made possible to enter data for intercompany "M" accounts

In Controller Web it should be made possible to enter data for intercompany "M" accounts. There are many customers requesting this. It is not always an option for customers to import this information or to enter the information via Controller Clas...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 3 Planned for future release