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Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Controller Web import specifications must allow the reuse of a column for different field definitions to avoid customers having to produce duplicate columns

In the version 11.1.1100.47 and forwards it is not possible for in import specification created in Controller Web, to re-use a column in a file 2 or more times for a field in the import spec. This was possible in previous versions. The fact that t...
about 4 hours ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Submitted

Informational reconcilation rule

In IBM Controller shall be enhanced with a capability that allows non‑blocking plausibility checks to be executed as part of the consolidation workflow, including all stages of the reconciliation process. These checks are designed to identify unus...
about 3 hours ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Submitted

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...
about 1 month ago in 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...
about 1 month ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Planned for future release

Improve IBM Controller Excel timeout experience

Current Challenge When IBM Controller Excel times out, users face two issues: Closing the logon pop-up triggers an error (see screenshot "Object reference not set to an instance of an object"). Attempting to log on again without restarting Ex...
about 1 month ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Is a defect

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...
about 1 month ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release

FAP application to support multi-subnet failover

Hi, After Q1 2025 our team proceeded with network migration to greenfield, after which our Cognos MSSQL server went from this setup: one primary, one backup; to this setup: cluster server - when one is in maintenance or overloaded, the other one t...
7 days ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Submitted

Allow security menu group rights to be imported

Customer received internal audit comment with >4000 comments for their existing 41 users in Controller and needs to make adjustments to the security group limitations. However, it is too tedious to edit manually. They are requesting enhancement...
about 2 months ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration

Procedure to do a mass delete in the SQL-tables (outside the Controller interface).

It is very much work to execute the UNSUPPORTED solution described hereby. We require this because we perform regularly a datarefresh to another pillar. In the target pillar, other users need access to Controller, and it should taken many hours to...
3 months ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 4 Not under consideration

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 Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 3 Planned for future release