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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...
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 8 Needs more information

Lock an account for input in the account structure.

We would like the option to lock an account for input or import of data directly in the account structure. Account develops over time. Some accounts might not be valid to use over time. It might not be possible to merge these accounts, include the...
over 10 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Calculations for storing in forms in Controller web

Example: It would be great to have forms where you kan mix different actualities, and have calculations which makes the summation stored in the db. For example in the budget-process when you define forms where you get AC (YTD) in the first column ...
about 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Scheduling of Import from Flat Files for Daily, Weekly & Monthly

Current settings only allow "Import from Flat Files" to be scheduled for "Execute immediately" or "One Time Only". However, as month end closing are done monthly, There is a need to have the import scheduled Monthly at least. Workaround now is to ...
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Planned for future release

provide Index status between CCR database and FAP to enable customer to decide if we need to reset the data publish

Currently there are many instances where the data is not fully published, especially when the new structures are published in controller, this leads to data consistency problem in report. So the users does not know when to reset the trickle publis...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration

Free forms in Intercompany and reconcile tab in Controller Web

In Controller web , in the reconcile and intercompany tab and in case of a free form, it is not possible to go directly to the form in which you would like to correct the error. One has to open the form from the populate tab. This is slower and wh...
about 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration

OPTIM/HPU INTERFACE CHANGE TO ALLOW USE OF MULTIPLE IMAGE-COPY DATASETS

This is an enhancement request for OPTIM TDM for z/OS (FMID HAEYB70). OPTIM TDM/DP currently allows users to inform only one image-copy dataset (taken in another DB2 subsystem) in the process of extracting and converting data. In our environment w...
about 3 years ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 1 Future consideration

Controller Web Open projects on company level

Reporting units has to see projects referring to periods and actualities that they have finish. When a reporting unit has locked their company they still see the project as open when they enter Controller web. This becomes most annoying during per...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Planned for future release

Change password in Controller Web

The user needs access to Controller Classic to be able to change his/her password as there is no such functionality in Controller Web.
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Controller Web support for non-stable networks

In this age of the pandemic, more people are working from home, and are thus connected via networks that are not 100% stable. In Controller Web you tend to get an error message if the websock communication is broken, and then you will have to relo...
almost 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration