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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Ability to download / upload Custom Palette

User develops Custom Global Palettes (Manage > Customization > Palette > New custom palette) in DEV environment and creates reports using the custom palettes. User exports new reports from DEV to UAT. Custom Palettes are not included in...
almost 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Not under consideration

Keep layout when sending Trial Balance to Excel

In a Trial Balance in Controller there are lines (between rows) to display which accounts are summation accounts. When sending the report to Excel the layout disappear. Consequently, the report in Excel are almost impossible to read. My customers ...
almost 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Period Interval in Custom Reports to expand

current list of period intervals are YTD, 1,2,3,4,6,12 and NPY. It happens that user requires interval 5 & 7 and is unable to find, hence has to work out the interval 5 & 7 values in order to present in excel-linked report. Hence, user is ...
about 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

fGetTransVal to be used also for IC Margin accounts

To be able to make reports on Intercompany Profit Calculations, it would be very helpful to be able to retrieve the Margins entered in Cognos Controller. The accounts are defined as IC accounts with M-code and the Margin is entered as Transaction ...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Remove 'Idle timeout' from IBM Controller cloud environment

The new IBM Cloud environment has the ridiculous setting that users are kicked out after 15 minutes being idle.Users cannot logon anymore and can not report there data. IBM will rapidly lose customers when this is not solved. Unacceptable that thi...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Unencrypted password in udl file

We have discovered that in udl files the password is unencrypted. When discovered during a penetration test this is considered a high risk.
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Cognos Controller AFC is not transferred into FAP properly

When transferring AFC values from Cognos Controller into FAP, figures are not transferred properly and therefore cannot be used in reporting purposes. For example, consolidation data is wrongly calculated within TM1 because each consolidation leve...
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Reversal Journal Function should Auto Reverse Historical Rates as well

When using the Reverse Journal Function, journal is reversed at current rate. Resulting in a difference in reconciliation between the current and historical rate. Current work around is going back a period and set the journal type to R-Reversing a...
about 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

CCR Web to update for changes in structures made via client

To enhance Web so that changes in structures made via CCR client can be view instantly by web users without the need to log off & log on Web.
about 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Excel 2016 in cognos cloud link instead of excel 2013

Upgrade from Excel 2013 to 2016 (when using cognos controller link)
over 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration