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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Company independent lookup tables in controller web

In the client version of cognos controller the possibility exists to create company independent lookup tables by including a temporary field that retrieves the company code in the upload file and link this to the mapping table with the same code. ...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

More user-friendly trial balance with drilldown report when you have a comprehensive dimension structure

See attached document. Our users are impacted every month.
9 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration

Controller web-to allow fixing of historical rate on company journal

Controller web company journal data entry should allow fixing of historical rate like what the Controller Classic is currently providing.
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Historical rates in a new consolidation type.

When you define a new Consolidation type it´s always very tricky to get the right opening balances on Etyp 1 transactions. It would be so much easier if Controller could get the closing balance amounts from a selected consolidation type when you ...
over 7 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

IC reconciliation on transaction currency in Web portal

When using the new web portal it is difficult to see true differences in IC reconciliations. Current IC reconciliation on the web only highlights the total difference, but when working in a multy currency environment that is not enough. A currency...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Manual Journal Entry information needed in Planning Analytics

The FP&A team needs more details about the journals for their finance analysis, including header information as available in the reports XBJH and XDB22 from Cognos Controller. These information could also be leveraged to help automating some o...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Select multiple periods for copying opening balances

Users have requested the ability to copy forward opening balances for multiple periods.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Prevent modification of historical Investment register entries

Users are currently allowed to edit any Investment Register entries, regardless of if they are in a historically closed accounting period. This can cause issues when trying to re-run consolidation for previous periods.
almost 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Reporting status visible in intercompany reconciliaton (controller web)

It would be nice to see in the intercompany reconciliation tab of Controller Web the reporting status of the counterparts. For example all the amounts will appear as differences , even when the counterpart has not started the input, so it is not a...
10 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Submit sub-groups

In Cognos Controller it's possible to submit (close) company reporting for a specific closing version, defined in general configuration. In larger groups next step is often, closing of groups/subgroups (including other journal types than the compa...
10 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration