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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Method to increase idle timeout for Controller Web (currently fixed at 60 minutes)

If a user is logged into Controller Web, but pauses using it (leaving it on screen but idle) they will get a problem if they don't click on anything (in Controller Web) for more than 60 minutes. If using Native authentication, it will just return ...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Planned for future release

Configuration to prevent company journals from being entered in anything other than local currency

Add to Cognos Controller a configuration setting to prevent users from entering company journals in anything other than local currency.
over 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under 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.
over 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Log Report to enhance for import from staging table

Enhance Log Report to show information e.g. company code in the Data File box for import from staging table. In the current version this box is empty.
over 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Increase 'integer' part of currency rate from 5 to 6 digits.

In order to accommodate currency rates which fluctuate between 5 and 6 digits for the integer part, a default of 6 is requested. Although, it is possible to change the 'unit' outside of currency configuration (ie. in Group > Data Entry > Cur...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Able to break link for Controller Excel-Linked Formulas

scenario: users created excel-linked reports which included excel formulas. Every month, they want to distribute the reports to non-Controller users (usually management level) but to retain excel formulas. So users have to perform "copy+paste valu...
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 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 8 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Forms in populate should be in same order than Reorder in Classic Client

No description provided
about 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release

Local client being compatible for different product versions

The Controller 11 client that is currently downloaded From Controller Web to a user's machine is only compatible to a single product version. For customers with separate production and development environments this will cause a restriction, say de...
10 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

The alphanumerical sort order of companies/groups starting with the letter "V" and "W" are mixed instead of separated in the Group status function

Menu Group/Group Status. It would be beneficial if Companies/Groups starting with "V" and "W" are separated and not mixed when sorting by alhpanumerical order in the Group status function. When sorting according to alhpanumerical order I would lik...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration