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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Creating new batch service

Hi Team, We would like to have 2 batch services set up for Cognos Controller on Cloud to run the 2 consolidations together which we already have a set up in on-prem environment and we would like to have the same on IBM cloud.
over 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration

Controller Web error handling (with relation to invalid actualities / submissions)

With current version of Controller (v11), if you have a 'rogue' (invalid) submission (where it refers to an actuality that has been deleted in the past, so no longer exists) then it is impossible to launch Controller Web. Specifically, as soon ...
10 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Is a defect

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.
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Run more than one consolidations simoultenously

In Cognos Controller we we are able to run only one consolidation at a time. It does not allow other consolidation to run once the first one is finished. Can we enable option or anything change in system that can allow to run more than one consoli...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 3 Future consideration

Pushdown button - Updating all flows

Users manually pushing down journal by adding BC flow in journal and repo forms Option should be enabled to users for Pushdown where cognos auto updates BC flow to Journal and forms when user decides to pushdown the journal.
over 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Can we have option where we can overwrite numbers for all accounts?

When we try to do over write numbers, we can do only for accounts what we are loading numbers. Can we have option where we can overwrite numbers for all accounts?
over 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Functionality already exists

Auto populate tax and other statistical accounts calculation for Journals

For journal impacting PL, Tax lines are manually calculated and updated to journal including statistical accounts. System should auto add tax lines based on Tax rates per country by adding option in journal like "Calculate tax".
over 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Enable Daily, weekly, Monthly schedule job option when uploading file in SFTP server for Cognos Controller on Cloud.

Kindly help us to recommend a best method to upload a file from third party to into the Cognos Controller. As requirement business wanted to know how we can upload a file from third party to Cognos Controller of ABI application. We want the proces...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Controller Web support for "Reconcile by Journal" setting

Currently Controller Web produce an error message if Reconcile is set to be made by Journal Type, also described in the following technote and APAR: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21998917https://www-01.ibm.com/support/entdocview...
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

System Audit log - Failed login attempts

The idea would be to add functionality to record failed login attempts in the system audit log in Cognos Controller. It would be beneficial to have this shown in the audit log because this would strengthen the security of the application and the p...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration