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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Feature to scheduled report to export in Cognos Controller

Can we have feature in Cognos Controller to export the data and possible way to scheduled the job to automate this manual export file in Cognos Controller.
over 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 3 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

Time frequency missing while Scheduling Jobs - hourly timestamp missing in Cognos Controller

The client would like to reduce the monthly closing process step where they order Consolidation By status jobs on batch. The client would like to run Consolidation By Status in Batch on an hourly basis. For that the client will need to manually or...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 3 Future consideration

Translation method D for intercompany currency differences

Issue: For our Group consolidation we are translating P/L figures using translation method D (Average Period rates). But on intercompany transactions Cognos Controller calculates and post currency differences based on translation method M (Average...
11 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration

The option menu is being selected at any place while moving the mouse in the consolidation status

The option menu is being selected at any place while moving the mouse in the consolidation status While opening a Consolidation Status from controller application,when selecting the menu options in the radio button or check box after clicking the ...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 5 Not under consideration

Saved window sizes should be sanity-checked when opening

User opens a dataentry form in Excel and clicks to open the Intercompany popup. A window is opened and visible in the taskbar, but the user cannot access it in any way (but it can be closed funny enough). When unticking the 'Save window size' opti...
over 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Currently locking is available by period and by company, and not by consolidation type

In a multi consolidation type/multi group scenario implementation it is possible that due to human error a consolidation is run for a consolidation type/Group even though the numbers for that group have been finalised and as a result of this conso...
over 3 years 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 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Embedded report library default configuration into installation default / config utility

Since the embedded report library should be the main source of system reports from Controller 11.0, please make it the default configuration, or possible to configure in Controller Configuration. For example: Updating the CA server URL in Controll...
11 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release

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.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration