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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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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...
almost 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

End your own disconnected session

If you log in and you have an existing active session, Cognos Controller displays a warning message. You can end the active session and start a new one. Many users face the issue of being disconnected from a session and are unable to login until t...
almost 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2

Possibility to add a reconciliation rule between an Intercompany account and an Investment account

It would be beneficial if it was possible to enter reconciliation rules between Intercompany accounts and Investment accounts (defined with Investment code I (Acquisition calculation). Both of the IC-accounts and Investment accounts are used for g...
almost 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

E-typ 18 should use General config Differences to balance bookings

E-typ 18 creates a booking that doesn't balance. It should use the account configured in General config for "Other difference for Automatic Journals" to balance the journal. Affects all users in the system and ouccurs almost every months.
about 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Real-time updates in Controller Web, for changes made in Controller classic, relating to tabs such as 'Reconciliation', 'Intercompany' and 'Status'

This enhancement request is linked to another one (https://ibm-data-and-ai.ideas.aha.io/ideas/BACC-I-275) - However, I was asked to created it (by IBM Support) because it is subtly different. There is a known limitation with Controller Web (se...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Planned for future release

Upload Historical rates

Our client would like to translate cash flow line items at a more accurate rate than just using the M, D or B rate. In order to provide them the functionality we would make use of the historical rates table. Their concern is that head office shoul...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Web Drill down details at Account level to excel for Comments at Inter Co level

Comments are available under Field 6 for counter company when clicked on ‘Open drill-down’. However, when this data is exported to excel, then these comments do not appear in excel download. Comments updated have to be referred while reviewing the...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release

Period locked indication in Cognos Web

There is a feature to lock a period in Cognos Controller. As a result of the same, when a user tries to amend any data, it does not allow to update/input any value. Same period is unlocked in Cognos Web for same entity. Web user is unable to updat...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release

Audit log for changes to Journal Types and Closing Versions

Currently there is no audit tracking for any changes for Journal types and Closing versions. If there is any changes to these structures, it changes the data reflected in the reports. Without any audit log, Users won't be able to track the changes...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release

Post profit&loss automatically in Controller WEB

Hi Lab In Controller Classic there is a functionality in import specifications to transfer profit&loss automatically to a P&L account in the balance sheet. This functionality does not exist in the WEB import. We would like to see this func...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release