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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Controller Web 'Refresh' button (to synchronise changes made in classic client) to be inside other tabs where 'Issues' are flagged (like the 'Reconciliation' tab) instead of only inside tab 'Intercompany'

There is a known limitation with Controller Web (see https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1167568, plus also case TS004629628) where if you make changes in Controller 'classic' client (for example to fix a reconciliation issue) then Controller W...
over 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Account description available in Controller web

It would be great to have the possibility to see an account description on one account in Controller Web.
over 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Planned for future release

Possibility to select a Contribution Version for Control table E705 (Indirect Minority)

In the Control table E700 (Direct Minority) it is possible to select a Contribution Version but for the table E705 (Indirect Minority) it is NOT possible to select a Contribution version. It is only possible to select a Closing Version. This is re...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Not under consideration

Scheduling Reports built in Controller (extraction in Excel)

Scheduling reports in Excel is the first step in the process of preparing Consolidated Financial Statements for the business leaders. Each business leader receives a Consolidated workbook with multiple tabs (BS, P&L and CF) for the companies, ...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Decimal percentages should be allowed on Allocation Control Tables Source Tab

Currently, only full numbers are allowed on the Source Tab of the Allocation Control Tables. Customer needs to post the percentage of 12.5% to the target. However, being unable to enter 12.5% on the Source tab, User needs to set the Source tab to ...
about 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Have a Controller Formula on Excel-Link report to show which Database the last refresh was done from

Users are now accessing 2 databases at a time, after refreshing the Excel-Link reports and saving, a second User using the report is unable to identify which database is the data refreshed belongs to. Currently Users need to rename the file after ...
about 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release

Use Cognos Analytics security groups to limit access to different Cognos Databases

When authenticating cognos controller users against the cognos analytics security (linked to AD) using CAM authentication by default every user in the Cognos User group has access to every data source configured in the Controller configuration. It...
about 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release

No security rights for GROUP – can’t run some of the reports where Group choice is required to pick Company

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over 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

IF2 overwrites config.js in frontend directory

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over 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Is a defect

iii. How-to “unpack” dril-down from XML column at web import tables for example to FAP

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over 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration