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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Delete functionality in the import specifications in Controller Web

It would be useful to have the delete functionality in the import specifications of Controller Web, similar as it is available in Controller Client.
about 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Functionality already exists

Company independent lookup tables in controller web

In the client version of cognos controller the possibility exists to create company independent lookup tables by including a temporary field that retrieves the company code in the upload file and link this to the mapping table with the same code. ...
about 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Automated reports emailed to user

Controller currently requires users to login and run reconciliation reports. Users have requested the ability to add some automation to this process so that the reconciliation report is sent by email.
over 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Display the number of active users logged on

It would be beneficial if the total number of users logged on to Controller is displayed in the function View Active Users. Today we have to count the number of users manually and it´s quite time consuming if there are more than 150 users logged ...
over 8 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Shareholdings and investments in external companies, restrict to current period

Our users add values in Shareholdings and Investments for external companies via a form. In the Shareholdings register the users can add other dates than from current period. But in the form it will be saved at current period. See attached documen...
over 8 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...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Manual Journal Entry information needed in Planning Analytics

The FP&A team needs more details about the journals for their finance analysis, including header information as available in the reports XBJH and XDB22 from Cognos Controller. These information could also be leveraged to help automating some o...
about 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Native API connectors from IBM CCR (On Cloud) to PowerBI

It is popular today for Native API connectors for a variety of systems and understanding that an organization may not utilize solely 1 or 2 systems from a principal. Hence, the need for native API connectors between various principals. Such would ...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Planned for future release

Figures for group with cross-owned companies in the FAP cube do not match with numbers in Controller reports

When using FAP with General Configuration->Server Preferences the figures in MonthlyCompanyDetails FAP cube are different from the Controller Trial Balance Report - figures for group with cross-owned companies in the FAP cube do not match with ...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Reschedule multiple batch jobs (multi-select) at the same time

Our clients use Maintain -> Batch Queue -> Manage in order to reschedule batch jobs in Cognos Controller. They reschedule them to be executed immediately. The jobs are put in a queue which is fine and executed as configured (1 by 1). Unfo...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration