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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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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

Report book extraction in excel workbook instead of separate excel files

When running a report book in cognos controller, it would be helpful to have the possibility to generate multiple excel reports in a single report book in 1 excel workbook instead of all single excel files.
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Not under consideration

Interval parameter

It would be useful tohave the 'interval' parameter in the pop-up in cognos reports as a possibility to choose from. When building reports in cognos, the parameter is one of the values that can be selected in the getvalues function, but there i...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Being able to change all variables on an IC transaction on Cognos WEB

When clicking on an IC transaction in Cognos web, only the amounts are editable. There's no option to alter the counter dimension and counter company. This is the case in classic Cognos in Excel. Only way to "change" it now is to copy the whole li...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Is a defect

Add the possibility to use the import specifications created in Controller Classic

At this moment, import specifications in Controller Web doesn't allow to use some elaborate operation like "IF", temporary fields,... It's a blocking point for a lot customers to use Controller Web.
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 4 Not under consideration

Data Classification Labelling

Our company has an IT security requirement that all data has a classification whether it is electronic or printed on paper. There are four different classifications of data and the user should be allowed to choose one. The label would need to be i...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 3 Not under consideration

Reconciliation rules per dimension, not only legal entity

In the section "Reconciliation" in Controller Web you can see three reconciliation rules Debit - Credit, OB-CB and any account rules. However, the rules are only applied on legal entity level and not per extended dimension. Would be a great advant...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Imroved administration of linked structures

The administration of linked structures (Company - Dim1/2/3/4) with a great number of companies, is very time consuming. With many companies, having more or less the same access to dimensions but with minor differences, you need to set up and main...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Improved admin of user rights

The administration of user rights, with a great number of users, is very time consuming. With many users, having more or less the same company rights but with minor differences you need to set up and maintain one company security group per user. I...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Keep company in security rights after end-date

When selling/likquidating a company, you set an end-date in the company structure. As a result, the company will disapear from all company security groups. No user will be able to select and see historic values for that company until you have manu...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration