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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Administrators are able to set the startpageurl preference in Controller centrally

The startpageurl preference is not available at server preference level and has to be setup and configured by each user themselves.
over 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Restrict databases in select database to log on to

We intend to use Cognos Controller in a cloud environment where internal but also external users (customers) have access to. Currently, when a user launch Cognos Controller client, they will see all cognos controller databases in the "select datab...
almost 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Account Structure Reports - Analyze

We want to have in the Account Structure Reports, when selecting a specific account, also the linked structure code, right now you only can see the link type and the name of the linked structure.We would like the 'Link Type' included on the Accoun...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

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...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration

Allow customers to enable multiple consolidations batches to run in parallel

Because of the high volume of the consolidation we need to run during the closing periods, it will be very beneficial to have the ability to run multiple consolidations at the same time, in parallel batch jobs. We understand the risk of running co...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Application Performance Dashboard to monitor some parameters and get alerts when approaching critical states

Currently, when the application performance goes down, we only get to know it by the feedback we get from the users, when they have already been hit by slowness or instability accessing the application or running reports/processes within it. In or...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Planned for future release

system audit log to track comments input/changes from CCR client & CCR web

users would like to have comments tracked. both comments entered through ccr client data entry forms or ccr web forms.
over 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

FAP Service.properties - Password Encryption

Hi, at our client Atlantic Group d.d. during upgrade of PA,CA,CC client set request to eliminate all hardcoded passwords on any file on all models. We successfully eliminated them by using inbuilt encryption (e.g. in PA) or if password was in .bat...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Ability to download / upload Custom Palette

User develops Custom Global Palettes (Manage > Customization > Palette > New custom palette) in DEV environment and creates reports using the custom palettes. User exports new reports from DEV to UAT. Custom Palettes are not included in t...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Not under consideration

Support for Windows Authentication between Controller and SQL Server

Database administrators more and more frequently disables SQL Server Logins and prefer to use Windows Authentication between server applications and Microsoft SQL Server database servers. In Controller, it would be nice to have turn-key support to...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration