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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Interco profit load %

Would it be possible to load the interco profit margin % instead of doing it manually. Could be In the interco profit data entry directly or when loading a general ledger add a column to load % interco profit.
about 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 3 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

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...
over 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Import journals while reporting takes place in a form

This enhancement regards Error 47 "The form containing the account is locked for update" inside 'Import of External Data' report. In a reporting process countries report their data in forms (REPO) while group accounting performs adjustments in jou...
over 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Helping manage the icons that appear for

We are a large company with heavy dependency on Cognos Controller, for our consolidation process. Since IBM cannot hold more than 4 DBs in 1 environment, we have 5 - Dev 1, 2 & 3 (2&3) being for reference and Staging and Prod. With all the...
over 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

able to select possibility not to see counter companies in reports - regarding companies not connected to the selected consolidation structure

See case TS004265604 for all details
over 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Not under consideration

Citrix Storefront security management

Currently, all icons on Citrix Storefront are completely visible to all users whether they need to see them or not. The idea would be to map users in a way that specific icons are visible only to specific users Prod-CC to all FAP to Admins only De...
over 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Import Group journals in Cognos Controller using CSV

Please, provide the ability to import Group Journals using Type of Journal = G (Group) in IBM Cognos Controller using CSV files from Transfer / External Data / Import General Journals. G option is allowed to be used but it does not work. It will...
over 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 3 Not under consideration

Ability to Add Special Characters Such as $ to Account Code

Currently, our company has started using special characters such for accounts as we have run out of numbers. These new accounts with numbers and special characters (like $) can not be entered into Controller.
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

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