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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Controller Web error handling (with relation to invalid actualities / submissions)

With current version of Controller (v11), if you have a 'rogue' (invalid) submission (where it refers to an actuality that has been deleted in the past, so no longer exists) then it is impossible to launch Controller Web. Specifically, as soon ...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Is a defect

Linked actuality currency conversion also for Group Journals

Currently Currency-conversion and consolidation is not done for Group-journals, stored on GAC's. In the old consolidation model this was not possible, in NYKOMO this should be possible
about 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

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

Increase company code length from 6 to 9

current controller company code is limited to 6 characters. user has multiple consolidation types in which have used up alot of the alphanumeric combinations as group codes between consolidation types should be different. When it comes to group re...
almost 8 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Remove 'Idle timeout' from IBM Controller cloud environment

The new IBM Cloud environment has the ridiculous setting that users are kicked out after 15 minutes being idle.Users cannot logon anymore and can not report there data. IBM will rapidly lose customers when this is not solved. Unacceptable that thi...
about 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 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 ...
over 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 ...
over 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...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release

Unencrypted password in udl file

We have discovered that in udl files the password is unencrypted. When discovered during a penetration test this is considered a high risk.
over 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

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