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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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RDS on SQL Server support for Cognos Controller

We plan to upgrade Cognos Controller from 10.3 to 10.4.2 as version 10.3 is reaching its EOL. For this upgrade, on Database side we look for option to go with AWS RDS for SQL server. I have logged a case TS005705990 to check if RDS SQL DB is suppo...
over 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration

Reports Report

There is no way to pull out a report with all reports entered in Controller for both Company and Group Companies.
about 8 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Cognos Controller on Cloud to keep users Favorites on next login. (to retain data on the rich tiers)

The current design of Controller on Cloud is not to retain data on the rich tiers. This means that users personally added Favorites are gone on next login.
over 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Future consideration

End your own disconnected session

If you log in and you have an existing active session, Cognos Controller displays a warning message. You can end the active session and start a new one. Many users face the issue of being disconnected from a session and are unable to login until t...

Excel 2016 in cognos cloud link instead of excel 2013

Upgrade from Excel 2013 to 2016 (when using cognos controller link)
over 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

System Audit Log for tracking submissions

Users would like to refer to a log on the changes in the status of the submissions for a particular period in the Controller Web. The information required is: -The time and date of the change in submission status (ie. missing, ready etc) -The enti...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration

Real-time updates in Controller Web, for changes made in Controller classic, relating to tabs such as 'Reconciliation', 'Intercompany' and 'Status'

This enhancement request is linked to another one (https://ibm-data-and-ai.ideas.aha.io/ideas/BACC-I-275) - However, I was asked to created it (by IBM Support) because it is subtly different. There is a known limitation with Controller Web (se...
over 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Planned for future release

Security on Log Reports

One is unable to apply security on the Log Reports. Although a user may be restricted and have specific have rights to certain entities, the same user can open a Data Load Log Report for all entities and therefore gain access to privileged data.
almost 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Audit log for changes to Journal Types and Closing Versions

Currently there is no audit tracking for any changes for Journal types and Closing versions. If there is any changes to these structures, it changes the data reflected in the reports. Without any audit log, Users won't be able to track the changes...
over 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release

Time Stamp for password change

So the AD Admin Website https://manager.controller.ibmcloud.com is used to change and manage the passwords for users. We need a Timestamp of when the password was last changed. IBM says the password can be changed only once in 24 hours. Without a ...
over 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration