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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Ignore opening balances on import

Many customers copy opening balances forward then load trial balances which contain opening balances. To avoid overwriting the copied forward OBs a separate form excluding OBs has to be used in the delete tab of the import specification. This dupl...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Under review

IF function - Account mappings Controller Web

Cognos Classic includes a feature that maps an account code from an imported to a TB code based on whether it is a Dr or Cr. This is executed through an IF function which directs the balances to the correct Cognos code based on the imported value....
about 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 3 Planned for future release

Format possibilities of summation accounts in Controller Web Free forms.

While doing Data Entry it is important for the user to know what type of information the different cells holds. One area of making this self explanatory is to use color coding. For instance having all summation accounts in a specific color. By doi...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Planned for future release

Controller Web Exclude certain IC journals from Reconciliation tab

Elimination of intercompany revenues are often configured as a "one-legged" elimination. That is selling company reports an intercompany revenue. This is then eliminated and also booked against a cost account. The buying company do report an inter...
almost 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Planned for future release

Print Intercompany reconciliation from Controller Web

Possible to print Intercompany reconciliation report from CCR Web on a company level.
over 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Exclude certain intercompany rules from reconciliation

In Controller Web, in the Intercompany tab, all intercompany rules are visible by default. However, most customers have IC rules which are only for elimination purpose and are not relevant for the reporters as they shouldn't be reconciled. The sol...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Under review

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...
over 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...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Addition of loop formula for import spec design on CC Web

Controller Web cannot currently replicate the Controller Classic client for loading data that crosses multiple columns. For example, where a data file contains 12 columns relating to 12 months of a budget file, this can be loaded on Controller Cla...
9 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release

Attach file to an investment template

Possible to attach a file in the comment window in an investment template (Group - Data entry - Shareholdings and investment, Investment template)
over 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration