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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Being able to change all variables on an IC transaction on Cognos WEB

When clicking on an IC transaction in Cognos web, only the amounts are editable. There's no option to alter the counter dimension and counter company. This is the case in classic Cognos in Excel. Only way to "change" it now is to copy the whole li...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Is a defect

Data Classification Labelling

Our company has an IT security requirement that all data has a classification whether it is electronic or printed on paper. There are four different classifications of data and the user should be allowed to choose one. The label would need to be i...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 3 Not under consideration

Open all Forms as a single report

A command to generate all applicable Forms in one go as a report. This will help the review process.
about 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration

Company-wise allocation of individual account codes in the Group Journals

Company-wise allocation of individual account codes in the Group Journals
about 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration

Axiforma Font

Adding the Axiforma font in Excel from Cognos Controller.
over 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Drop support for SQL Server 2012 and consider removing the use of 'legacy cardinality estimator'

Have had a few discussions with SQL Server dba:s recently during upgrades about the need to change the default sql server settings. There were some changes introduced in SQL Server 2014 that made performance really drop unless running in SQL Serve...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Allow the full name of columns be displayed in Controller Web

When tables with movement accounts are created and allowed to be used in Controller WEb, it would be required to see full names of the columns of the tables.
about 7 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

How to customize summary information in dashboard

I have created a country wise crosstab dashboard with 2 measure values where one measure value is picking up the maximum value on database for considering at month level (for eg: if there are 100 rows of data for a column in particular month is av...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Add Lookup Tables to the Structure Changes that are tracked

Our external auditors are adding controls to the mapping of data (trial balance and statisical data) into Cognos. In order to elminate the need for the walk-through of negative and postive testing in Cognos (on a regular basis) it would be helpful...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Launch Update Structures (FAP) from TM1

I want to be capable of launching the Update Structures functionality, which is available in FAP, from the TM1 server so that I have complete control over the refresh of dimensions in the 'fap' tm1 server and put the functionality in a TM1 chore. ...
over 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration