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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Change default CA Datasource type from OLEDB to NativeClient for MSSQL connections

Cognos Controller configuration currently creates datasources in Cognos Analytics using the OLEDB driver for MSSQL connections. Controller by itself requires use of SQL Server Native client, so it would make sense to change the database driver tha...
about 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Add official support for Microsoft Hyper-V

It seems as Microsoft Hyper-V is gaining traction as a virtualization engine. Currently Cognos Controller only supports VMWare; but at least BI is supporting Hyper-V, so adding support, at least on a 'compatible' level would be a good thing to have.
over 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Change status does not allow lock/unlock of a submission for multiple periods

Change status does not allow lock/unlock of multiple submissions. The only option is to lock the full actuality and period.
over 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Built in cube reporting engine so there is no need for TM1

Controller users are required to use external products for cube reporting
over 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Should be possible to exclude Z-consolidated companies from IC-report

Z-consolidated companies are not consolidated. Currently, it is not possible to exclude such companies from the IC-reconciliation. This makes it impossible to match the difference on the IC-reconciliation report with the difference that is booked.
over 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Get SAML supported in Cognos Controller

We are currently looking to further secure our environment to manage global remote access using a tool which requires Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) capability from applications. We need Cognos Controller 10.X application and client SAM...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

To add new feature to allow different posting account in E300

Current design in E300 only allows one posting account for change in shareholding %, i.e. Acct Change in Own % field. Customer would like this to be enhanced so that they can specify separate accounts for increase and decrease/dilution in sharehol...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Enable both on-demand consolidations AND scheduling of database optimizations

Per Case TS006539359 we found out that the BATCHMODE ON/OFF entry found in: Maintain > Configuration > General > Server Preferences tab oddly controls scheduling of both consolidation run timing and whether you can schedule a database opt...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

One View of All Users in Environment

Hi, So, we subscribe to 3 software with IBM Cloud - Planning Analytics, Controller and Cognos Analytics. Users are added in PA and then in Controller. Controller needs that we add users to Controller Users Group in the limited use BI. Since we use...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

2 Factor Authentication for Controller

IBM should implement the ability to use 2 factor authentication users logging into Controller server, client and FAP. This is to better secure Controller data. Also, TM1 (Planning Analytics)currently can not be secured with 2 factor authentication...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

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