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This portal is to open public enhancement requests against products and services offered by the IBM Data & AI organization. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Audit Trail for Period Lock/Unlock

There is no audit trail tracking for the Locking\Unlocking periods.
over 8 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Delivered

Counter dimension mapping in Controller Web import

It should be possible to map counter dimension codes using lookup tables, just like it is currently possible for dim1.
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Delivered

Cognos Web - Save before exit

If you dont press "Save" before exiting a form in Cognos Web, you will loose your work. It would be great if Cognos asked if you wanted to save the changes before leaving the form. In Cognos you get this question.
about 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Delivered

Intercompany reconciliation based on transaction amount ( in web) when IC type J

Calculate differences only for Transaction Amounts (My & Counter Company), show local amount only as info ( no translation) when IC account type J. When IC account type "I " use the same than today ( local amount translated)
about 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Delivered

Filter option in Controller Web

Filter option in Controller Web has various options like Mandatory Comment, Optional Comment etc. Requirement is to filter for cells with/without values similar to Excel application where a filter can be applied for values. This option would be us...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Delivered

Size limit of file upload

Current size limit of file upload in Cognos Web is 2 MB per file. However, there are scenarios where each file is more than 2 MB and Cognos Web doesn't allow to upload. As a result, we have to split the data into multiple files and then upload ens...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Delivered

Controller Web Journal Entry Disappears when user clicks off the input screen

If a user is in the process of entering a journal entry in Controller web, and clicks off the entry window into another part of the controller web screen, the in-process entry is lost without any warning to the user that they will lose their work.
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Delivered

Support of MS Chromium Edge in web

it will adopted soon by a lot of companies, now that MS has decided to actively push the software out to Windows 10 as a modern replacement old Edge. KBC e.g. told me that it will become their standard browser by the end of this year.
over 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Delivered

Unable to pull intercompany details via Excel Link

Currently Excel Link is unable to pull Intercompany transaction details (transaction amount, transaction currency) from Controller database. Customer wants to use excel link reports to do so instead of running standard reports.
almost 10 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Delivered

Controller on Cloud - Expose SQL DB to allow import of data via staging table and import spec

We have a Controller On-Prem customer considering migrating to Controller on Cloud. They have built a small app that loads data from their ERP into Controller via the Staging Table, and then initiates a data load via an Import Spec. In order for t...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Delivered