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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Ability to Add Special Characters Such as $ to Account Code

Currently, our company has started using special characters such for accounts as we have run out of numbers. These new accounts with numbers and special characters (like $) can not be entered into Controller.
about 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Request to increase client -server timeout

Current client-server timeout is hardcoded to 15 minutes, as confirmed by IBM Helpdesk. The timeout setting is too short as users will get kicked out of Controller and will get the error "user xyz is logged in". Thereafter another user will have t...
over 8 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Currency Translation Report Rounding

Currency Rates in Cognos Controller allow up to 6 decimal places to to be captured, however the Currency Translation Reports only round to 3 decimal places which is visually "incorrect" from a Report perspective. Many of my customers would prefer ...
over 8 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Report book extraction in excel workbook instead of separate excel files

When running a report book in cognos controller, it would be helpful to have the possibility to generate multiple excel reports in a single report book in 1 excel workbook instead of all single excel files.
over 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Not under consideration

Interval parameter

It would be useful tohave the 'interval' parameter in the pop-up in cognos reports as a possibility to choose from. When building reports in cognos, the parameter is one of the values that can be selected in the getvalues function, but there i...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Quarter to Date (QTD) Reporting Interval in report writing

Customers frequently request a quarter-to-date (QTD) interval function in report creation. Currently we use the interval of 3 when writing quarterly reports, however this is only useful when running reports on a quarterly period.
over 8 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Transaction Amount differences in Intercompany Report

Customer has many intercompany transactions and tries to find differences in transaction amount between companies. Standard Intercompany Balances report shows only differences on group currency level. Customer asks for possibility to add or view d...
over 8 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Scheduler for extracting reportbook in Excel

During the monthly reporting period, many reportbooks must be generated in Excel (around 50). Each reportbook must be generated in separate folder.At this time, this is done manually reportbook by reportbook. For example, It can be great to use Wi...
over 8 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Add the possibility to use the import specifications created in Controller Classic

At this moment, import specifications in Controller Web doesn't allow to use some elaborate operation like "IF", temporary fields,... It's a blocking point for a lot customers to use Controller Web.
over 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 4 Not under consideration

User ID should go along when locking companies with Command Center

When locking a company with the Command Center no User ID, who locked the company is written. When using the Company status, User ID is written. Both functions are doing the same but with the Command Center the audit trail is broken since no User ...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 4 Is a defect