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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Add control in Controller around adding forms to a form set

It is currently possible to assign a form to a form set without any control. In some cases that form may get associated with two submissions that are assigned to one actuality and Period.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Creating a Level Filter within the reports so that you can say all Level 1s need to match & all Level 2s need to match etc.

Here below a proposal from Global Control to improve the application Cognos Controller. Can you please check with IBM if it is possible to include the functionality here below in the next version of Cognos Controller. Proposal:- At the moment all ...
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Use of intercompany account templates in Controller Web

I cannot see that intercompany account templates (defined in the rich client) are applied when opening a form in Controller Web. All counterparts are visible.
about 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Suggestion for improvement - Reports-Run

Dear IBM-Developper-TeamWhen opening Reports - Run the window looks as follows:Left hand side: Reports and FormsUpper right corner: Dimension and Code used to run the reportlower right corner: empty - This part could be used for a report preview.E...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Consolidation of the Group restriction

After certain update, only users who have “write-access” to the Group Company can use “Consolidate with status/ by steps” functionality. This is inconvenient then all of the IFRS Transformation / Consolidation are carried out by single dep...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Improvement of “Log report - Import of External Data”

1) After importing flat files, when we preview the log report on discarded rows it would a lot more easier to find “problematic” row if not only account number was shown, but also its name (Account structure consists of more than 2k items, can...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Allow the sum of Movement Accounts in Controller Web

The Movement Account is compsed of: 1) Main Account, and 2) Movement Extention. When creating the Movement Account we specify what is the main account summation for main accounts, and what is the movement ext summation for movement extentions. The...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Controller View/Manage Active Users to include Controller Web users

Controller function for View/Manage Active Users to include controller web users.
over 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Remove reserved character from password field

Currently when setting up ERO a username and password is required. Unfortunately the * character has been reserved and can not be used in the password.
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Controller web intercompany reconcile

At present all liability balances are shown as positive in the intercompany. This means matched intercompany balances show as unmatched. This is a key part of the appeal of the Controller web which would be extremely useful for our subsidiaries to...
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release