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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Avoid manual update of Controller FAP Cube after changing default settings

Every time someone logs on to cognos controller, and changes his default settings (default actuality and period), the Controller FAP Cube needs an update. This is alot. If I need to log on to the GUI in order to maintain this, this will take a lot...
almost 9 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.
almost 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Data upload Rollback feature

Dear Team, At the moment there is no feature with in controller that can restrict import of the data If there is an error in any of the data entry. For e.g If user is encountering any single error while doing data upload .. the Controller must not...
almost 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Lock an account for input in the account structure.

We would like the option to lock an account for input or import of data directly in the account structure. Account develops over time. Some accounts might not be valid to use over time. It might not be possible to merge these accounts, include the...
almost 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Time stamped account hierarchy

Similar to the organizational dimension within Controller, Klarna would like to be able to create a time stamped account hierarchy in order to encompass changes to the account structure over time without affecting historical account structures, i....
about 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Anju Enhancement requests for Data entry historical rates

This is regarding the “Data entry historical rates is still possible when locking the company and locking the period for Data Entry we can make that menu point unavailable in security groups for user groups to avoid entering historical rates tho...
about 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under 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. ...
about 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Unlock All Periods

In the Maintian -Period Locking – Change Multi Period Locking there is an option to "Unlock All Periods". How can we dsable this functionality for all users except ADM? This will minimise the risk of periods being left open for data entry.
about 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

AFCs not showing in total column

When using Trial Balance with Drilldown, AFC values do not show in the total column. However, they will appear in the group column if show consolidated group has been selected in the trial balance with drill down "Details" options. Please consider...
over 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Remove requirement for one bit-mapped index in Oracle database

Please consider removing the need for Controller to have a bit-mapped index in an Oracle database. Requiring Oracle Enterprise may be more than is required to run Controller.
over 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration