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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Journal security

Context: the client is loading a high number of manual journals for all entities on a monthly basis through the menu Transfer/ External data/ Import from flat files In Cognos Controller, it is true that when a user is working in the menu Company /...
almost 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Support for Office 365/click-to-run and 64 bit versions

The Controller Link add-in only supports 32 bit msi versions of Office/Excel. Many users have a need of using 64 bit versions due to large files, and furthermore we are using the click-to-run versions (not msi), also not supported. Micorsoft are p...
almost 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Enable audit tracking of changes to Form and Report design

User changed the layout of a form or report. We would like to see who changed the form layout through audit tracking.
almost 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Security log report

The security log is not very easy to follow : Is there a plan in a next version to have a kind of log where we can see the before and after, or like in the log report of Accounts or Import external data : Update, Insert or delete?
almost 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Group currency values in intercompany matching report for P&L accounts

Please can IC report transactions from the previous period be loaded with the result that D-coded accounts are translated using the D-rate on the period value and then added to the translated previous YTD value when running the intercompany matchi...
about 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Direct entry of "Contribution Version" when layouting reports

When a report in Cognos Controller is being created there is the possibilty to insert the "Contribution Version" either in the row or the column definition. The entry of the "Contribution Version" has to be done via a dropdown menu. There is no di...
about 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Fetching values into empty customized reports in Excel without data entry

When a report that was customized in Excel via the Report-Function with Column and Row definitions is opened as an empty Report in Excel, the system tries to fetch data. This leads to an extended lead time for opening reports. There is no addition...
about 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Disable System Setting "Delete Journal Enties"

Disable System Setting "Delete Journal Enties" We were able to disable the delete button, but after that the users can not further adjust journal entries. And we came to know that : If you want to stop users deleting journals then they will be clo...
about 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Access Management - Audit Log

*Please contact me on my email : Areej.Al-Suht@ArabBank.com.jo We think it would be a plus to have a log file which specifies who logged in to the system and in which date with the IP address and the user name for the admin to be aware of those tr...
about 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

"Automatic journal types as Base" box ticked and remembered for every session

Request to have "Automatic journal types as Base" box ticked and remembered for every session
about 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration