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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Exclude certain intercompany rules from reconciliation

In Controller Web, in the Intercompany tab, all intercompany rules are visible by default. However, most customers have IC rules which are only for elimination purpose and are not relevant for the reporters as they shouldn't be reconciled. The sol...
about 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Under review

SaaS connection errors

Why does Controller SaaS enable sessions to remain open on screen and give the appearance of SaaS connection, when in fact they are deactivated or disconnected sessions? For example, where the user ignores the “idle timer expired” prompt and Contr...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration

Schedule FAP data mart start / stop and update structure

Functionality to schedule FAP update structure and full publish ( data mart start and stop). Currently user need to regularly go to FAP client and click update structure. Case Number: TS000073673
almost 8 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Not under consideration

Index tables in FAP database for better performance of an IP

We tested the time taken for an IP in the PRD environment. In SQL we saw an extreme cost in memory for select queries that the process does in table nrtr_companyrelation We noticed, that this table is not indexed. The whole IP took 2,5h, of which ...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Under review

Add the possibility to export free form in Controller Web

In the Export Company data which was delivered 2020: BACC-I-243 you cannot in any way export free forms in Controller Web meaning that the reporters can not export all forms thru controller web for documentations purposes which is needed in some c...
9 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 3 Planned for future release

Replication of user logs across all instances when signing onto Controller SaaS

Controller SaaS is currently presented through IBM Citrix with automated load balancing applied between Citrix servers when users connect. This results in user log information being stored against different servers, which in turn creates an incons...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Cells locked for data entry in the form's Excel layout (standard form), should be locked also in CCR Web

In some standard forms it's necessary to lock a cell for data entry by using "Cell specification" within the Excel layout. It's an issue that this locking is not supported in Controller Web.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Controller Web: Data Entry for Accounts with intercompany code M

Data entry for accounts with intercompany code M is not possible in controller web, but should be possible.
about 7 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Not under consideration

Conditional automatic journals to post values on different from REPO journal types

When using conditional automatic journals, it is not possible to re-direct postings to a different journal type then REPO, even if puting it on "Journal type" field, on control table. Even if filtering Trial Balance to show only REPO/BASE, automat...
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 8 Needs more information

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...
over 10 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration