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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Requirement for a report that can list for cognos controller of the number of new users and users with changed access rights for a defined time span that can be altered

Requirement for a report that can list for cognos controller of the number of new users and users with changed access rights for a defined time span that can be altered. The report should contain what access rights were removed or added for the us...
about 1 month ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Increase timeout for Cognos Controller on Cloud & Excel Add-ins

Even when users are actively working on Excel for more than 60 minutes following a report refresh, the Add-ins prompt them to log out and re-login with their IBMid. This occasionally causes Excel to hang, forcing users to end the task via the Task...
9 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Planned for future release

Add IIF-functions to ControllerWeb-import specifications

In ControllerClassic it is possible to use IIF-functions in Operartion Templates for sophictiated assigning of codes. For instance a Countercompany-code either from a Participation account or from an extra field where a counterpart is displayed
about 2 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 4 Needs more information

'on no match default' functionality (for import specifications) in Controller Web

Customer already use import specs and CSV files to import data into Controller classic. However, they would like to use Controller Web instead. The customer relies on the classic functionality " on no match default " to get their classic impor...
8 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Planned for future release

Autosave feature in Cognos Controller

We would like to request the addition of an Autosave feature in Cognos Controller, particularly when using the Data Entry function (integrated with the Controller Excel link) for entering reported company values. Currently, users experience data l...
about 2 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration

Lock direct form access for the correction of journals in Controller Web Reconciliation tab

For reconciliation errors ‘Between Accounts’ and ‘Opening Balances’, users are able to correct a journal reconciliation error by opening a form and entering an amount to correct the reconciliation error. This amount, as entered by form, appears in...
11 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release

Method to disable 'Select Server' prompt (using classic client)

Since Controller 11.0.1 FP2 IF2, the classic client now gives an extra 'Select Server' prompt/choice as soon as a user launches the client. The 'select server' selection screen appears *before* the 'Select Database' section (where the user chooses...
about 1 month ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Needs more information

Journal Update According to Reconciliation of Accounts in Controller Web

Where Controller Classic setting ‘Journal Update According to Reconciliation of Accounts’ is enabled. This setting is ignored by Controller Web. For example, in Controller Web, if a user posts a value in the journal to a movement account, on save,...
11 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release

Standard forms with dimensions in rows in Controller Web

Many customers are using 2-4 free dimensions and have at least one standard form using dimension (expanded) in the row definition. This is not supported in Controller Web where you can have only one dimension in column (and another in filter).
about 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Planned for future release

Ignore opening balances on import

Many customers copy opening balances forward then load trial balances which contain opening balances. To avoid overwriting the copied forward OBs a separate form excluding OBs has to be used in the delete tab of the import specification. This dupl...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Under review