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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Including Range of Dates on "One Time Only" option for Batch Queue.

The Users would be greatly benefitted as scheduling the "One Time Only" option allows them to select it for only one date at a time.The Daily option cannot be Used as it has shown errors earlier.
7 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

More user-friendly trial balance with drilldown report when you have a comprehensive dimension structure

See attached document. Our users are impacted every month.
10 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration

Reporting status visible in intercompany reconciliaton (controller web)

It would be nice to see in the intercompany reconciliation tab of Controller Web the reporting status of the counterparts. For example all the amounts will appear as differences , even when the counterpart has not started the input, so it is not a...
11 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Submit sub-groups

In Cognos Controller it's possible to submit (close) company reporting for a specific closing version, defined in general configuration. In larger groups next step is often, closing of groups/subgroups (including other journal types than the compa...
11 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration

Controller Web error handling (with relation to invalid actualities / submissions)

With current version of Controller (v11), if you have a 'rogue' (invalid) submission (where it refers to an actuality that has been deleted in the past, so no longer exists) then it is impossible to launch Controller Web. Specifically, as soon ...
11 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Is a defect

Posting of AJT 40 should be posted for the Transaction Amounts as well

After running the consolidation, noted that for S-Proportional consolidation method entities, the automatic journal 40 posts the eg. -55% on the local currency. But when checking the details of the journal, for the intercompany accounts, noted tha...
12 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Controller Web - ability to use more than 13 periods for Data Entry forms

Currently, if you try to open a data entry form (in Controller Web) for period 14 or 15, then you get a message “Internal Server Error ... fsid STATUS: 500 ... Unexpected error”. It works OK if you open the same data entry form for period 12 or 13...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Is a defect

Controller Web - Automatic refresh of Counterpart information, without having to manually press 'Refresh' button

Customer has found that (in Controller Web) the values/entries inside 'Counterpart' are not updated in real-time. This means that the information/figures displayed are wrong! ++++++++++++++++++++++ Example: When looking at company #1102, inside th...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

System Audit Log for tracking submissions

Users would like to refer to a log on the changes in the status of the submissions for a particular period in the Controller Web. The information required is: -The time and date of the change in submission status (ie. missing, ready etc) -The enti...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration

Customisation of reconciliation reports

Cognos should allow customisation of the reconciliation reports ('Between Accounts/Opening Balances' and 'Intercompany Balance' reports) to include the space for sign-off, name and designation of the preparer and reviewer/approver, along with the ...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration