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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Separate company lock records from company structures for structures export / import

currently, company lock records are imported/exported together with company structures. This causes the import process for company structures to extend by many hours. it makes it hard to transfer company structures to other databases for testing. ...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release

form Lock enhancement

Currently on every monthly closing we need to run DB optimization for form lock issue and waste lot of closing time
over 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Controller on Cloud - Expose SQL DB to allow import of data via staging table and import spec

We have a Controller On-Prem customer considering migrating to Controller on Cloud. They have built a small app that loads data from their ERP into Controller via the Staging Table, and then initiates a data load via an Import Spec. In order for t...
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release

Calculation of Company Vote %

System currently does not calculate Company Vote %.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

UDBR - .setRelativePeriod for target

UDBR issue:.setRelativePeriod not working for target, only work for source. We would pretty much need it for Target as well as we only want it to happen on specific month. for example we want it to happen every year July , target1.setRelativePerio...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Being able to change all variables on an IC transaction on Cognos WEB

When clicking on an IC transaction in Cognos web, only the amounts are editable. There's no option to alter the counter dimension and counter company. This is the case in classic Cognos in Excel. Only way to "change" it now is to copy the whole li...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Is a defect

Ability to add acquired balance sheet and net result in shareholdings

Normally when acquiring a business combination there's an acquired balance sheet needed for cash flow purposes and also eliminating the net result before the acquisition date if the acquired company reports YTD values. Today acquired balance sheet...
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Data Classification Labelling

Our company has an IT security requirement that all data has a classification whether it is electronic or printed on paper. There are four different classifications of data and the user should be allowed to choose one. The label would need to be i...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 3 Not under consideration

Settings to prevent Cognos Controller Web user to click on Set to Ready

In Cognos Controller Web, user is able to click on set company status to ready when they multi select on the company. The user sometimes confuse other users submission with their own, thus accidentally set wrong submission to ready. So if possible...
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 3 Future consideration

Axiforma Font

Adding the Axiforma font in Excel from Cognos Controller.
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration