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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Drop support for SQL Server 2012 and consider removing the use of 'legacy cardinality estimator'

Have had a few discussions with SQL Server dba:s recently during upgrades about the need to change the default sql server settings. There were some changes introduced in SQL Server 2014 that made performance really drop unless running in SQL Serve...
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

How to customize summary information in dashboard

I have created a country wise crosstab dashboard with 2 measure values where one measure value is picking up the maximum value on database for considering at month level (for eg: if there are 100 rows of data for a column in particular month is av...
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Add Lookup Tables to the Structure Changes that are tracked

Our external auditors are adding controls to the mapping of data (trial balance and statisical data) into Cognos. In order to elminate the need for the walk-through of negative and postive testing in Cognos (on a regular basis) it would be helpful...
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

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

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

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