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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Currency Translation Report Rounding

Currency Rates in Cognos Controller allow up to 6 decimal places to to be captured, however the Currency Translation Reports only round to 3 decimal places which is visually "incorrect" from a Report perspective. Many of my customers would prefer ...
almost 8 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Quarter to Date (QTD) Reporting Interval in report writing

Customers frequently request a quarter-to-date (QTD) interval function in report creation. Currently we use the interval of 3 when writing quarterly reports, however this is only useful when running reports on a quarterly period.
about 8 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Transaction Amount differences in Intercompany Report

Customer has many intercompany transactions and tries to find differences in transaction amount between companies. Standard Intercompany Balances report shows only differences on group currency level. Customer asks for possibility to add or view d...
about 8 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Scheduler for extracting reportbook in Excel

During the monthly reporting period, many reportbooks must be generated in Excel (around 50). Each reportbook must be generated in separate folder.At this time, this is done manually reportbook by reportbook. For example, It can be great to use Wi...
about 8 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Disable of option to consol as per method 1 and method 2

Disable method 1 and method 2 for consolidation and want to give only method “according to company structure definition”.
over 8 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Avoid manual update of Controller FAP Cube after changing default settings

Every time someone logs on to cognos controller, and changes his default settings (default actuality and period), the Controller FAP Cube needs an update. This is alot. If I need to log on to the GUI in order to maintain this, this will take a lot...
over 8 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Time stamped account hierarchy

Similar to the organizational dimension within Controller, Klarna would like to be able to create a time stamped account hierarchy in order to encompass changes to the account structure over time without affecting historical account structures, i....
almost 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Unlock All Periods

In the Maintian -Period Locking – Change Multi Period Locking there is an option to "Unlock All Periods". How can we dsable this functionality for all users except ADM? This will minimise the risk of periods being left open for data entry.
about 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

'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...
about 7 hours ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Submitted

Addition of loop formula for import spec design on CC Web

Controller Web cannot currently replicate the Controller Classic client for loading data that crosses multiple columns. For example, where a data file contains 12 columns relating to 12 months of a budget file, this can be loaded on Controller Cla...
3 days ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release