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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Improve design to reduce xacclock table size but retain the comp locking information

database table size has grown because of company locking records. However, it is not good idea to purge the table information just because multi period locking is in place. When company wish to unlock a period, the company locking should remain in...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release

fGetTransVal to be used also for IC Margin accounts

To be able to make reports on Intercompany Profit Calculations, it would be very helpful to be able to retrieve the Margins entered in Cognos Controller. The accounts are defined as IC accounts with M-code and the Margin is entered as Transaction ...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

zlogspec table - logdata field fact

Can not read fact from the field "logdata" in the table "zlogspec". We are trying to create a Cognos BI report for the log report within Controller for external data import. However the details of errors within the log report is not readable by Co...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Controller Web: Data Entry for Accounts with intercompany code M

Data entry for accounts with intercompany code M is not possible in controller web, but should be possible.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Not under consideration

Standard forms to have a formulae to auto select opening balance of actuality and period selected

change the way the form structure works to allow the first column in a standard form to be the OB actuality for the actuality the form is opened in.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Multiple periods on Reconciliation Report

Multiple periods on a Reconciliation Report to be made available.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

IC reconciliation on transaction currency in Web portal

When using the new web portal it is difficult to see true differences in IC reconciliations. Current IC reconciliation on the web only highlights the total difference, but when working in a multy currency environment that is not enough. A currency...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Controller database optimise automate

The optimization should be a standard out of the box functionality that re indexes and removes zeros from the DB to make sure performance is excellent - we need to carry this out every few months to make sure controller runs properly. Which means ...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

CSV upload of consolidations to batch queue

The area of interest is the Consolidation batch queue. We have to consolidate all actualities and periods, both monthly and weekly including linked actualities on a quarterly basis. It can be time consuming uploading the consolidations into the ba...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release

An excess value report

A report that list all companies, or a specific company, and their corresponding excess values as they are booked in the shareholding register.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration