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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Select multiple periods for copying opening balances

Users have requested the ability to copy forward opening balances for multiple periods.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Automated Copy forward opening balances

Following on the automation theme. Users have requested an automated copy forward opening balances feature
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Automated reports emailed to user

Controller currently requires users to login and run reconciliation reports. Users have requested the ability to add some automation to this process so that the reconciliation report is sent by email.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Administrators are able to set the startpageurl preference in Controller centrally

The startpageurl preference is not available at server preference level and has to be setup and configured by each user themselves.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Unencrypted password in udl file

We have discovered that in udl files the password is unencrypted. When discovered during a penetration test this is considered a high risk.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Creating a Level Filter within the reports so that you can say all Level 1s need to match & all Level 2s need to match etc.

Here below a proposal from Global Control to improve the application Cognos Controller. Can you please check with IBM if it is possible to include the functionality here below in the next version of Cognos Controller. Proposal:- At the moment all ...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Should be possible to exclude Z-consolidated companies from IC-report

Z-consolidated companies are not consolidated. Currently, it is not possible to exclude such companies from the IC-reconciliation. This makes it impossible to match the difference on the IC-reconciliation report with the difference that is booked.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Account Structure Reports - Analyze

We want to have in the Account Structure Reports, when selecting a specific account, also the linked structure code, right now you only can see the link type and the name of the linked structure.We would like the 'Link Type' included on the Accoun...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Get SAML supported in Cognos Controller

We are currently looking to further secure our environment to manage global remote access using a tool which requires Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) capability from applications. We need Cognos Controller 10.X application and client SAM...
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

External data log file on Web Imports

Enable similar log file capability on CCR Web as in the client. Ensure that web import log provides a view of all lines imported and not only the rejected items.
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration