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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Password requirements

The IT security policy in many organizations have detailed requirements regarding password complexity and how this is handled. The complexity of passwords set up in Controller is not enough. Except what's already possible to limit regarding pw in ...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Enable both on-demand consolidations AND scheduling of database optimizations

Per Case TS006539359 we found out that the BATCHMODE ON/OFF entry found in: Maintain > Configuration > General > Server Preferences tab oddly controls scheduling of both consolidation run timing and whether you can schedule a database opt...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Interco profit load %

Would it be possible to load the interco profit margin % instead of doing it manually. Could be In the interco profit data entry directly or when loading a general ledger add a column to load % interco profit.
almost 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 3 Not under consideration

New menus that are added and requires an admin license should be manually enabled

Currently when new menus are added that require an admin license (mostly menus under Maintain), then it's almost always required to revoke access when upgrading the system It would be better to advertise the menu in the what's new (and blog posts,...
almost 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Currently locking is available by period and by company, and not by consolidation type

In a multi consolidation type/multi group scenario implementation it is possible that due to human error a consolidation is run for a consolidation type/Group even though the numbers for that group have been finalised and as a result of this conso...
almost 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Possibility to add a reconciliation rule between an Intercompany account and an Investment account

It would be beneficial if it was possible to enter reconciliation rules between Intercompany accounts and Investment accounts (defined with Investment code I (Acquisition calculation). Both of the IC-accounts and Investment accounts are used for g...
almost 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

E-typ 18 should use General config Differences to balance bookings

E-typ 18 creates a booking that doesn't balance. It should use the account configured in General config for "Other difference for Automatic Journals" to balance the journal. Affects all users in the system and ouccurs almost every months.
about 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Upload Historical rates

Our client would like to translate cash flow line items at a more accurate rate than just using the M, D or B rate. In order to provide them the functionality we would make use of the historical rates table. Their concern is that head office shoul...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Time Stamp for password change

So the AD Admin Website https://manager.controller.ibmcloud.com is used to change and manage the passwords for users. We need a Timestamp of when the password was last changed. IBM says the password can be changed only once in 24 hours. Without a ...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Import journals while reporting takes place in a form

This enhancement regards Error 47 "The form containing the account is locked for update" inside 'Import of External Data' report. In a reporting process countries report their data in forms (REPO) while group accounting performs adjustments in jou...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration