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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Sync Cognos Analytics with PAW when removing users

Hello, To add a user, We first invite the user from PAW, User accepts and then if the user is a Cognos Controller user, we have to add the user in a Controller Users group for user to be able to access Controller. If a user leaves and we delete th...
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration

Allow customers to enable multiple consolidations batches to run in parallel

Because of the high volume of the consolidation we need to run during the closing periods, it will be very beneficial to have the ability to run multiple consolidations at the same time, in parallel batch jobs. We understand the risk of running co...
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Reports - Run with more then 256 columns

Some customers have the problem that the run reports is limited to 256 columns. There should be a way to set this limitation to not active in some cases. One customer has a reporting by country and needs more than 256 columns, now this returns an ...
about 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration

FAP Service.properties - Password Encryption

Hi, at our client Atlantic Group d.d. during upgrade of PA,CA,CC client set request to eliminate all hardcoded passwords on any file on all models. We successfully eliminated them by using inbuilt encryption (e.g. in PA) or if password was in .bat...
about 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Support for Windows Authentication between Controller and SQL Server

Database administrators more and more frequently disables SQL Server Logins and prefer to use Windows Authentication between server applications and Microsoft SQL Server database servers. In Controller, it would be nice to have turn-key support to...
about 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Change password in Controller Web

The user needs access to Controller Classic to be able to change his/her password as there is no such functionality in Controller Web.
about 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Unlocked cells in web

Cells that are locked in form in Excel, are open in web. This is probably due to the fact that the forms are not opened in an Excel environment, but as a web form. This creates a loophole to input data into accounts that should not reported into.
about 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration

MJE Park & Post: include the approval step prior to actually posting the Journal

Currently, journals are posted as soon as the user submits it, and the approval is done after the journal has already affected the Financial statements. In order to reduce the risk of unauthorized journals affecting the numbers, we would like that...
about 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

More user friendly and correct IC Reconcile Intercompany Balances report, if using large dimension/BA structure

See attached file with current report and suggestions to change the report to show correct and useful and a lot more user friendly information.
about 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

SaaS connection errors

Why does Controller SaaS enable sessions to remain open on screen and give the appearance of SaaS connection, when in fact they are deactivated or disconnected sessions? For example, where the user ignores the “idle timer expired” prompt and Contr...
about 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration