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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Improved admin of user rights

The administration of user rights, with a great number of users, is very time consuming. With many users, having more or less the same company rights but with minor differences you need to set up and maintain one company security group per user. I...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Attach file to an investment template

Possible to attach a file in the comment window in an investment template (Group - Data entry - Shareholdings and investment, Investment template)
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Improvement posting a journal in Controller Web

The posting of journals in CCR Web is time-consuming. Would be preferable to be able to write in the cells (account, dim1-dim4) and not forced to select from drop-down lists.
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

QTD data in one form.

Our customers report data in QTD format in quarter three as below (cloumns): 1. 01.07.2023-30.09.2023 - Q3 In the period2. 30.09.2023 Q3 YTD3. 01.07.2022-30.09.2022 - Q3 In the period4. 30.09.2022 Q3 YTD It would be useful to be able to set the co...
about 2 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Enhancement Request Azure PAAS service for SQL environment

Hi, More and more customers are heading up to Azure with their on prem IBM environments. We get more questions of: Can we use Azure PAAS platform or Azure SQL Services for our IBM Cognos databases. Does IBM plan on investigate these services from ...
over 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Copy repoted values btw periods in Controller Web

Possible to copy data (selected forms) for a company, from a previous period, in Controller Web.
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Imroved administration of linked structures

The administration of linked structures (Company - Dim1/2/3/4) with a great number of companies, is very time consuming. With many companies, having more or less the same access to dimensions but with minor differences, you need to set up and main...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Trial Balance with comparsion period

Possibility to run a Trial Balance in Controller Classic selecting a comparison period. That means, each company represents of two columns (one is the selected actuality/period, the other is the comparative actuality/period).
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Print Journal report excluding statistical accounts

In the Group - Reports - Journals menu you could print a journals report selecting specific account(s). Customers would prefer to be able to select accounts by account type. Consequently, you would be able to print a journal report, excluding stat...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Schedule FAP data mart start / stop and update structure

Functionality to schedule FAP update structure and full publish ( data mart start and stop). Currently user need to regularly go to FAP client and click update structure. Case Number: TS000073673
about 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Not under consideration