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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Able to break link for Controller Excel-Linked Formulas

scenario: users created excel-linked reports which included excel formulas. Every month, they want to distribute the reports to non-Controller users (usually management level) but to retain excel formulas. So users have to perform "copy+paste valu...
about 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Not under consideration

New field addition in Cognos Controller users tab for addition of global ID's

Hi Team, This is a request to add new feature to Cognos controller user management by addition of new field in users tab to add the Global ID details of users in the tool so that we can have the same saved in the database and hence we can use ...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

User Logon/off log records to identify mode of access (client, excel-linked, web)

when Administrator reviews user log on records, there can be multiple logon and logoff records around the same time when user log in to application and excel link. But Administrator is unable to identify which record is for which mode of access. W...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

meaningful import log description for filtered items

provide meaningful import log description for lines that passed through the filters
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

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