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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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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

Ability to Add Special Characters Such as $ to Account Code

Currently, our company has started using special characters such for accounts as we have run out of numbers. These new accounts with numbers and special characters (like $) can not be entered into Controller.
over 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

form Lock enhancement

Currently on every monthly closing we need to run DB optimization for form lock issue and waste lot of closing time
over 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Report book extraction in excel workbook instead of separate excel files

When running a report book in cognos controller, it would be helpful to have the possibility to generate multiple excel reports in a single report book in 1 excel workbook instead of all single excel files.
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Not under consideration

Interval parameter

It would be useful tohave the 'interval' parameter in the pop-up in cognos reports as a possibility to choose from. When building reports in cognos, the parameter is one of the values that can be selected in the getvalues function, but there i...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Add the possibility to use the import specifications created in Controller Classic

At this moment, import specifications in Controller Web doesn't allow to use some elaborate operation like "IF", temporary fields,... It's a blocking point for a lot customers to use Controller Web.
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 4 Not under consideration

Data Classification Labelling

Our company has an IT security requirement that all data has a classification whether it is electronic or printed on paper. There are four different classifications of data and the user should be allowed to choose one. The label would need to be i...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 3 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

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

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