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Search results: Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Allowing Calculation Accounts to by run by Closing Versions

When running Calculation Reports, Users need to select journal types one by one manually. They would prefer to be able to select all the journals per Closing version instead so that they are sure nothing is mis-selected or left out. This report is...
10 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Security issue of data in various Actualities

Example from our company. We have two separate Departments, IFRS and Budgeting, that use Cognos Controller simultaneously. The Departments use the same account and company structures, but different Actualities (AC –Actual, BU – Budgeting). The...
about 8 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Historical rates in a new consolidation type.

When you define a new Consolidation type it´s always very tricky to get the right opening balances on Etyp 1 transactions. It would be so much easier if Controller could get the closing balance amounts from a selected consolidation type when you ...
over 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

FAP Initial Publish Process Improvement

Currently, every time that FAP goes into Error State (which has been happening more often than we would like), we have to start an Initial Publish to put it back up, which takes a lot of time to complete (from 2 to 5 hours in some cases), and it s...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Possibility to select a Contribution Version for Control table E705 (Indirect Minority)

In the Control table E700 (Direct Minority) it is possible to select a Contribution Version but for the table E705 (Indirect Minority) it is NOT possible to select a Contribution version. It is only possible to select a Closing Version. This is re...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 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 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 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...
almost 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Command Center: Monitoring form input progress at REPO level

The company uses the command center in Cognos Controller to monitor the form input status and progress by entity during the closing process. If input is done in a form, the form status changes from ‘missing' to ‘ reported'. However, the form s...
over 8 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Changed movement-logic in Data Entry on Investment account

Data Entry Form for Balance Sheet: --> Investments in Group Companies (Shareholding Register) If you want to open the shareholding Register within your Opening Balance Account, you´ll see all the Investments that have been done up to the Perio...
about 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Change layout in Reconcile Intercompany

1. Users suggest that there shall be some kind of favorites/personal setting with selections, that can be saved and reused during another closing or a possibility to have a selection list saved in own excel sheet (e.g. list of reports), and copy t...
about 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration