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

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Variance analysis needed within Controller Web reporting

The selection of column content for reporting is prescriptive. You have to chose individual actualities, periods, etc. This means you can present say Actual data against Budget data. You cannot however then add a new column that then presents the ...
8 days ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration

Increase timeout for 'Delete Data change details older than (days)', when trimming large XDBAUDIT table

When customers have very large amounts of information inside their data audit log (i.e. when their XDBAUDIT SQL table gets very large) then the button "Delete" does not work (inside "Maintain - System Audit Log - Configuration"). Specifically: T...
28 days ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Future consideration

'on no match default' functionality (for import specifications) in Controller Web

Customer already use import specs and CSV files to import data into Controller classic. However, they would like to use Controller Web instead. The customer relies on the classic functionality " on no match default " to get their classic impor...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration

Data exported should be restricted to the Form selected for both Reported Values & Journals

When exporting data via Transfer>Export Data, we can restrict accounts for the data exported for Reported Values via the selected Form. However the accounts are not restricted for any Manual Journals. In our scenario, we are exporting from a da...
11 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 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...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration

provide Index status between CCR database and FAP to enable customer to decide if we need to reset the data publish

Currently there are many instances where the data is not fully published, especially when the new structures are published in controller, this leads to data consistency problem in report. So the users does not know when to reset the trickle publis...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration

Multiple file import on CC Web

A user can currently select and import multiple flatfiles within Controller Classic, thus loading multiple company files in one action. In contrast, Controller Web restricts file import to a single file import. Can Web be updated to accept multipl...
about 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration

Automatically populate specification of shares in subsidiaries from Investment elimination template

If you have an integrated specification of shares in subsidiaries with an OB/CB logic and adding values on the movement accounts in the investment elimination template you can in Excel in Data Entry view in Classic click on any account in this spe...
about 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Autosave feature in Cognos Controller

We would like to request the addition of an Autosave feature in Cognos Controller, particularly when using the Data Entry function (integrated with the Controller Excel link) for entering reported company values. Currently, users experience data l...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration

System Audit Log - Detailed Extract

Quarterly SOX compliance requires detail (Company, Account, Amount) found when clicking "show details" button for each modified form within System Audit Log for a given period. Currently manually opening each entry to verify amendments made by spe...
about 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 3 Future consideration