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

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Procedure to do a mass delete in the SQL-tables (outside the Controller interface).

It is very much work to execute the UNSUPPORTED solution described hereby. We require this because we perform regularly a datarefresh to another pillar. In the target pillar, other users need access to Controller, and it should taken many hours to...
about 1 month ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 4 Not under consideration

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

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...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 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...
over 5 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).
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Parallell hierarchies in extended dimensions

Today you can just have one hierarchy when it comes to the 4 different extended dimensions. That is a problem when we compete with competitors. Due to that the storing is on the lowest level couldn´t it be possible to have parallell hierarchies? ...
over 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 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...
about 7 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 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

Extension summation of accounts

The summation for accounts is limited to three summations. It would be highly desirable if the summation would be extended up to 5 or 6 summation accounts. The IFRS standard setter plan to introduce a new structure for the profit & loss and th...
almost 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Journal Report to generate report for all levels of the selected Groups

User is required to generate report for all subgroups by selecting one subgroup at a time and generate the report. To include option to generate entries for all subgroups under the selected TOP group.
over 7 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration