New features in Cognos Controller 10.4.2
The new features in IBM® Cognos Controller improve ease of use and add functionality to Controller Web.
Controller Web
The following features are new in Controller Web:
- Free forms
- In Cognos Controller Classic, you use free forms to enter data using Microsoft Excel. Now in Controller Web, you can open free forms that were created in Cognos Controller Classic and use them for data entry. The layouts and most of the formulas work the same as in Cognos Controller Classic. For more information, see Populate.
- Multiselect companies for actions
- In the Submission Overview list, you can select multiple companies and perform actions on them such as lock, unlock, and status change. For more information, see Multiselect for company actions.
- Quick access to the company workflow
- In the Submission Overview list, you can go to the company workflow for a company with one mouse click. Previously, you had to select it from the Action menu. For more information, see Submissions.
- Filter on free forms or standard forms
- On the Populate tab, you can filter the list of forms by free forms or standard forms. For more information, see Populate.
Cognos Controller Classic
The following features are new in Cognos Controller Classic.
- Active Directory authentication
- You can use Active Directory authentication for single sign-on instead of IBM Cognos Analytics. For more information, see Configure Active Directory authentication.
- Faster rendering of standard reports using IBM Cognos Controller Embedded Report Library
- In the past, you needed Cognos Analytics to view the standard reports. The Cognos Controller Embedded Report Library is an optional alternative to Cognos Analytics for viewing the standard reports.
- Delete staging tables records
- You can delete records from the staging tables based on how old they are. For more information, see Define General Configuration - the General 3 Tab.