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Cognos Controller 10.2 Fix Lists

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Abstract

A comprehensive list of defect corrections for major releases, refresh packs, fix packs and generally available interim fixes of Cognos Controller 10.2.

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Content

Issues corrected in the IBM Cognos Controller 10.2 release.
NumberDescription
PI05316Consolidation: issue when Consolidation method E+E -> P incl ownership from a Z company
PI05586Performance issue with FAP/Update Data Mart Structure
PI05806Standard error when adding a column to a report
PI06364Installation pack does not contain the 64 bit JRE folder
PI07027Removed linked actuality causes error message 'Unknown actuality found in transform' when publishing to FAP
PI07178 Investment register: Edit of Accumulated Depreciation is not possible if depreciation is with decimal
PI07664Getting error message "File ....\temp\xxxxx.tmp is too large" when running Intercompany elimination inside consolidation
PI07888Transfer > External Structures > Import fails with error message if week number is larger than 13
PI08739Trf\ImpStruct: Oracle error when importing account structure from flat file
PI09314Error message "Column 'dimname' does not belong to table NoName" when launching Controller with Turkish Regional Settings
PI09421Duplicate (incorrect) values appearing on Intercompany Accounts report
PI09871Error when clicking Save in Generate Movement Accounts
PI09963Audit Trail is displaying more accounts than was imported
PI10023Unexplained posting for AJT1 following additional entry in acquisition register
PI10786Consolidation with specific periods /actualities results in job finished with error
PI10886AFC formula AVERYTD does not create group total
PI11260DB2 9.7FP2 on AIX errors saving data in Data Entry and Journal Entry
PI11427Currency translation reported as finished with error when run on server with simplified chinese as system locale
PI11875Incorrect Balance sheet booking on Journal 61 with complex ownership
PI12161User's Data Entry Company security settings are overruled by their Group membership's security settings
PI12256Error message: 'There were no fExpVal functions found' when trying to export data if filename is 91 characters or more
PI12355Allocations: Getting differing results for 2 different Consolidation types
PI12439In the Controller User Guide, topic "Company Types" on page 49, the following note has been added: If you want to enter data on a group company, you must use a standard form
PI12535No reversal of prior year Deferred Tax (E410) postings when current year values are zero
PI14119XSUMALL table includes summation accounts outside the form
PI14704Error message:"File ....\temp\xxxxx.tmp is too large" when running Intercompany elimination
PI14907Minority share OB wrong after upgrade from 8.5 to 10.1.2
PI15001Wrong year's data (e.g. 2014) residing in table (e.g. xdb13)
PI15369"String was not recognized as a valid DateTime. Couldn't store in crdate Column" when changing 'Company Status'
PI15370"String was not recognized as a valid DateTime " when trying to open a new period (in Submissions)
PI16618Error Message - Arithmetic Overflow when editing Account summation
PI17432Error in UDBR: !obPeriod with code TA-2000-0 not found! running cons with status and UDBR
PI17512Group\Reports Comments shows wrong values
PM09698Copy journals: when “copy journals without changing the journal no within fiscal year" unticked and copy specific journals between periods , any previous journals will be reserved
PM11185After deleting a journal, the wrong user is shown as “Last modified” in the journal
PM22347Out of memory exception when exporting full set of forms structures
PM27550Data entry is possible in locked period
PM39367fGetVal/ Error message: Standard error no 5 reported on invalid period
PM44514Intercompany online matching shows difference when both sides have same account codes but different signs
PM52288Accounts/Define: After creating a new account not all accounts are available in the summation drop down list
PM62034Account structure: blank space after edit/paste can be saved and causes errors
PM62134Data entry-reported values: error messages with Excel 2003 when hidden columns
PM62517When user does NOT have the the option "Save window size" selected in Maintain / User / Personal defaults, tab Layout (2), then the buttons/icons in: Company / Data entry - company journals, and Group / Data entry / Group journals are only half-visible
PM62537When running DbConv on a 64-bit server it was not able to find the 32-bit Oracle installation needed for COM+ part on the Controller app server
PM62810Change tables/company structure: security not updated
PM62946When user does NOT have the the option "Save window size" selected in Maintain / User / Personal defaults, tab Layout (2), then the buttons/icons in: Company / Data entry - company journals, and Group / Data entry / Group journals are only half-visible
PM63346Transfer / External structures / Import - Importing of lowercase letters - Account Type is possible, should be discarded
PM64693Wrong translation of Log on/Log off in Controller Excel Add-ins when Application language is set to Russian in Personal Defaults
PM64784Wrong AJT 62 in group currency when LC is zero
PM65633Automatic journal type 1 shown incorrectly in Reconcile - Between Accounts/Opening Balances for Groups report
PM66015DB2 database connections have "Data Source" and "Location" labelled the wrong way round
PM66191Grp\Cons w Status:Problem with proportional consolidation method\Counterpart Consolidation method Z
PM66568Grp\ConsBySteps\CurrConv: Incorrect currency conversion for journal 10000
PM67344Multiple long named Database connections will prevent ERO from loading values correctly in Controller Configuration
PM67843Ledger report: performance issue when selecting multiple accounts
PM70406Server: the registry keys (on the Controller application server) has grown large
PM70923Comp/DataEnt-RepVal: not possible to select a dimension code when registering an investment in subsidairies amount (Company\DE Reported value) unless the amount is entered first, then the account and then the dimension
PM71797Ledger report: empty space before Journal Text name gives error
PM71800Unable to use copy of a specific lookup table
PM72138Trf\ExtData\Edit LookupTbls: error message when doing a copy of a specific lookup table.
PM72146AFC: User must log out of Controller to be able to view the new AFC accounts in Jobs - Define - Advanced Account Calculation
PM73352Internal error: No facade method
PM73977Account structure/Change Table - not updating all tables
PM74917Trf/ExpStruct: The function that checks the free disc space is written assuming that the path is always a mapped drive
PM74998Command Center: Performance issue
PM75120Error when recalculating report in Excel Add-in (F9)
PM75930Grp\Rep\TrialBal w Drilldown:Standard error when printing from TB with Closing/Contribution version in columns and account selected
PM76129AFCs do not roll up properly in FAP on the Company dimension
PM78586Cannot publish to data mart hosted on different platform (e.g. DB2) compared with Controller database (e.g. SQL)
PM78698DB2: Using archive logging change the behavior of the utility LOAD that controller use when importing files into the database
PM79557Excel link: When the system is being hit hard either through a number of users or running an intensive recalculation(F9) in Excel the system hangs until Excel finishes
PM80366Consolidation: After company structure change, consolidate previous period for new parent group, show group adjustment value missing
PM80819Oracle:The section on Oracle for the controller db appears to read the wrong way and reads as both content and controller dbs all need to be Unicode based where in fact the technote correctly states controller needs to be non-unicode and the content / audit store explicitly do need to be Unicode
PM80822DB2: problem to find the data source with standard port
PM81085Mtn/BatchQueue/Manage: Error received when a user with menu limitation try to delete or modify a consolidation job in Manage Batch Queue window
PM81216Intercompany elimination on transaction with dimension not booked in adj dim when no counterpart dim
PM81422Transfer/External data: After import with "clear old structures" for the linked structures, the security rights of approvals import setting is deleted
PM81893Documentation relating to "Convert Reports to New Design"
PM83561Error running Consolidation
PM83591Trf/ExpData:Cannot use "Export Data" with local hard drive via Citrix or Terminal Services, if compression is enabled
PM85543Documentation: The .NET certificate checking requires internet access, it is not part of the documentation today
PM85609Rep/Run on IC form get error messages when run by a user with restricted rights
PM85739Command center: Performance issues when changing form status
PM86416Form define: user rights on form prevent from adding accounts in forms
PM86767AFC: error message due to negative value
PM87507IC reconcile report is not corresponding to change in account currency rate
PM87784Comp/Rep-IC: error message when account with currency code K and previous period has no currency rate
PM87994AFC: After the update in jobs/define, the report (Maintain/Config/auto jnls/reports) will not show the new AFC account
PM88032Run/report: issues when running a report with a mix of weekly actualities and actualities
PM88191Transfer/ Export Data: Form Exports All Journals Where Accounts Are Included
PM88782Grp\Rep\TrialBal : incorrect values when running the Trial Balance by Closing/Contribution Version when the account is selected
PM88838Import specification: Newly created import spec by save as doesn't work
PM89243Not all AFC values visible in Trial Balance Report
PM89795DB2 - Not able to import structure when system audit log is enabled
PM89845Grp/Rep/TrialBal w Drilldown: Unable to use the currency type L-Local on Trial Balance with Drill-Down when using the Column content Closing/Contribution Version
PM89887 IC report-large values in print previewIn are hyphenated
PM89895Approving a journal incorrectly changes the Last Modified date stamp
PM89964User is able to run consolidation in groups where she has only 'read- access'
PM90063Allocation: error message when extended dimensions in source accounts
PM90083Grp/CalcReportFormulas: Error when running Calculate Report Formulas for restricted user
PM90831Intercompany profit elimination: When companies are both buyer and seller the IP transactions doesn't zero out on CF offset account
PM90922Trial balance: sends report to excel takes a long time
PM91095Deferred taxes: Automatic journal (E410) is run for a multilevel subsidiary. This causes the deferred tax calculation at group level to comprise a total of all those at sub levels with each consolidation, so the value is too high
PM91187NYKOMO database producing OLKOMO consolidation records after running Clear for Nykomo
PM91663Small Excel link report very slow to run
PM91680Etyp 21 still reported in FAP although no longer valid in Controller due to structural change
PM91777UdBR:No possibility to filter the source data on a specific countercompany
PM92043Currency transation: When Group currency value is missing, a value is created based on local amount and translation code
PM92433Transfer\External Structures\Import\currency rates gives error message
PM93409Tax rate: HT01 tax % rounding to integer part of rate
PM93798Missing 'manual journals' and 'next report' button when using "Reports - Journals Across"
PM94002Group - Reports - Currency Conversion on Journals (with date criteria
PM94260Trf\ImpGenLedgerJrnls: Unable to import company journal even if not includes in the locked closing version
PM95639Differencies after running Calculate Ownership Relations routine
PM95694FAP: no data published when top group becomes a subgroup
PM95953User rights does not include Excel link functionality fExpVal and fGetVal
PM96130When using Command Center with non-English Excel error message "Could not open. Please verify that the right version of Excel..."
PM96224Consolidation:Complex Ownership Seems to Cause a Double Deprciation of Goodwill
PM96298Excel link: performance
PM97081Company > Reconcile > Intercompany Balances report selections of currency not working correctly
PM97509Intercompany elimination: no rolling to OB when eliminating equity (elimination of dividends) and not using transfer accounts
PM97680Management consolidation type:A subsidiary is eliminated - etyp 1, E105 - in Flat structure, even if the parent is disconnected
PM97686IC elimination:Double values generated when removal of a group
PM97884"Loading user interface..." message always appears the first time user launches JAVA component
PM97988Excel link: error message with Oracle data base
PM98065IC elimination wrong on Equity specification when existing company moved to a new group
PM98455Grp\ConsBySteps\CurrConv: issue with code U when empty specification
PM99341Documentation: change text for standard contribution tab
Issues corrected in the IBM Cognos Controller 10.2 FP1 release.
NumberDescription
PI11690Status incorrectly set back from ready to processing
PI14514Not able to import General Ledger file after upgrading to Controller 10.1
PI14923Company & Group JE - Cannot approve journal entry when movement accounts sum to zero
PI15830Issue when copying company journals between periods
PI17351E715 doesn't create a journal in specific company
PI17915When the Controller client is installed, the event source "CognosController" is not correctly registered
PI18119FAP Initial Publish Fails with error "Throwable Exception"
PI18123Differences in IC report booked against equity opening balances
PI20739Error message "Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel" when using self-signed certificates
PI21040Manage Active Users not logging of user when option "Force users to log off regardless of running applications" is marked
PI21041User Rights GUI now updating correctly when navigating among users
PI21293Security Group limitations for certain dimensions, e.g. Companies, no longer have an impact on rights to maintain structures
PI21502Linked actuality not eliminated (IC) in Local Currency when running UdBR.
PI21507E770 (etyp 10) values doubled in Group Currency on some accounts
PI21612Running Consolidation with Status or AFC 'By Steps' an error appears. "Error in AFC: !java.lang.StackOverflowError!"
PI21641Differencies in Automatic Journal Type 18 in Controller 10.2 compared to 10.1.1 FP1
PI21763Error message "Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'IN'" appears when trying to open "Shareholdings and investments".
PI21849Consolidating with allocations gives an error message.
PI21857Latin consolidation: Possibility to restrict any event to only be executed at “leaf level”
PI21924Entry appears under an incorrect company after a change of ownership
PI22538Poor performance generating summation structure in Oracle after upgrading from Controller 8.4 to 10.1.1
PI22722Import External data fails after upgrade to Controller 10.2
PI22879Error message when starting Group Command Center using a specific Windows user profile
PI24341Using Prefixes in FAP causes an invalid CompanyDetails rules file to be created adding the prefix to a function in the rule where it is not required.
PI24773DB2 Account structure generation for FAP is corrected for "Could not add row to account dimension" with "ERRORCODE=-4461,SQLSTATE=42815"
PI28260When recycling the Controller application pool (manually or automatically) the clients connected to the server will no longer report a standard error next time functionality is invoked
PM33012Not possible to save data entry updates in a form that has mandatory comments missing for comparison period
PM72396Report\Shareholdings and Investments not displayed in Controller 10.1 when selecting several Owning companies
PM76219No Minority Opening Balance after change in % ownership
PM84809Different behaviour regarding selection of counter dimension in Intercompany form type 'J' vs Standard/Free form
PM85498Duplicate journal entry created during the approval process
Issues corrected in the Cognos Controller 10.2 FP1 IF1 release.
NumberDescription
PI25879How to store intercompany transactions when moving a company
PI27613On 2nd Initial Publish of a FAP cube, attributes are missing and cube is unusable
PI27708Consolidation ends with an error after a company is disconnected from structure
PI29314Security issue in intercompany report
PI29315Import Specification Error
PI30311Different behavior importing Flat files comparing versions 8.5.1 - 10.2
PI38733Problem with the result (IC adj dim) after consolidation - after upgrade
Issues corrected in the Cognos Controller 10.2 FP1 IF2 release.
NumberDescription
PI37474I/C data entry issue following upgrade to 10.2.2025
PI43324Consolidation results in standard error
Issues corrected in the Cognos Controller 10.2 FP1 IF3 release.
NumberDescription
PI28089Intermittent very slow import of data (e.g. via flat files or staging tables)
PI48665Write access for a single company only gives read access in Controller 10.2
PI48670UDBR rounding issue
PI49646FAP crash after Initial Publish
Issues corrected in the Cognos Controller 10.2 FP1 IF5 release.
NumberDescription
PI44293Error in line 30 Data type mismatch when trying to delete accounts inside the 'Overview' tab of 'Define Account Structure'
PI56938Free Form D1/D1M
PI58066FAP 'Update Structure' button is triggered to be active when changing Period and/or Actuality when logging in to Controller. The same happens for Period and/or Actuality in Personal Defaults
PI58227Consolidation finished with error 'Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint PKNC_xacq_conv'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.xacq_conv'.

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

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