Introduction

This document is intended for use with IBM® Controller Web.
Controller Web is a web application designed for a reporting site user who reports for one or more subsidiaries into the group’s financial consolidation.
Note: Configuration and maintenance is done in the Cognos Controller Classic. Some of the configuration that you do in the Cognos Controller Classic does not apply in Controller Web.
Note: If you do some changes in the menu Maintain in Cognos Controller Classic, you must restart the Web Services (Controller Web and Controller Web UI) to get those changes applied in Controller Web.

Cognos Controller is integrated with various IBM Cognos® products to provide a complete solution for analysis and reporting.

Getting started

On the General 1 tab, check the Use Period Locking on Company Level option and select the closing version in the Closing Version text box. This ensures that on submission a company is set to Ready and locked for data entry status.

On the Reconcile 1 tab, the Reconciliation setting, Reconciliation will be Made by must have Closing Version selected. Reconciliation Setting by Journal Type is not supported in Controller Web.
Important: The option Set status for submission to Ready after reconciliation from Cognos Controller Classic is not supported in Controller Web. You must actively submit your Company to get Ready status.

Controller Web workflow

In IBM Controller Web, you can report for one or more subsidiaries in to the financial consolidation for a group.

Before you do a financial consolidation, set or verify the language and date formats to use. For more information, see Setting language and date formats.

The following steps show the workflow for consolidation:
  1. Open a project on the landing page
  2. Select a company and a submission
  3. Populate the forms with data
  4. Reconcile intercompany transactions
  5. Manage the journals
  6. Check the account reconciliation
  7. Review your data
  8. Submit your data

Audience

To use this guide, you should have an understanding of Cognos Controller.

Finding information

To find product documentation on the web, including all translated documentation, access IBM Documentation (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en).

Forward-looking statements

This documentation describes the current functionality of the product. References to items that are not currently available may be included. No implication of any future availability should be inferred. Any such references are not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. The development, release, and timing of features or functionality remain at the sole discretion of IBM.

Accessibility features

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