IBM Cognos Controller

What do you like best?

Multiple roles with various right steps

Integration with excel and SAP softwares

Easy user interface

Administrator role can be performed by finance team member, not IT

What do you dislike?

Lack of shiny colors. Interface used to be black, grey and white (when I used to work on it back in 2012-2015). You wish to have some colors while scratching numbers and aligning budget.

The layout on the screen for changing the properties of a report is overwhelming. It's hard to remember where certain properties live.

Ease of overwriting all data in the cubes - think it should be limited, or somehow warning the user, before the trouble is done

Recommendations to others considering the product:

Just go for it! At the beginning it will take quite an effort to set-up things and it is very important to devote this time and make in properly installed and running. However, once done, you will love financial controlling!

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

Budgeting

Control over expenses

Analysis

Quick forecasting

No need to store all data in excel