BPC 7.0 NW Consolidation questions..

Can someone share some information on following BPC consolidation issues..
1..Currency translation difference in consolidation has to be posted to CTA ( Currency Translation Account) . Where to inform the system to post the CTA to the designated CTA account?
2.Opening balanceloading BPC consolidation...
For how many years it is normally loaded? What is the ideal opening balance loading strategy in BPC. Is there any good document on this
3.Security Administration in BPC..
I am trying to read a good document on how to define users /security in the BPC 7NW . Can someone sent any document link or some good suggestion..

hi Naveen,
I saw you wrote knowledgeable about the Currency Conversion / Currency Translation table settings. We are using Currency Translation with destination account; and works fine with each run.
The ONLY problem we are having / or miss understanding from incomplete BPC 7.0 Documentation is. Why is the Currency Translation Adjustment account not cleard before calculating the adjustment difference between accounts. ... Currently, every adjustment (triggered by every CC run) is added to the CTA account, on top of the last difference. So if you run the CC 10 times a day, the adjustment amount will be posted 10 times. even trhough the total of adjustment may not change during the day.
This seems to be not the use which we need for our requirement, which is to point out the CTA at any given time on the spot. ... hence clearing the CTA before currency conversion, would at least bring the right result every time. (which is the opposit of the current outcome which ist Total CTA: Initial CTA + CTA + CTA + CTA + n x CTA ...)
Any thoughts? --- thanks a lot in advance, Max

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