Currency translation [AS_IS] formula on FX Simulation Category

Hi,
We are currently experiencing the following problem on currency translation, any assistance will be appreciated.
The [AS_IS] formula in the currency translation business rule , does not leave the USD amount in the FX Simulation Category (ACTSTAT) , it replaces the amount with the USD amount in the source category (ACTUAL) when currency translation package is run for ACTSTAT.
Background info:
We are running SAP BPC 10 NW EP 801 SP4
Our financial year is OCT 2013 – SEP 2014
We have two categories ACTUAL used for management reporting and ACTSTAT used for
statutory reporting
All data is entered in LC against the category ACTUAL and FX translation for ACTUAL
represent the management accounting numbers where the simulation of category
ACTSTAT on the base data provide us with the statutory translation
We have two sets of rates that are applicable for management reporting and one for
statutory reporting.
We have a problem with the rules we use for FX translation for accounts that should
be reported at historic values.
We use the formula [AS_IS] to leave group currency values unchanged when values
are carried forward from one year to the next. This is the intention of
the formula as explained in documentation
For this example we used reporting currency USD ( US Dollars)
ACTSTAT is a FX simulation category with ACTUAL as the base / source category ( No data
is loaded to LC)
We have a FX translated value closing balance for the prior year on ACTUAL
(management accounting) and ACTSTAT (statutory reporting) that are different
from each other. The rule builds the closing balance through opening
balance against historic values plus any movements at an average periodic rate.
We execute the carry forward of closing balances which transfers the closing
balance to the opening balance of the respective categories – ACTUAL and
ACTSTAT. This works beautifully
When we run the FX translation in the new year the system does not leave the
translated value unchanged in the category ACTSTAT as the formula [AS_IS] was
designed to do.
Data after carry forward is run:
Sep-13
Oct-13
Nov-13
Dec-13
Jan-14
Feb-14
Mar-14
Apr-14
May-14
Jun-14
Jul-14
Aug-14
Sep-14
ACTSTAT
ACTSTAT
ACTSTAT
ACTSTAT
ACTSTAT
ACTSTAT
ACTSTAT
ACTSTAT
ACTSTAT
ACTSTAT
ACTSTAT
ACTSTAT
ACTSTAT
F99 - Closing
F00 - Opening
F00 - Opening
F00 - Opening
F00 - Opening
F00 - Opening
F00 - Opening
F00 - Opening
F00 - Opening
F00 - Opening
F00 - Opening
F00 - Opening
F00 - Opening
USD
USD
USD
USD
USD
USD
USD
USD
USD
USD
USD
USD
USD
200000 - Ordinary share capital
-3193.890012
-3193.890012
-3193.890012
-3193.890012
-3193.890012
-3193.890012
-3193.890012
-3193.890012
-3193.890012
-3193.890012
-3193.890012
-3193.890012
-3193.890012
Problem
The AS_IS formula retrieves the data from the ACTUAL category USD amount and
replaces the USD amount on ACTSTAT.
After
currency translation:
Sep-13
Sep-13
Oct-13
Nov-13
Dec-13
Jan-14
Feb-14
Mar-14
Apr-14
May-14
Jun-14
Jul-14
Aug-14
Sep-14
ACTUAL
ACTSTAT
ACTSTAT
ACTSTAT
ACTSTAT
ACTSTAT
ACTSTAT
ACTSTAT
ACTSTAT
ACTSTAT
ACTSTAT
ACTSTAT
ACTSTAT
ACTSTAT
F99 - Closing
F99 - Closing
USD
USD
USD
USD
USD
USD
USD
USD
USD
USD
USD
USD
USD
USD
F00
F00
F00
F00
F00
F00
F00
F00
F00
F00
F00
F00
200000 - Ordinary share capital
3 750.00
-3 193.89
3750
3750
3750
3750
3750
3750
3750
3750
3750
3750
3750
3750
Thanks
Gavin

Hi Gavin,
I don't think there is a way to customise the FX business rule by category, so you would have to use a script. I would create an additional flow (say Fxx), then amend the carry forward rule to copy from F99 to F00 and to Fxx.
After you run the FX conversion you could then for ACTSTAT only copy the Fxx amount in converted currency back to F00. Essentially overwriting the amount the system took from ACTUAL again with the carried forward amount.
BR,
Arnold

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