Currency Translation question

When the currency translation is executed..it overwrite the reporting currency by new amount.
Q1>>How to find out additive impact by each each account for currency translation changes.?
For example I have 1000 accounts, which for which currency translation is executed. Can I know the currency translation changes per each account seperately for reporting purpose?
Client wants to do the complete audit trail of amount posted by currency translation. is it possible..
How it is possible. Is it possible thru movement type to track the currency translation by each account?
Q2>>DATASRC dimension has a property IS_CONSOLIDATED? has some one used it before? What it is used for?
Please explain a bit..because the documentation from SAP is very brief..
Apprecaite inputs...

Hi Doodwala,
I'm not sure I'm following your question 1. Do you mean that you want to track the difference between the new and old reporting currency amount when the LC amount changes? Or do you want to track the change in the translated amount if the rate changes (or more likely using a different rate)?
If your audit requirement is to track every record change then it is going to be very arduous to do this in a custom way. I'd recommend looking into the delivered audit trail functionality to see if that meets your requriements. There is a bit of information about this functionality here: [http://help.sap.com/saphelp_bpc70sp02/helpdata/en/e1/8999faf82c4a61acd65683a8cedafe/frameset.htm]
Question 2 was asked and answered in this thread: [IS_CONSOLIDATED in DATASRC;
Ethan

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