Exchange rate questions...

Hi,
This is not exactly a ABAO question but a general SAP question.
What is the differnerce between average exchange rate 'M', buying exchange rate and selling exchange rate ?
Why do we need to use translation ration for exchange rates ?
What is the use of using direct versus indirect quotationwhile doing general settings for currencies ?
Regards.
Rajesh.

But what is the difference between average exchange rate, buying rate and selling exchange rate.
Does system has a way to calculate those exchange rate if we specifiy the exchange rate type or we have to input the figures in SPRO tables in that exchange rate type ?
Regards,
Rajesh.

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Group Currency Exchange rate type.

Hi
We wanted to post a foreign currency document, with a specific Exchange rate, that is specified in the Document type.
Doument Currency is getting converted into Local Currency (Company code currency) based on the exchange rate type specifed in the Document type used for posting.
But, the Group Currency is getting converted from Document currency based on the Exchange rate type : "M" but based on the Exchange rate type specified in the Document type.
Is there any way, apart from specifying Exchange rate type in Parallel Currencies.
We wanted the conversion of Both Local (Company code) & Group currencies be converted based on the Exchange rate type specified in the document type, for some specific postings.
Following is our Scenario :
Co.Code Cur - EUR
Doc.Cur          GBP
Grp Cur           USD
Document type : XY -- Exchange rate type "1111" specified in the document type.
Now when a document is posted with Document type "XY" in Document Cur : GBP.
Both Local & Grp currency to be converted based on the Exchange rate type " 1111".
Thanks
Kalyan

Hello Kaylan,
I will try to explain the system behavior, regarding to the exchange
rate question, "M" is standard exchange rate type used in R/3 so it's
not possible to change this default setting. However you can assign the
exchange rate type to each FI document type at transaction OBA7. The
exchange rate type assigned here applies to both online/batch postings.
Therefore you can assign a different exchange rate type to the document
types, but not per company code. The exchange rate that you customize at
document type level is validfor the first local currency. However, for
parallel currencies, the system will always use the exchange rate type
defined in transaction OB22. Please, check your customizing there to
check your changes.
If you want to use exchange rate type B, for example, instead of M, in
customizing you have to give Alt Ex.Type as B against M. So that it will
take B rate whenever M is applicable. If you want this B rate to be
applicable for specific document types then you can do the same at
document type definition itself. Otherwise you can do the same at
payment program level/ Revaluation. These are the only places where
exchange type comes into picture.
See also the following attached OSS notes notes for details:
     335608 Trnsln of 2nd and 3rd lcl crcy fm 1st lcl/trns crcy
     526623 Different treatment of local and parallel currency in ML
     547946 FAQ Interface: Currency translation, rounding, field status
     518114 FAQ: Goods movements in foreign currency
regards
Ray

Basic questions about Exchange Rate Differences

Hi Experts?
I have few questions about exchange rates:
1. Currently in 2007, under what circumstances are exchange rate differences not posted automatically? In the previous version, it was this case when invoices are linked to payment, and manual exchage rate differences had to be run.
2. What are unrealized exchange rates? and When do unrealized exchange rates occurs?
3. In account oo logical pinciples, why is there a need to auto reverse Exchange rate differences or Conversion rate differences during the opening of a new posting period??
Much Thanks!
Warmest Regards,
Chinho

Hi Chinho,
you may find useful info in this wiki:
[How does SAP Business One deal with Realised and Unrealised Exchange Rate Differences? |https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=60654139]
& also these 2 EES:
[Exchange Rate Differences|https://psd.sap-ag.de/PEC/calendar/html/recording.php?hck=7a4f07ef7ac81ec31e04d55faffe33bdde93ec2398c338760e0d98adab7ba5acf2c39b2da1782f45e8a5a4d337dedcc647afebddd531782af42bafae98ce7ed5]
[Exchange Rate|https://psd.sap-ag.de/PEC/calendar/html/recording.php?hck=e5397f14c44f8df754617194051dab1ad38f59f08580406c2efd59aa4c0f71616713c2abe76bc503e08f2f5eda4863634f6fe99ad39d46c947c09623b91e53ca]
As a rule, in version 2007 it's the unrealised exchange rate differences on the BP side that are relevant since with the introduction of the unified internal reconciliation engine realised partial exchange rate differences are automatically posted. You also use the functionality to post exchange rate differences for FC GL accounts at a particular execution day.
All the best,
Kerstin

Cal script question to calculate exchange rate

Hi All expert,
I'm new in Essbase, can anyone help and tell me what's wrong with the following cal script?
I got 10 dimension
- Account
- Month
- Year
- Market
- Product
- Cost center
- Currency
- Version
- Currency type - USDvalue, EURvalue, etc.
For data upload, we'll upload only either USD or EUR value, then based on exchange rate for the month (also loaded as data), try to calculate the value in other currency
/* GET EXCHANGE RATE */
     FIX(@LEVMBRS("3000000000",0),@LEVMBRS("Company",0), @LEVMBRS(Market,0),
          @LEVMBRS(Product,0),@LEVMBRS("Cost Centre",0),@LEVMBRS(Month,0),
          @LEVMBRS(Year,0),@LEVMBRS("Version",0),@LEVMBRS(Currency,0))
          "USDValue" (
          IF (@ISMBR("USD"))
               USDValue;
          ELSE
          EURValue / (@CURRMBR("Year"))->(@CURRMBR("Month"))->(@CURRMBR("Version"))
          ->(@CURRMBR("Currency"))->"CTR_ACC"->"MKT_HK"->"PROD_TRY"->"999999"->"COM_1010"->
          "RPT to EUR ex rate";
          ENDIF;
ENDFIX;
CALC All;
I got stuck after running this script, thanks for all your help in advace.

/* GET EXCHANGE RATE */
     FIX(@LEVMBRS("3000000000",0),@LEVMBRS("Company",0), @LEVMBRS(Market,0),
          @LEVMBRS(Product,0),@LEVMBRS("Cost Centre",0),@LEVMBRS(Month,0),
          @LEVMBRS(Year,0),@LEVMBRS("Version",0),@LEVMBRS(Currency,0))
          "USDValue" (
          IF (@ISMBR("USD"))
               USDValue;
          ELSE
          EURValue / (@CURRMBR("Year"))->(@CURRMBR("Month"))->(@CURRMBR("Version"))
          ->(@CURRMBR("Currency"))->"CTR_ACC"->"MKT_HK"->"PROD_TRY"->"999999"->"COM_1010"->
          "RPT to EUR ex rate";
          ENDIF;
ENDFIX;
CALC All;
I got stuck after running this script, thanks for all your help in advace.I'm not sure what you mean by you got stuck after running the script, can you eloborate? I will point out that there are some things in your script that are a bit odd.
(@CURRMBR("Year"))->(@CURRMBR("Month"))->(@CURRMBR("Version"))->(@CURRMBR("Currency"))
is unnecessary as the fix statement above it will set that all for you.
I think I would rewrite this as
     FIX(@LEVMBRS("3000000000",0),@LEVMBRS("Company",0), @LEVMBRS(Market,0),
          @LEVMBRS(Product,0),@LEVMBRS("Cost Centre",0),@LEVMBRS(Month,0),
          @LEVMBRS(Year,0),@LEVMBRS("Version",0),@LEVMBRS(Currency,0))
          "USDValue" (
          IF ( @ISMBR("USD"))
          "USDValue" = EURValue / "CTR_ACC"->"MKT_HK"->"PROD_TRY"->"999999"->"COM_1010"->"RPT to EUR ex rate";
Else
          "EURValue" = USDValue * "CTR_ACC"->"MKT_HK"->"PROD_TRY"->"999999"->"COM_1010"->"RPT to EUR ex rate";
          ENDIF;
ENDFIX;

Document currency and exchange rate processing question during order entry

Hi Gurus,
I have an issue where all our price records are stored in currency USD. When we take an order for a country that requires pricing to be in an alternate currency, the document currency is changed during order entry. This results in any price condition records retrieved through the condition techique to get converted correctly per the exchange rate. However we have conditions that are calculations off of the conditions retrieved using condition formulas. For example we have a condition which represents 90% of our list price. List price is retrieved in USD as 10.00 USD and converted to alternate currency 63.40 TTD with an exchange rate of 6.34, but our calculation dollar value remains in USD but displays the alternate currency as 9 TTD, should be 57.06 TTD . We are using standard pricing formulas. I know I can call a conversion function within my formula to get it right, however, is this correct system behavior? I expected standard SAP to convert all price results leveraging exchange rate into document currency. Any guidance will be appreciated.
Matt

Hi,
I went through the problem and still feel that there is somethign wrong in the routine which is used. You can confirm this by removing the routine from the condition type in the PP, and manually entering the value for the c.type in SO in USD and then check if the value is coming correctly in document currency. If the translation is happening for one condition type correctly and not correctly for another condition type, it should be the issue only with the routine.
Pls check the scenario without the routine and check once and accordingly update the situation.

How to restrict manual change to exchange rate.

Hello
Requirement:
Our requirement is we want to control the manual exchange rate entry(user type or otherwise) at different form e.g. AP Invoice screen,AR Invoice,GL JV.
What ever the rate defined pops up,should only be used for transactions and no scope should be given to user to change the rate.
Process:
Our process is that We have a boundary system and we manually enter the rates daily and upload to Oracle Application by running a program interfaced with the boundary system.The rates fetched from the boundary system sits in daily rate form as spot rate.
The profile option "AR: Default Exchange Rate Type" has value "spot".
Similarly in payable option the rate given as "spot".
Solution provided by our consultant:
We have Below clarification from the consultant Oracle team on controlling who can enter exchange rates manually vs who can not.
Pls see response for both sub ledger and general ledger transactions. An ability to limit manual exchange rate entry & view is, therefore, available in Oracle.
In Oracle, the transactions are created in subledgers and manual journals are created in General Ledger.The defaulting of exchange rate type is done separately for different subledgers. For General Ledger (creating manual journals) the control is separate.
1)For transactions originating in subledgers , for eg.Accounts Receivable, the name of the profile option is "AR: Default Exchange Rate Type" and looking at your requirement, this should be set at "Corporate" and not "User" or "Spot". Setting it at Corporate, will make the application look at the predefined corporate rates. Similarly for transactions (invoices/payments) in Accounts Payable, the defaulting can be configured through payable options.
2)For manual journals , the defaulting of exchange rate type is controlled separately. This can also be secured by definition access set which will prevent unauthorized changes to rate type.
Questions:
1.Can we take their suggest given our process that changing the rate to corporate will restrict manual intervention of the user.
2.whether definition access set feature available in 11.5.10.2 and if so how can we configure.
3.What is the best way to restrict user from manual intervention.

Hello.
For the mentioned forms, you can use Forms Personalization to force users to use a certain type(s) of exchange rate.
Octavio

Exchange rate problem between GR&IR for PO with account assignment category

ear SAP experts.
We have used expense puchase order through account assignment category.
the cost object include cost center,sale order,order.because we dont use Fixed assets module in SAP,when purchase fixed assets,we also use account assignment category but no need to fill assets number(Not use account assignment category A).
the processing in current system when there is exchange rate difference between GR&IR as follows.
purchase order Currency :USD company code currency:HKD
example 1-- when something purchased into expense account,
Good receipt (1USD=7.75HKD)
Dr :expense account 100USD    775HKD
Cr: GR/IR        100USD    775HKD
Invoice receipt
Dr : GR/IR         100USD    775HKD
    Expense account            25HKD
CR: Vendor        100USD    800HKD
Example 2-- when something purchased into Fixed assets account,
purchase order :USD company code currency:HKD
Good receipt on Oct .01. 2007 (1USD=7.75HKD)
Dr :Fixed assets account 100USD    775HKD
Cr: GR/IR           100USD    775HKD
Invoice receipt on Dec.01.2007 (1USD= 8HKD)
Dr: GR/IR              100USD     775HKD
   Fixed assets account                25HKD
Cr: Vendor            100USD     780HKD
The fixed assets is depreciated from Nov,2007.
There is one problem that after the fixed assets is depreciated, the value for the fixed assets is added , the finance clerk have to adjust the added value from fixed assets account to Exchange Difference-Gain/Loss account by manual.
Our problem is
How to configure in order to make the exchage rate difference into Exchange Difference-Gain/Loss account for purchase order with account assignment category,not the original assigned account in purchase order item.
Many thanks
Fanny

Hi Fanny
Even though the question is bit unclear, I guess you are looking for the T-Code OBYC. Use transaction key KDM for configuring the exchange gain/loss
S Jayaram

Payment program and exchange rate

Hey Gurus,
When i run the payment program to pay my foreign vendor in foreign currency the system does not calculate the exchange difference at the point of the payment program.
Example.
invoice on 9/11 for 4267.50AUD the rate 1.2154 =3511.19usd run the payment program on 9/17 the rate is 1.18840. it pays out 3511.9 instead of 3590.96usd. The difference between the 3511.19 and 3590.96 would be the exchange loss or gain.
What is missing, or how should the system do it.
Then when the bank pays the order at the bank rate, the rate in the books and the bank rate are different, therefore different payment amounts, how do you set up the system to reconcile the two and generate another exchange rate.
Please
Thank you

Thank you for your quick response!!
What if i don't know the banks rate at the time of the payment program, which is what the case is going to be.
I guess my question is does the payment program calculate the exchange gain or loss when clearing the invoice , if so what settings make it do that?
And once the clearing is done and i receive the bank statement the two amount would be different due to the different exchange rates, how do i make the bank statement reconcile the two and post and exchange gain or loss.
Please help this is urgent.
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FI Forex gain loss & Exchange Rate difference on Foreign Currency & Chart of Accounts

Dear All,
I have queries on following :
1) what is difference b/w Forex gain loss account & Exchange Rate difference on Foreign Currency account .
2) Under which Heads in Balance sheet they should come as per Indian Accounting Standards.
3) Are these accounts common for Vendor & customers or different.
4) they record FI data at Company code level or at sub-ledger level first (Vendor /Customer) .
4) Is it advised to use same Chart of Accounts to two companies in same country by using different GL's with different FSV?
Regards
MJ

Hi M J,
Please note the answers below:-
1. It is one and the same thing. When you say forex gain/loss account, it means a GL account and exchnage rate difference means, the difference in rates at which you purchased/sold and the rate at which you made paid/collected.
2. Ask Client where they want to show these GL's in Financial statement Version.
3. The configuration setting is in OB09 and SAP allows you to keep same or diff GL for both realised Exchnage rate gain/loss. It depends on how you want to see. technically it is possible.
4. The Valuation is done at company code level, but individual records are picked up at vendor/customer level. It means that the revaluation gain/loss adjustment is not given to each individual Vendor/Customer, rather it is posted to a GL - Balance Sheet adj.
5. Yes, you can use same chart of accounts and you do not need to create separate GL's at the company code level for two company codes. Same GL's can be used as the posting is made at Co. code level.
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Note : Please raise separate thread for different questions. Your Point No. 5 is not related to the rest.

Exchange rate difference posted to Group currency only during MIRO

Hi SAP Gurus,
We're activating parallel currency in ML and USD is the group currency. GR/IR clearing acct is managed in local currency only.
OB22
Crcy Type 30    Group currency                               Currency   USD
Valuation        Legal Valuation
ER Type    M     Standard translation at average rate
Srce curr. 1     Translation taking transaction currency as a basis
TrsDte typ 3     Translation date
Please find below scenario:
Co code currency: ZAR
PO: ZAR
Upon GR:
Posting date- 04/14/2009 exch. rate 1ZAR= 0.11099 USD
Entry: debit Expense - 4,078.19 ZAR/ 452.64 USD
          credit GR/IR acct -   4,078.19 ZAR/ 452.64 USD
Upon IR:
Posting date- 04/20/2009 exch. rate 1 ZAR= 0.11279 USD
Entry: debit GR/IR acct - 4,078.19 ZAR/ 452.64 USD
          credit Vendor acct - 4,078.19 ZAR/ 460.02 USD
automatic additional debit Expense - 0.00 ZAR/ 7.38 USD
Here are my questions:
1.) Where would I check the setting for the GL account used in the automatic line entry posted in group currency during IR? (3rd line item above)
2.) Can this be changed? Say instead of the original acct assignment, the management want to change it to FX gain/loss account
3.) How?
I have checked several notes (331910,etc) but I can't seem to find the answers to my questions.
Appreciate your help. Thanks!
Regards
Dru

Just an update to this issue- I just found out that the system is pointing to KBS when posting the
exchange rate difference in group currency upon IR, hence, PO account
assignment is adopted. I'd like to rephrase my question- is there any
way we can change SAP behaviour such that it will point to other
transaction key (e.g. KDG) other than KDM? Bottomline is we want it
charged to other GL account not the one in the PO.
Thanks so much for your assistance.
Regards,
Dru

Exchange rate difference while posting ME21N MIGO and MIRO

Hi All,
I am facing one problem with exchange rate type between M and EURX and EURX is maintanined in the SPRO>SAP Netweaver>General Settings>currencies>Check Exchange rate types
EXRT : EURX
Usage    : EMU Reg,fixed
Ref.Curr    : EUR
Buy.ra.at
Sall .Rat.At
Inv
EMU   :X
FIXED
Scenario:
Company(USD) is maintaning Exchange rate type: M and no exchange rates are maintained for USD:EUR or EUR:USD.
Eur is maintaing in Exchange rate type EURX.
1) PO (ME21N) is posting for the Vendor on posting date 01/01/2008. Transaction currency is EUR and company code currency is USD and Quantity : 25000
--> Exchange rate 'M' is not maintained for EUR and values are picking from the EURX Type. In the PO, Exchange rate is picking correctly from the EURX table entries on 01/01/2008.
2) MIGO: GR is posted on 01/25/2008 and with 15000 Quantity. Exchange rate is getting currecly from the table on 01/25/2008.
3) MIRO: IR is posted on 02/15/2008 and Vendor Account is picking correct exchange rate from the table but GR/IR account is caluculations EUR:USD is differntly .
Note: It is not GR based IR.
Ex:
PK AC                DESCRIPTION                    Tran Curr (EUR)    Local Curr USD
31 5004789     Vendor Account                       24,718.48-            38,777.12- USD
86 2525000      A/P-GR/IR NON-INV                24,718.48            38,883.73 USD
91 6584785      SERV-OTHER O/S                    0.00                 106.61- USD
Here GR/IR account is cal dirrently.
4) Credit Memo posted against IR on 03/25/2008. Exchange rate is given while posting CM same as Invoice. But system rate is different. Here also how the GR/IR is calculating is question is it not taking from Table or from any other rate types . Same problem like IR for GR/IR account.
Entry is posted like
PK ACC         Description                            Tran curr(EUR) Local curr(USD)
21 5004789     Vendor                                   24,718.48        38,777.13 USD
96 2525000     /P-GR/IR NON-INV                   24,718.48-      38,892.22- USD
81 6584785     SERV-OTHER O/S                     0.00            115.09 USD
This problem is same like GR and also SPL document is posting differenly for ZG and ZL ledger.
ZL ledger is posting same like Accounting CM document ZG is posting with the different amount . This different amount is nothing but the exchange rate as per the posting date 03/25/2008. Exchange rate on 03/25/2008 is differe from IR date 02/15/2008 .
ZL ledger is calculating based on the 02/15/2008 date and ZG ledger is calculating based on the 03/25/2008 . Difference between Exchange rate entered in the CM and 03/25/2008 table entry rate is showing exchange rate difference field in the Addtional field in the document display.
Thanks in Advance.

Dear Friends,
Thanks for your helpful answers, actually we are in big export business. So we have to clear 100s of invoice lines with payments at one go, (which obviously being booked at different dates) so it would be very difficult for the user to go one by one invoice.
My concern is, why system does not calculate exchange rate difference based on actual documents, i.e. Invoice to payments only. I think there might be some configuration needed to implement this functionality.
Please help.
Regards

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We have recently testing to setup KDM Exchange rate difference posting in LIV and encounter the problem of cost center cannot be determine for PO with account assignment A (For asset) and P (for Project).
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Dear Murali: Yes, GL account is maintained in OBYC for KDM transaction, I am following the OSS note 980402 for the setup (ECC6 system). The GL account say is 60000005. In OB09, we have maintained the entry for this account 60000005 to have a default cost center (e.g. 1000). This cost center does not get defaulted when MIRO posting is done with exchange rate difference. Instead, the cost center is obtained from the PO (e.g. the account assignment in PO have cost center 5000). But for certain account assignment (e.g. 'P' for WBS and 'A' for Asset), there is no cost center maintained in PO account assignment and thus in MIRO i get an error message as mentioned above.
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Dear experts,
I have a question regarding exchange rate difference in transaction FB05.
Prerequisite：We have implement accounts for the exchange rate difference in OB09.
I try to clear the customer in a billing transfer document in FB05, and I didn't do any manual change about amount during the process.
In the clear document there are three items:
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1   40   111111    cl.acc.b.statem.              33,592.00          24,672.79 EUR
2   40    222222   bank fees&charges          50.00                1,365.91 EUR
3   15    333333   customer A                     33,642.00-         26,038.70- EUR
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     My scenario use the product type 55A - Interest rate instrument and transaciton type = 200 borrowing in Foreign currency transaction as the transaction as belows,
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19.10.2011         1105             Borrowing               10,000            USD               30.00                       300,000
30.10.2011         1120             Final repayment       10,000            USD               30.00                      300,000
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Regards,
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Control Delivery split based on diff in exchange rate (let. of credit)

Hi Team,
We have a scenarios where the user does nto want split in delivery because of differecne in Exchange rate for line items.
In my case when Letter of credit si assigned to line item.
I understand this as standard behavior that a delivery splits happens based on difference in exchangerate.
My question is to control this split, will it be a right to control it by routine in copy controls routine form order to delivery or we consider the user exit.
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Thanks in advance
Balaji

Hi Balaji,
See Note 415716 - User exits in delivery processing, because it tells us how some modification can affect to split documents.
I suggests you to manage it with VOFM subroutine. The idea is that diferent values in LIKP-ZUKRL determintes the split of documents. You can populate until 40 characters, and you manage it with structure ZUK. This concatenation in a string is moved to LIKP-ZUKRL. It works like ZUKRI in spliting of invoice. This VOFM is set in copy rules.
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