FXTRANS Currency translation for plananing application

Question

Dear Freinds !
I had read many blogs on currency translation but not able to do currency translation with 7.5NW SP 09 even after following SAP Note 1254330 .
Planning appliation had 1.C_Category dim ( default) 2.N_ACCT ( copy of C_ACCT) 3.Entity(Default)4.Time(Default)5.RptCurrency(Default) Referenec to RATE APP ( Default)
RATE APP 1. C_Category dim ( default) 2.R_ACCT ( Defalut) 3.R_Entity(Default)4.Time(Default)5.InputCurrency(Default) Referenec to RATE APP ( Default)
All properties are manined as mentioned in note 1254330.
systemconstants file
*FUNCTION THISAPP=PLANNING
*FUNCTION RATEAPP=RATE
*FUNCTION RATEENTITYDIM=RateEntity
*FUNCTION RATEACCOUNTDIM=RATE
*FUNCTION INPUTCURRENCYDIM=INPUTCURRENCY
*FUNCTION RATEENTITYMBR=Global
*FUNCTION RATESRCCALCMBR=Global
*FUNCTION AVGRATEID=AVG
*FUNCTION ENDRATEID=END
Data enetered for C5000 (JAPAN) INCOME ACCOUNT  LC  in planning application
*RUN_PROGRAM CURR_CONVERSION
    CATEGORY = %C_CATEGORY_SET%
    CURRENCY=%RPTCURRENCY_SET%
    TID_RA = %TIME_SET%
    RATEENTITY =GLOBAL
    OTHER = ENTITY=%ENTITY_SET%
*ENDRUN_PROGRAM
DM package ran  inputed provided is EUR it shows running sucessfully but log say zero record submited/generated
DM package ran  inputed provided is blank it shows error LC does not exit
Kindly help me understand why it is not working

Answer 1

Hi,
Im not sure if you made a typing mistake on the last reply, but you cant convert numbers from LC to LC. It must go from a currency marked with an "L" - in this case LC, into a currency marked with an "R" - this is multiple currencies like EUR, JPY, GBP etc.
You will therefore never see the converted records in LC.
Even though you entered a rate against JPY, you need to also enter a record for the same time period for USD (for example) so that the JPY amount knows which currency to convet to. The Rate application works by converting based on relative positions to Group currency. For example:
INPUTCURRENCY    RATE    CATEGORY     VALUE
USD                         AVG     ACTUAL          1
JPY                          AVG    ACTUAL           4
Then when you run currency, it will take the amount you entered against entity C5000 and divide it by (4/1). Without the entry against USD it will not be able to convert.
Hope this is clear.
Tom.