Labour Postings into Cost Centres

This month, when our labour documents were posted into the cost centres, the exchange rate it used to exchange BRL/EUR/GBP etc to USD was different to the exchange rate showing in our SAP table.
Does anyone have any idea how this could have occured and where the exchange rate might have come from?
Many thanks,
Susan
Edited by: Susan Green on Dec 1, 2008 7:57 PM

Check the Translation Ratios.
SPRO>SAP NetWeaver>General Settings>Currencies>Define Translation Ratios for Currency Translation
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Sreenivas

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