Financial Accounting and Asset Accounting 

To read about the requirements for using multiple value flows in General Ledger Accounting and Asset Accounting, see Update of Multiple Values in General Ledger Accounting and Multiple Values in Asset Accounting.

The following scenarios make it possible for you to activate multiple valuations in General Ledger Accounting:

Scenario 1: Multiple currencies not currently used in General Ledger Accounting

Activating an additional valuation view (such as profit center valuation) in Customizing for General Ledger Accounting does not lead to any changes to data already posted. However, nonsense exchange rate differences arise in the additional valuation view when you clear open items. Moreover, all accounts have a balance of "0".

For information on the options available in this case, see SAP Note 39919.

Scenario 2: Multiple currencies currently used in General Ledger Accounting

You need to analyze whether the currencies currently being used correspond to the currencies you need for your multiple valuations.

Example

You have the following settings in your system:

General Ledger Accounting

Company code currency	10
Local currency 1	30 = Group currency
Local currency 2	40 = Hard currency (<> Group currency)

 

You want to store the following valuation approaches in your system:

Currency and valuation profile

10  Legal valuation/company code currency

31  Group valuation/group currency

32  Profit center valuation/group currency

 

You want to replace the multiple currencies with multiple valuation approaches.

Since local currency 1 uses the same currency key as the currency you want to use for group valuation and profit center valuation, you can change the currency type and thus implement multiple valuation approaches. To do this, you need to run a conversion program that converts all the document headers in General Ledger Accounting from the old currency type to the new currency type.

Local currency 2, however, cannot be changed over to a different valuation view, since the currency key of the local currency is not the same as that in the currency and valuation profile. In this case, an additional currency translation would need to be carried out on top of the currency type change. This is as complex a process as the euro conversion and is not supported in the standard SAP system. However, it is possible to do this on a project basis in cooperation with SAP.