Creating Variables for Currency Translation Types  

Use

When creating a currency translation type you are able to specify a variable for exchange rate, target currency or time base.

Prerequisites

You have transferred the InfoObjects exchange rate (0RTYPE), currency key (0CURRENCY), and date (0DATE) from Business Content. You have assigned these InfoObjects to an InfoArea in InfoObject maintenance, so that these InfoObjects are displayed in the InfoProvider tree in the Administrator Workbench.

Procedure

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       1.      Open the Query Designer.

       2.      Create a new query for the InfoObject (0RTYPE), currency key (0CURRENCY) or date (0DATE), depending on which variable you require. You can find additional information under Defining New Queries.

       3.      Choose New Variable in the context menu of the InfoObject. The variables wizard appears. Also see Defining Variables with the Variables Wizard .

       4.      Enter a variable name and a description for the variable.

       5.      Choose the desired processing type in the Processing by field. If you choose User Entry/ Default Value here, the system requests the currency in a dialog box in the query.

       6.      Choose Continue to reach the Details screen.   Here you decide how the entry is to appear.

       7.      Choose Continue to assign a default value for the variable.

       8.      Choose Continue to get a summary of the properties of the variables.

       9.      Choose Exit. The variable is saved.

   10.      Leave the Query Designer.

Result

The variable can be used in the currency translation type.