Run a Currency Translation

Available currencies are those specified in the Group dimension or group members. Currency translation can be executed at any group/entity level. When you select a base entity and run the currency translation for this entity, you can select the reporting currency in which to run the translation and convert amounts from their source currency to a target currency. When you select a group or sub-group, the currency translation is run on the currencies defined for the selected group.

You perform currency translations in the Consolidation Central module of SAP Business Planning and Consolidation.

Prerequisites

You can perform currency translation on an entity if you have Write access to this entity.

Features

If you execute currency translation on an entity, a currency conversion dialogue boc appears with the following dimension types and corresponding default members:

C – Category

Default member: category member on the context bar.
T – Time periods

Default member: time period on the context bar.
E – Entity

Default member: the selected entity
R – Currency

Default member: the first member in the currency dimension of the CONSOLIDATION InfoProvider.
Currency Rate Entities

Default member: Global. If Global is not defined, then the first member of Entity in the RATE InfoProvider displays.

You should be able to select multiple entities, currencies and time periods.

After defining all the members for these dimension types, click OK and execute a currency translation by following the steps in Consolidation Monitor.

If you execute currency translation on a group, then a currency conversion dialogue appears with the following dimension types and corresponding default members:

C – Category

Default member: category member on the context bar.
T – Time periods

Default member: time period on the context bar.
G – Group

Default member: the selected group
Currency Rate Entities

Default member: Global. If Global is not defined, then the first member of Entity in the RATE InfoProvider displays.

You should be able to select multiple time periods.

After defining all the members for these dimension types, click OK and execute a currency translation by following the steps in Consolidation Monitor.