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In an SAP system, all amounts have a currency assigned to them. Different currencies are involved in displaying sales prices in the pricing table and in calculating and saving sales prices.

Currencies used

In sales prices calculations, distinctions are made between vendor currencies, local currencies, pricing currencies, sales currencies and parallel currencies.

In two-step price calculation in the wholesale sector, there is also a differentiation made between the sales currency used for the first step and that used for the second (for the consumer).

Basic purchase prices are displayed in the pricing table in the purchase order currency of the vendor (vendor currency). This is also the case if the currency in which the basic purchase price is stored in the condition record (condition currency) is different.

The vendor currency is maintained in the purchasing organization data in the vendor master.

On the purchasing details screen, on the other hand, the basic purchase price is displayed in the condition currency. For external suppliers this is the purchase order price currency in the purchasing info record and for internal suppliers it is the relevant sales currency (warehouse transfer price currency).

The local currency is the currency of the company code to which the sales organization of a pricing item is assigned. The local currency is required for particular currency conversions when calculating purchase prices, for example.

Purchase and sales price calculations are performed in the pricing currency. The fields belonging to the calculations, such as Purchase price (net/net) and Sales price (net, gross) are also displayed in the pricing currency.

You define the pricing currency under Pricing type in Customizing for Pricing.

When you save the sales price calculation, the sales prices are saved in the sales currency. The final price is thus displayed in the sales currency.

In Customizing for Pricing you define whether the sales currency is the same as the local currency or the pricing currency.

If a currency conversion is planned for the organizational level, the final price is converted to a parallel price using a parallel currency. The parallel currency is the After currency entered in the currency conversion table of the Euro Workbench.

Other prices used in sales price calculations are displayed either in the pricing currency (variable sales prices VKP01 to VKP03) or in the sales currency (planned final price, "reduced-from" price, cash price, and so on). The currency for these prices is defined by the associated list fields.

 

Determining the sales currency

When determining the sales currency, a distinction is made between calculations for distribution chains and sites and calculations for price lists.

Defining the sales currency for distribution chains involves several steps in Customizing. Under Assign Pricing Type to Organizational Level, enter the pricing type valid for the distribution chain in which, for example, the sales price calculation schema is maintained. Under Control data for Pricing Table and Data Backup, set the Default currency indicator for this sales price calculation schema and the ENDPR (Final price) list field. This determines whether the sales currency is the pricing currency or the local currency (the company code currency).

The sales currency for calculating for sites is the sales currency of the associated distribution chain.

The sales currency of the retail price is determined in the same way by the Default currency indicator for list field EVPRS (retail price).

Determining the sales currency in calculating for price lists is slightly different. In contrast to distribution chains and sites, you can use different sales currencies here.

The basis for doing this is the sales order from which the customer currencies are taken in price determination. Price list prices from a price list in different currencies are significant. Using different sales prices for price lists in Pricing only makes sense when calculating sales prices for wholesale.

The entries in Customizing for Pricing under Assign Pricing Type to Organizational Level are also significant for determining the sales currency. The Customizing table has a dual function in this case, however. If entries in a price list are made with different currencies, this - as well as defining the pricing type and reference site - defines the sales currency. If no special entries are made in the price list, the sales currency is taken from the sales currency of the associated distribution chain.

If you have maintained entries for a price list, the system searches first for an entry for the local currency when creating a sales price calculation. If no such entry is found, the system will adopt the currency of the first entry in the table. If several entries are found, you can change the sales currency in the pricing table.

Note

The Default currency indicators for the Final price and the Retail price list fields determine the currencies in which these prices are displayed in the pricing table. The prices are also stored in this currency.

The Default currency indicator for other price fields, on the other hand, is not taken into account when the pricing table is displayed, as internal specifications for each list field define the currency in which the price can be displayed. The Default currency indicator is used here to define the currency in which the prices in these fields are saved.

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