Currency Translation 

Use

You can use currency translation to translate the key figures with currency fields that exist in the source system in different currencies into a standard currency in the BI system (for example, the local currency or company currency). Another application serves as the currency difference report, where you can compare the actual exchange rates with the exchange rates that were valid on the posting date, thus determining the effect of changes to exchange rates. See also, Scenarios for Currency Translation.

Features

This function enables the translation of posted data records from the source currency into a target currency, or into different target currencies, if translation is repeated. It is based on the standard SAP function for currency translation.

Currency translation is based on currency translation types. The business transaction rules of the translation are established in the currency translation type. A combination of various parameters (source and target currency, exchange rate type, time reference for conversion) determine how exchange rate determination is performed for the translation. See also Currency Translation Types.

Integration

The currency translation type is stored for future use and is available for currency translations in the transformation rules for InfoCubes and in the Business Explorer:

In the transformation rules for InfoCubes you can specify, for each key figure or data field, whether currency translation is performed during the update. In special cases you can also run currency translation in user-defined routines in the transformation rules.

See also Currency Translation in the Update.

In the Business Explorer you can:

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       1.      Specify a currency translation in the query definition.

       2.      Translate currencies at query runtime. Translation is more limited here than in the query definition.

See also Currency Translation in the Business Explorer.