Changeover in Profit Center Accounting (EC-PCA) 

Purpose

The local currency changeover converts all profit center data stored in the local currency and profit center currency fields. If the local currency or profit center currency fields contain a currency not affected by the changeover (such as "USD"), the system does not convert this data.

Both the amount fields and the currency keys are converted in Profit Center Accounting. Information on how the currency key and currency type are to be converted is stored for each affected field.

The currency key of the local currency is found based on the company code (currency type 10, HSL fields).

The currency key of the profit center currency is dependent on the currency type (KSL fields). The profit center currency can be one of the following currency types:

Note that the transaction currency is only converted if the balances for the respective account are only stored in the local currency (TSL fields). Also, note that plan data in the transaction currency is not converted. The currency key of the transaction currency is found based on the field RTCUR.

It is recommended that you carry out the currency changeover in EC-PCA during the system-wide changeover.

The currency changeover in EC-PCA applies to all fiscal years. Archives are not converted.

The limitations in EC-PCA with regard to the local currency changeover are discussed in the section Constraints on the Changeover.

Prerequisites

You have carried out the preparatory steps for changing over the profit center data.

Process Flow

The following graphic shows the process for changing over the local currency in Profit Center Accounting:

  1. First, you must carry out preparatory steps for Profit Center Accounting (see Preparation in Profit Center Accounting in the Implementation Guide (IMG).
  2. Carry out the central changeover of the local currency. For more detailed information, see Central Changeover.
  3. To reconcile the actual data in Profit Center Accounting with the data in Financial Accounting (FI), execute program RCOPCA44 again with the option of carrying out the reconciliation. For more information, see Cleanup in Profit Center Accounting in the Implementation Guide (IMG).

Result

The data in Profit Center Accounting is translated to euros.

Note that inconsistencies are likely to arise due to rounding differences. For more information, see Constraints on the Changeover.