The currency changeover in Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) is carried out exclusively using the EURO conversion tool. This program converts all the currency-relevant CO-PA tables by completed fiscal year.

No program modifications in CO-PA are necessary. Moreover, special programs are available for providing the conversion tool with the information necessary for the conversion. These programs are executed automatically. All you need to do in CO-PA is carry out the preparation and cleanup manually (see the relevant sections in the IMG for European Monetary Union).

The following CO-PA specific programs are called up during the corresponding phases of the general changeover:

Brief documentation has been produced for each of these programs (transaction SE38 - Enter Program Name - Display 'Documentation'). This can be if errors occur, for example.

The WAERS field in table TKEB contains the currency for tables CE1xxxx, CE2xxxx, and CE3xxxx in operating concern xxxx. The conversion tool uses this table to interpret the values posted in tables CE1-CE3, and then converts those values into the new currency (euros). Likewise, the exchange rate (field KURSF) in the actual line item table CE1xxxx is converted to the new operating concern currency. The summarization levels contained in the operating concern are also converted. Then the new currency is entered in table TKEB.

If your data in CO-PA is updated in both the operating concern currency and the company code currency, these values are distinguished by the field PALEDGER in tables CE1-CE3. These records are translated to the new currency (euros) if the corresponding company code is converted. This is also true for any existing summarization levels.

Also, the field REC_WAERS, which stores the currency of the line items posted in Profitability Analysis starting in Release 4.0, is converted if it is not empty. This applies to line items that were posted before Release 4.0.

The following tables in costing-based CO-PA are converted during the currency changeover:

• CE1xxxx Actual Data, Costing-Based CO-PA
• CE2xxxx Plan Data, Costing-Based CO-PA
• CE3xxxx Segment Level, CO-PA
• K81xxxx Summarization Levels, Costing-Based CO-PA
• TKEB Currency of Operating Concern, Costing-Based CO-PA
• COIX_DATA_40 Report Data (only converted in costing-based CO-PA)
• TKEBZ Exceptions for Reports

Report data is only converted in costing-based CO-PA for reports that only contain data in the operating concern currency!

Report data is converted after the central changeover, following the so-called "system lock" in the POST phase. The report data is then automatically changed over to the new currency. This applies to both "frozen" report data and summarization data.

Condition tables are not converted, since it may make sense to keep the condition records in the old currency. An example of this would be if you have customer-specific conditions for customers that still use the old currency.

You can handle condition tables in a number of ways following the currency changeover. For more information, see the IMG for European Monetary Union, under Cleanup in Profitability Analysis ® Process Conditions (Costing-Based CO-PA).

Because line items and totals records (and segment level) are converted separately, inconsistencies may arise due to rounding differences.

These rounding differences do not impair the functionality of CO-PA and so do not pose a problem that needs to be resolved. This problem does not arise with data posted after the conversion.

Following the changeover, the sum of the line items is no longer equal to the sum in the segment level.