The currency changeover in Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) for the local currency 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 corresponding sections on EMU in the IMG).

The conversion programs for Overhead Cost Controlling (CO-OM) also convert the data in account-based CO-PA.

In tables COEJ, COEP, COSS, and COSP, the fields for the controlling area currency and the object currency are translated to the new currency (euros), though only if the company code or controlling area to which they belong is participating in European Monitory Union (EMU).

Summarization levels are likewise converted.

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

• COEJ Actual/Plan Line Items (by Year), Account-Based CO-PA
• COEP Actual/Plan Line Items, Account-Based CO-PA
• COSS Totals Records, Account-Based CO-PA
• COSP Totals Records, Account-Based CO-PA
• K82xxxx Summarization Levels, Account-Based CO-PA

Report data for reports in account-based CO-PA is not converted. This data is set to the status "inactive" and needs to be rebuilt from the line items before it can be used again in reports. If you call up one of these reports without first creating the report data, the system tells you that no such data was found (if it was defined to do so in Customizing).

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.