During the dual currency phase, companies can choose when to change from the national currency to the euro. They can continue to operate in either the euro or national currency according to the "No compulsion, No prohibition" principle.

This IDES scenario focuses on a German company called IDES AG. At the beginning of the dual currency phase, IDES AG has not yet converted to the euro, that is, the company’s local currency is still the national currency (DEM). IDES AG has some important business partners in Germany and many of the other European states participating in EMU. As of 01/01/1999, some of these business partners have already converted to the euro and want to encourage their business partners to start dealing with them in euros.

The German customer XXXX has already converted its business operations to euros and wants to start ordering and being billed in euros.

IDES AG has therefore changed the order currency in the customer master record to the euro, created a customer-specific pricing condition in euro and converted the currency of any open sales orders.

When the customer now places new orders with IDES AG, they will be recorded in euros. In this IDES scenario you create a sales order, process the delivery and goods issue, as well as creating a billing document.