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  1. Choose Create.
  2. Enter the Company code, Product type, Transaction type and the Business partner.
  3. If you want to assign the transaction to a portfolio, enter this in the Specifications area. Alternatively, you can enter the portfolio on the Administration tab in the Position Assignment area.
  4. In the Activity area, you choose whether you want to create the transaction as a Contract or an Order/Fixing (depending on the activity category).
  5. If you work with external number assignment, you have to enter a key for the transaction in the corresponding field, which enables it to be uniquely identified within a company code. Otherwise, the system assigns a number automatically and displays this number when you save the transaction.
  6. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying textEnter to go to the basic data screen for the transaction. On the Structure linkStructure tab page, you enter the actual transaction data for the spot, forward or fixing transaction.
  7. Press Enter to go to the basic data screen.
  8. Enter the required structure data, such as Currencies, Value date, Trading amount and Exchange rate. You can also have the exchange rate calculated by entering the two trading amounts. For more detailed information, see Basic Data.
  1. In the case of forward transactions, you enter the spot rate and the swap rate in the corresponding fields. The resulting forward rate (outright rate) is shown automatically in the Rate field.
  2. Spot + swap = rate

    3. The system notes the value that you enter manually as a fixed value. If you make any later changes, the values determined by the system are changed, but not the values you entered manually.

  3. When you create a foreign exchange fixing transaction, you enter the following transaction data on the entry screen with the exception of the rate: contract conclusion, currencies, payment amounts, value date, and so on. You can enter the fixing date manually or have the system fill it automatically with the "Value date minus 2 bank working days". Rate Fixing takes place later in the back office. This can be done manually or automatically.
  4. Save the forex transaction you have created.
  5. You can also navigate to the tab pages for general transaction management.

    6. Note

    For more information, see Tab Pages.

  6. To use additional functions, choose Extras and Environment from the menu.
  7. For information on creating a mirror transaction, see Structure linkMirror Transactions.

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