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Prerequisites

See Spot/Forward Transactions.

Procedure

Choose Corporate Finance Management ® Transaction Manager ® Foreign Exchange ® Trading ® Spot/Forward. From here, you can carry out all the trading functions for forex transactions. These include:

Function

Entries

Comments

Spot transaction: Fast entry
  1. Choose Spot Transaction: Fast Entry.
  2. A fast entry screen appears on which you enter only the key data such as company code, product type, transaction type, partner and structure (buy, sell, currency).
  • The most common spot exchange transactions can be entered more quickly if you use the fast entry function since all the key data is contained on a single entry screen.
  • By choosing This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Details pushbutton, the detail screen for the transaction you created appears.
  • You can use the This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Cross rate calculator to translate currencies.
  • You can use the Rate proposal function to import the current rates (datafeed).

Create

For information on creating transactions, see Creating Spot/Forward Transactions.

  

Change
  1. Choose Change.
  2. The screen for changing the basic data appears.
  3. Make any necessary changes and save the forex transaction.

  • You can now overwrite the active entry fields or enter data in the empty fields.

  • You can branch to the general transaction management screens using the corresponding Tab Pages and make any necessary changes.
  • If you make any changes to the values you entered manually in the Rate, Spot or Swap fields, the system notes these as fixed values. If you make any later changes, the values determined by the system are changed, but not the values you entered manually.
  • You can use this function to change an activity, provided that it is not relevant for posting. The last activity in the activity chain is relevant for posting. When you save an activity that is relevant for posting, the transaction is fixed (the flows become actual records in the Treasury subledger) and the flows are Flagged for posting.

Display

  1. Choose Display.

  2. The display screen for the basic data appears.

  • The entry fields are not active.

  • You can use the tab pages to navigate between the various screens and display the other transaction data.

  • Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text to go to the master data for the business partner.

Forex swap

For information on the required entries, see Forex swap.

  

Rollover/Premature settlement

More information is available in Object Links.

  

Reverse

For information on the reversal function, see Structure link Reversal.

  

History

  1. Choose History.

  2. The system lists the activities that are active, reversed or have been replaced by a follow-up activity. From this list, you can branch to the display for the individual activities. You also see their status and the user who processed them.
  • The history function displays the sequence of previous activities for a selected transaction.

Settle
  1. Choose Settle.
  2. The screen for settling the contract appears.
  3. Choose the area from the menu for which you want to enter or change the settlement data.
  4. When you save a settlement activity, the system changes the activity category of the transaction to record how it is monitored and processed in the back office area.
  5. The contract can only be posted after it has been settled.
  • Using the Settle spot/forward transaction function, you can select a transaction to indicate that it has been processed in the back office.
  • At this stage, you check the entries and add any missing data. When you save the transaction, the system fixes the data (actual records) and flags the transaction flows for posting.

 

 

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