Posting of Foreign Exchange Positions

Use

Foreign exchange (forex) positions are posted in the following cases:

After a currency translation, the system automatically generates a posting for payment items on two forex position accounts. One is an interim posting on the forex position account in the transaction currency, and the other is an interim posting on the forex position account in the account currency.
If the amount in the transaction currency differs from that in the account currency, where the two currencies are the same for a payment item, and if you have set the Allow Amount Difference in Transaction/Account Currency indicator, then the system generates two interim postings on the forex position account of the account currency.

Integration

This function is part of the currency exchange process.

During the process, the system automatically converts the payment order amounts by means of the currency translation function.

The system has determined the forex position accounts so that it can enter postings there.

Prerequisites

You have processed all the IMG activities listed in the process in the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Account Management (FS-AM).

In the IMG for Account Management (FS-AM) under Basic Settings in the IMG activity Activate Special Components , you have activated the Forex Position Postings (CEX) entry, or you are using a comparable function in another system.
In the IMG for Account Management (FS-AM) under Basic Settings in the IMG activity Activate Special Components , you have activated the Currency Translation (CTL) entry, or you are using a comparable function in another system.
In the IMG for Account Management (FS-AM) in the IMG activity under Item Management Basic Functions Currency Exchange Define Derivation Rules for Forex Position Accounts , you have defined the accounts that the system is to use for interim postings.

For more information, see the documentation for each IMG activity.

In Account Management (FS-AM) , you have chosen Account Management Account Account Master Data Create Account from the SAP Easy Access screen to create a sufficient number of accounts that the system can use for interim postings.

Scope of Functions

For each payment item whose transaction currency differs from the account currency, the system creates a forex position posting on two forex position accounts.

A posting in transaction currency on the forex position account of the transaction currency (with the same plus/minus sign).
A posting in account currency on the forex position account of the account currency (with the opposite plus/minus sign).

The system saves the relationship between the original payment item and the forex position posting in the References for Currency Exchange table (BCA_REF_CEX).

The CEX reference is defined in the item.

References for Currency Exchange

Reference ID of Currency Exchange	Full ID of the Original Payment Item	Full ID of the Posting on the Forex Position Account of the Account Currency	Full ID of the Posting on the Forex Position Account of the Transaction Currency
GUID 1	Internal ID Account 1 Payment Item GUID1 Pos. No. 1	Internal ID of ForexPosAcct 2 Payment Item GUID2 Pos. No. 1	Internal ID of ForexPosAcct 3 Payment Item GUID3 Pos. No. 1
Additional Entries	Additional Entries	Additional Entries	Additional Entries

Reference ID of Currency Exchange

Full ID of the

Original Payment

Item

Full ID of the Posting on the Forex Position

Account of the Account

Currency

Full ID of the Posting on the Forex Position

Account of the Transaction Currency

GUID 1

Internal ID Account 1

Payment Item GUID1

Pos. No. 1

Internal ID of ForexPosAcct 2

Payment Item GUID2

Pos. No. 1

Internal ID of ForexPosAcct 3

Payment Item GUID3

Pos. No. 1

Additional Entries

Activities

Once the system has determined the forex position accounts for interim postings, the forex position accounts receive postings.

Example

The payment item currency (EUR) is not the same as the target account currency (USD). The following are examples for a) a credit and b) a debit:

a.

Credit a forex position account managed in the transaction currency (SAP FS-AM)

The system debits the ordering account and credits the payment item amount in the transaction currency to the forex position account where the account currency is the same as the transaction currency.

Example: The system debits the checking account and credits USD 117.65 to the assigned forex position account JONES, which is managed in US Dollars.
Debit a forex position account managed in the account currency (SAP FS-AM)

The system debits the second forex position account with the payment item amount and credits this to the target account.

Example: The system debits the assigned forex position account JONES (managed in USD) with USD 117.65, and credits this amount to the target account, which is a savings book.

b.

Debit a forex position account managed in the transaction currency (SAP FS-AM)

The system debits the forex position account managed in the transaction currency with the amount previously credited to the same account.

Example: The system debits BROWN with EUR 100.
Credit a forex position account managed in the account currency (SAP FS-AM)

The system credits the payment item amount in the account currency of the target account to the forex position account where the account currency is the same as that of the target account.

Example: The system credits EUR100 to the assigned forex position account BROWN, which is managed in EUR.