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 Determination of Exchange Rate Categories

Use

The system uses this function to determine the exchange rate category by using the derivation rules that you defined. It does this to specify the exchange rate for a payment item amount, info item amount, or prenote amount with the Currency Exchange BAdI. You can define conditions for the following source fields:

  • Bank posting area

  • Currency

  • Transaction type group Currency Exchange

  • Free differentiation characteristic Exchange Rate Category

Example:

For a payment item of the Debit Charge transaction type, Internal transaction type group, and bank posting area 9066, the system determines the exchange rate category Middle Rate.

Integration

This function is part of the currency exchange process that enables postings between accounts in different currencies.

The Determination of Exchange Rate Categories function is followed by the Exchange Rate Determination and Currency Exchange functions.

Prerequisites

  • You have processed all the Customizing activities listed in the process in Customizing for Account Management (FS-AM).

  • In Customizing for Account Management (FS-AM) under Start of the navigation path Basic Settings Next navigation step Activate Special Components End of the navigation path, you have activated the Currency Translation (CTL) entry, or you are using a comparable function in another system.

  • In Customizing for SAP NetWeaver, you have processed the activities under Start of the navigation path General Settings Next navigation step Currencies End of the navigation path, or you are using a comparable function to define exchange rates and exchange rate categories.

  • In Customizing for Account Management (FS-AM), you have defined derivation rules for exchange rate categories under Start of the navigation path Item Management Next navigation step Basic Functions Next navigation step Currency Exchange Next navigation step Define Derivation Rules for Exchange Rate Categories End of the navigation path.

For more information, see the documentation for the respective Customizing activity.

Activities

If your selected source fields in the conditions use the value that you defaulted, and the conditions named above are met, the system updates each exchange rate category, and can determine the exchange rate.