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 Multiple Currencies in the Information System

Use

You can update all actual data transferred to CO-PA simultaneously in both the company code currency and the operating concern currency. In reports, you can then display both the operating concern currency and the company code currency. This is true of both basic reports and form reports.

Prerequisites

Before you can update data in CO-PA in two currencies, you need to activate the company code currency on the Attributes screen for your operating concern. You do this in Customizing under Start of the navigation path Structures Next navigation step Operating Concern Next navigation step Maintain Operating Concern Next navigation step . End of the navigation path

Note Note

You can activate the company code currency when you first activate your operating concern, or you can activate it later for all subsequent postings.

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Activities

When you create a form or a basic report, the system displays a dialog box asking you whether you want to see the values

  • In the operating concern currency only or

  • In both the operating concern currency and the company code currency

Caution Caution

You cannot change this setting once you have saved it.

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Based on this setting, the system decides whether or not you can choose the characteristics Company code and Currency type you define the report.

  • If you only choose the operating concern currency, the characteristic Currency type is not available. You can choose the company code as a normal characteristic.

  • If you choose to report in both currencies, the system requires you to select both of these characteristics in the form or report.

Entries in the Form

In a form, you can place the characteristics "Company code" and "Currency type" in the rows, the columns, or the general data selection, just like any other characteristic. You can display the values in both currencies at the same time, allowing you to analyze currency variances.

Note Note

If you want to place the characteristics "Company code" and "Currency type" in the rows, you need to define your rows before you define any columns.

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See also:

Storing Data in CO-PA in Multiple Currencies .

Currency Translation When Only One Currency Is Active

If you are not storing actual data in both currencies, you can still use the function Start of the navigation path Settings Next navigation step Currency End of the navigation path to translate you report data from the operating concern currency to the currency of the relevant company code using daily or period exchange rates.

For more information, see Currencies in the online documentation for drilldown reporting.