In corporations it is quite common to find multicurrency financial models where a large portion of the data is already in the desired reporting currency. For example, a US based company may have facilities located in Germany and Canada which requires data to be loaded in their local currencies for internal reporting purposes. However, for management and external reporting purposes financial statements are prepared only in US Dollars (the reporting currency).

1. BPC 10.0 Currency
Translation
Author: Surya Padhi
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SAP Certified Application Associate - Financial Accounting
SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 10.0
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2. Course Objectives
• To know;
• Why we need currency translation?
• Ways to Run Currency Translation.
• Configuration steps and pre-requisites.
• How to run currency translation in reporting currency
mode?
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3. Why we need currency conversion?
In corporations it is quite common to find multicurrency financial models where a large
portion of the data is already in the desired reporting currency. For example, a US based
company may have facilities located in Germany and Canada which requires data to be
loaded in their local currencies for internal reporting purposes. However, for management
and external reporting purposes financial statements are prepared only in US Dollars (the
reporting currency).
Ex. Planning at US01,
US01
need conversion of
planning data CAD,
INR and GBP to USD
USD
CA01
CAD
IN01
INR
GB01
GBP
Local Currency
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4. Ways to Run Currency Translation.
SAP Business Planning and Consolidation provides standard support for
multicurrency translation and reporting. The default configuration expects all
data to be loaded in the local currency (LC) and then translated into one or more
common reporting currencies. We use currency translation functionality in BPC
planning and Consolidation.
Currency Translation
Reporting Currency Mode
Default Logic
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Data Manager
Group Currency Mode
Consolidation
Monitor
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Data Manager

5. Implementation Steps
Implementation and Business Process Steps ( Reporting Currency Mode)
Through Data Manager –
Administrator
1. Create Dimensions.
2. Create Models and assign
Dimensions to Models.
3. Create Business Rules.
4. Create script logics.
5. Configure data manager package.
Through Data Manager – Business
Process Owner:
1. Maintain Dimensions.
2. Create input schedule for rate model
and load currency rates.
3. Create input schedule for Financial
Data model and load data.
4. Execute currency conversion process
through data manager.
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Through Default Script LogicsAdministrator
1. Create Dimensions.
2. Create Models and assign
Dimensions to Models.
3. Create Business Rules.
4. Create script logics .
5. Include FX Script Logic in Default. LGF
Through Default Script LogicsProcess Owner
1. Maintain Dimensions.
2. Create input schedule for rate model
and load currency rates.
3. Create input schedule for Financial
Data model and load data.
4. Refresh Data.
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6. Implementation Steps
Implementation and Business Process Steps ( Group Mode)
Through Data Manager –
Administrator
1. Create Dimensions.
2. Create Models and assign
Dimensions to Models.
3. Create Business Rules.
4. Create script logics.
5. Configure data manager package.
Through Data Manager – Business
Process Owner:
1. Maintain Dimensions.
2. Create input schedule for rate model
and load currency rates.
3. Create input schedule for
consolidation model and load data.
4. Execute currency conversion process
through data manager.
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Through Consolidation MonitorAdministrator
1. Create Dimensions.
2. Create Models and assign
Dimensions to Models.
3. Create Business Rules.
Through Consolidation MonitorProcess Owner
1. Maintain Dimensions.
2. Create input schedule for rate model
and load currency rates.
3. Create input schedule for
consolidation model and load data.
4. Execute currency conversion process
through Consolidation Monitor.
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7. Implementation Step 1 : Dimensions
1. Create Dimensions
•
•
( Minimum Dimension requirement)
+ Data Tracking
Our BPC environment must meet following pre-requisites for currency translation to
work.
• Currency type dimension in rate model stores the reporting and input currencies.
• CURRENCY property in entity type dimension of reporting model defines local
currency ( LC) for legal entities.
• RATETYPE property of account dimension should contain allocable rate type for
example CLO, AVG etc.
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8. Implementation Step 1 : Dimensions
Model
Dimensions Type
SNP_RATE ( Rate Model, a Category Type
non-reporting Model)
Time Type
Account Type
Entity Type
Currency Type
SNP_FINANCE (Reporting Account Type
Model )
Category Type
Entity Type
Currency Type
Time Type
SubTotal Type
Audit Type
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Dimension Name
SNP_CATEGORY
SNP_TIME
SNP_R_ACCT
SNP_R_ENT
SNP_INPUTCUR
SNP_ACCOUNT
SNP_CATEGORY
SNP_ENTITY
SNP_RPTCUR
SNP_TIME
SNP_FLOW
SNP_AUDIT
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9. Implementation Step 2 : Models
2. Create Models and assign Dimensions to Models ( Financial Model).
In this step, we will create a model called SNP_FINANCE with following
dimensions. SNP_FINANCE is a reporting type model, which records
transactions in local currency and reporting currency. This model refers to
model SNP_RATE for exchange rate.
SNP_FINANCE (Reporting Account Type
Model )
Category Type
Entity Type
Currency Type
Time Type
SubTotal Type
Audit Type
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SNP_ACCOUNT
SNP_CATEGORY
SNP_ENTITY
SNP_RPTCUR
SNP_TIME
SNP_FLOW
SNP_AUDIT
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10. Implementation Step 2 : Models
2. Create Models and assign Dimensions to Models ( Financial Model).
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11. Implementation Step 2 : Models
2. Create Models and assign Dimensions to Models (Rate Model).
In this step, we will create SNP_RATE model with following dimensions. A RATE
model is a supporting mode for financial and consolidation reporting Model. It
is used to store exchange rates that support currency conversion in financial
model. The TIME dimension must be identical to the dimension used by the
model using the rate model to store their foreign currency exchange rates and
must have the same category member IDs.
This model must include a currency dimension detailing the exchange rates by
each input currency. The currency dimension in a rate model does not need to
have the REPORTING property.
SNP_RATE ( Rate Model, a Category Type
non-reporting Model)
Time Type
Account Type
Entity Type
Currency Type
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SNP_CATEGORY
SNP_TIME
SNP_R_ACCT
SNP_R_ENT
SNP_INPUTCUR
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12. Implementation Step 2 : Models
2. Create Models and assign Dimensions to Models ( Rate Model).
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13. Implementation Step 3 : Business Rule
3. Create Business Rules.
The first step for business rule creation is adding business rule to model. From
the admin page navigate to Rules > Business Rules > SAPCUST_FINA (Our
Reporting Model) and click on Add/Remove Rule Type. Choose Currency
Translation and say “OK”
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14. Implementation Step 3 : Business Rule
3. Create Business Rules.
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15. Implementation Step 3 : Business Rule
3. Create Business Rules.
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16. Implementation Step 4 : Script
4. Create script logics.
Script Logic – enables calculations on
base-level cells that result in data stored
within an application. Script Logic can be
broken down into 3 components:
• Scoping- What am I running the data
on?
• Body/Code – What do I want to do
with the scoped records?
• Writing the record
Now we have choice, how to
run FC?
Data Manager Package
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Default Logic.LGF
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17. Implementation Step 4 : Script
Which one is the better option i.e. running the script in batch
mode or real time?
We can determine the best option based on business needs , dependencies
and system resources etc.
Running currency translation in batch mode is advisable in following cases
• After data imports
• Run after rate updates
• As part of a standard consolidation cycle, once data for all reporting
units has been submitted and validated.
Executing currency translation on a real time basis may be applicable when we
need to report on multiple currencies right after a data import.
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18. Implementation Step 4 : Script
Do we need to use translation logic script for every processes?
We need logic script in Data Manager and Default logic scenarios. Below
table shows when we need translation script logics.
When
How
Use Script Used in
Logics?
In Batch Mode:
Consolidation
Monitor
No
BPC Consolidation.
Data Manager
Yes
BPC Planning
Consolidation.
Default Logic
Yes
BPC Planning
Real Time
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19. Implementation Step 5(a) : Default Logoc
5. Include FX Script Logic in Default. LGF
To calculate the foreign exchange in fly;
we need to include the FXTRANS.LGF files
in the default logic. System executes
default logic on every writeback .
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20. Implementation Step 5(b) : DM
5. Configure data manager package
Data Manager is a Business
Planning and Consolidation
(BPC) module that helps us
calculate, translate, move data in
and out of BPC.
By default, there are three types
of packages that have been
added to Data Manager:
• Data Management
• Financial Processes
• System Administration
Data manager package uses SAP delivered or custom process chain. SAP BOPC comes with
pre-delivered currency translation process chain /CPMB/FX_RESTATEMENT.
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21. Business Process Step 1: Maintain Dim.
Dimension maintenance is just like master data maintenance in any other application.
Before proceeding further with transactional data , it is good idea to revisit dimensions
and its properties. Following are perquisites for currency translation in BOPC with
respect to.
1. Currency type dimension: stores the reporting and input currencies for your
organization.
2. CURRENCY property in your Entity type dimension: defines the local (functional)
reporting currency of the input/submitted values for the entity member.
3. RATETYPE property in your Account dimension: determines the rate and logic to be
used in translation of the given account (average, end of month, or none).
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22. Business Process Step 2: Input Form Rate
• Model : SNP_RATE
This is a rate input form used to maintain various translation rate in SAP BOPC. Before
entering transactional data in finance mode which ensures that we have maintained
exchange rate for given set of dimensions.
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23. Business Process Step 3: Input Form Fin.
• Model : SNP_FINANCE
This is a rate input form used to enter financial data in SAP BOPC in local currency.
Based on default logic configuration either system will convert local currency into USD
either on FLY or on batch processing.
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24. Business Process Step 3: Input Form Fin.
• Model : SNP_FINANCE
This is an example of currency translation scenario where we have included currency
translation screen into default logic. Once the data are writtenback, system will come up
with equivalent USD vales.
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25. Business Process Step 3: Input Form
This is an example of currency translation
through data manager package. To disable
the currency translation on fly, we have
disable FXTRANS.LGF in default logic.
Added to new transactions i.e. Third Party
Sales and AR.
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26. Business Process Step 4: Run DM
We need to run data manager from EPM add in.
Data manager selection screen.
Data Manager log
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27. Business Process Step 5: Refresh In.Form
After successful run of data manager package, we can refresh our input form to see the
currency translation result.
Third Party Sales and Account Receivable transactions are translated in USD.
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28. Few of Contributions.
My Publications
SAP Press Publications
• Explore the Payment Currency Option in Accounts Payable
Other White Papers
• Lock Box
• Credit Card functionality in SAP
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• Mail: surya@suryapadhi.com
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