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Currency Conversion from Local
Currency to USD in BW
Posted on October 28, 2016 by how2bw
While loading the data from source to SAP BW system, the amount can be in local
currency. If the user wants to see those amounts in USD in the BI reports, you can do
the currency conversion either in the BI query designer or while loading the data to
the cube.
Steps for currency conversion in the data load-
There is amount field in the source which is Amount type key figure and there
is 0LOC_CURRCY field in source which holds the unit of this amount key
figure like EUR or INR etc.
Define a target info object say ZAMNT_LC for this field in the BW system with
amount type key figure and unit as local currency-
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Map these objects as one to one from the source
Define a new key figure in the target to hold the amounts in USD. Say for
example, ZAMNT_USD.
Go to tcode RSCUR and create a currency translation type say ZAM_USD-
Give a description, go to the Exchange rate tab and give the exchange rate type.
(Exchange rate types are standard exchange rates available in the SAP
system. You can see the exchange rate types and their conversion factors in
the TCURR table. For example, for conversion to USD, if the exchange rate
type given is ‘M’, the conversion factor is accordingly selected.)
Check the option “Dynamic Exchange rate determination”
In the Currncy tab, select the option “Source Currency from data record”
option and give “Fixed target currency as “USD”
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In time reference tab, give fixed time reference as “Current date”
Leave other settings as default and save. The currency translation type
ZAM_USD is now created.
Now go to the transformation for source to target cube data load. Click on
ZAMNT_USD field and add the source fields ZAMNT_LC and 0LOC_CURRCY
In the currency drop down, select fixed target currency as USD and select ‘from
conversion’. In the conversion type give ZAM_USD and in the source currency,
give 0LOC_CURRCY. Check and save. Activate the transformation.
Now while data load, the ZAMNT_USD will have amounts converted to USD
Note: This feature of currency conversion is available only if the target is Standard
Cube. If the target is DSO, the currency conversion had to be done via ABAP routine.
Steps for currency conversion during the BI report execution-
Instead of doing the conversion in the data loads, the same can be done during the
runtime of the BI reports.
Caution: If the BI report is large with many fields and calculations, doing currency
conversion during query runtime may lead to reduced performance.
Once we have the translation type ZAM_USD defined, we can use the same in
the query designer
Drag the key figure ZAMNT_USD in the columns pane, currently this is
mapped one to one to ZAMNT_LC while data load
In the properties pane, select the ‘Conversions’ tab
Give the Conversion type as ZAM_USD
Type target currency as USD
Save the query. Now when the query is executed ZAMNT_USD will show the
amounts in USD
Exchange rates in Source System and Target System
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The source system and target system have the same exchange rates e.g. M, but the
ratios may differ.
To check the same, go to the source system and type the tcode SE37. Execute the
function module ‘CONVERT_TO_FOREIGN_CURRENCY’
Give a date and sample amount for converting say EUR to USD with exchange rate
‘M’.
The function module will give a value.
Now check the same in the target system.
You can also use the program ‘RCURTEST’ to check the exchange rate-
Go to SE38 and execute the program-
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Many times the exchange rate has to be updated from source to target to system to
get the correct conversion in the BI reports.
Check with business on this, if they confirm that the conversion should be done
according to the source conversion rates, include a step in the process chain for
refreshing the rates in the target system.
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