SAP ABAP Data Element /BA1/F4_DTE_FX_DER_RATE_TYPE (Alternative Exchange Rate Category)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_BS_FND (Software Component) SAP Business Suite Foundation
   ⤷ CA-FS-MKD (Application Component) Basic Market Data
     ⤷ /BA1/F4_FX (Package) Market Data: Exchange Rates

Basic Data

Data Element	/BA1/F4_DTE_FX_DER_RATE_TYPE
Short Description	Alternative Exchange Rate Category

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	/BA1/F4_RATE_TYPE
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	4
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	4
Value Table

Further Characteristics

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Parameter ID
Default Component name	RATE TYPE
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No Input History	☐
Basic direction is set to LTR	☐
No BIDI Filtering	☐

Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Alt.R.Cat.
Medium	19	Altern. Rate Cat.
Long	20	Altern. Rate Cat.
Heading	19	Altern. Rate Cat.

Documentation

Definition

The key of an alternative rate category.

Use

You use alternative rate categories if you want to use a different rate category for translating particular currency pairs, or for translating currencies after a specified date.

Example

• From 01/01/1999 (introduction of the European Monetary Union) it is possible to use a particular rate category as the alternative rate category for EMU currencies. This rate category defines the fixed rates between the EMU currencies, and allows you to treat the currencies of the member states of the EMU in a special way.
• If you selected a reference currency for a rate category, but you want certain exchange rates to be read directly, and not calculated in relation to the reference currency, then you can specify an alternative rate category for these currency pairs (without a reference currency).

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20110908
SAP Release Created in	10