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_XRCSV |
| Short Description | Indicator: Rate Category Uses Recursive Rate Search |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | XFELD | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 1 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 1 | |
| Value Table |
Further Characteristics
| Search Help: Name | ||
| Search Help: Parameters | ||
| Parameter ID | ||
| Default Component name | ||
| Change document | ||
| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Rec.Search |
| Medium | 19 | Recursive Rate Srch |
| Long | 20 | Recursive Rate Srch |
| Heading | 19 | Recursive Rate Srch |
Documentation
Definition
- If you activate this indicator, then the exchange rate for translating from currency 1 into currency 2 is split up into two components (from currency 1 into reference currency, and from currency 2 into reference currency) before the system uses the alternative rate category to derive the rate category separately for each of these components.
If the alternative rate category also uses a recursive exchange rate search, this procedure is repeated in the alternative rate category. - If you do not activate this indicator, the exchange rate is not split into two components before the system continues its search for an exchange rate in the derived rate category.
In each step of the derivation process, this indicator determines whether or not the currency pair in question is split before any further derivation steps are performed via the reference currency. - If a recursive search indicator is activated in a rate category, and if there is no further derivation through an alternative rate category, the system only searches for the exchange rates in relation to the reference currency. If the system is unable to determine a cross rate because it could not find one of the two exchange rates required for this, it does not attempt to read the cross rate directly from the database any longer. This means that if the "recursive rate search" indicator is activated, the system behaves in the same way as when the "Euro conversion" indicator is activated. If, however, neither of these indicators is activated, and the system is unable to find the exchange rates on the basis of the reference currency, it tries again to read the cross rate directly.
- If the recursive rate search is deactivated for all rate categories, the rate search via alternative rate categories here is the same as the rate search via alternative rate categories in the currency translation functions available throughout the application.
Use
Possible scenarios for using the recursive rate search:
- A combination of variable and fixed exchange rates. In this case, the system only checks the variable exchange rates to see if the rates are "younger" than the maximum age specified. Fixed rates, on the other hand, can be any age.
- Scenario involving several reference currencies. For example, if the reference currency for all variable rates is USD, but the fixed EUR exchange rates are required also. In this case, the recursive rate search can help you compile a rate "trail", for example, CAD->USD->EUR->DEM.
Dependencies
If you want to use the recursive rate search, you must define a reference currency.
Note: You must not use a recursive rate search if a "Spreads" rate category occurs in a derivation step. If the system detects a situation like this, it issues an error message.
Example
The recursive search has been activated and the reference currency EUR defined for rate category 'A'.
In rate category 'A', the currency combination USD/EUR is moved to alternative rate category 'B', and the currency combination DEM/EUR to alternative rate category 'C'.
If the system has to search for the exchange rate for translating from USD into DEM in rate category 'A', it searches first for the USD->EUR exchange rate in rate category 'B' and the DEM->EUR exchange rate in rate category 'C'. The system can then calculate the cross rate (USD->DEM) on the basis of this information.
If, however, you had deactivated the recursive rate search for rate category 'A', then the search for rate USD->DEM would be passed on to another rate category (and not split up into the components USD->EUR and DEM->EUR).
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20110908 |
| SAP Release Created in | 20 |
