SAP ABAP Data Element FEB_CURR_RATE (Exchange Rate: Foreign Currency to Account Currency)
Hierarchy
☛ EA-FIN (Software Component) EA-FIN
   ⤷ FI-BL-PT-BS-EL (Application Component) Electronic Bank Statement
     ⤷ EA-FIN_EB_BSPROC (Package) Electronic Bank Statement - Postprocessing
Basic Data
Data Element FEB_CURR_RATE
Short Description Exchange Rate: Foreign Currency to Account Currency  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type KURSF    
Data Type DEC   Counter or amount field with comma and sign 
Length 9    
Decimal Places 5    
Output Length 12    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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Parameter ID   
Default Component name CURR_RATE   
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 0   
Medium 15 Exchange Rate 
Long 0   
Heading 0   
Documentation

Definition

Specifies the currency exchange rate that is used to translate the amount in foreign currency to the currency of the bank account. The foreign currency could be, for instance, the invoice currency or the payment currency of the business partner.

Use

If you enter this currency exchange rate manually, the system uses this information to determine the corresponding amount in foreign currency from the amount in account currency.

This exchange rate is therefore used by the system solely as an means of calculation.

Dependencies

The exchange rate is usually transferred by the bank in the bank statement.

Example

An invoice for 80 CHF is transferred by a customer in CHF to a bank account with account currency EUR.

The bank has used an exchange rate of CHF/EUR = 0.50, and applied charges amounting to 4 EUR direct, so that only 36 EUR is credited to the bank statement.

The system has made the following posting in posting area 1:

Debit:Bank 36 EUR / Credit: Bank clearing 36 EUR.

You have the following options for example in posting area 2 for posting this transaction including charges and clearing the invoice:

  • Clear the invoice in account currency EUR:
    • Debit: Bank clearing 36 EUR, charges 4 EUR / Credit: customer 40 EUR.
  • Clear the invoice in foreign currency CHF:

    If there is an exchange rate entry amounting to 0.5, the system calculates the foreign currency amount in the sum of 72.00 CHF. Consequently, you can make the following posting:

    • Debit: Bank clearing 72 CHF, charges 8 CHF / Credit: customer 80 CHF.
  • You can also clear the invoice in foreign currency CHF and post the charges in account currency EUR using appropriate transactions outside of bank statement postprocessing. You then set the status of this transaction in bank statement processing in the application menu: Process -> Change Status -> Completed.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20110901 
SAP Release Created in 606