SAP ABAP Data Element LEDBO (Currency type for an operating concern)
Hierarchy
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Basic Data
Data Element LEDBO
Short Description Currency type for an operating concern  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type LEDBO    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 2    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 2    
Value Table TKEL    
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 Crcy type 
Medium 15 Currency type 
Long 20 Currency type 
Heading 3 CTy 
Documentation

Definition

The currency type determines the currency or valuation view in which the amounts are to be displayed or planned.

Note: Whereas actual data can be updated simultaneously in all the combinations of currency type and valuation that are described below, planning data is always updated in one currency only - the currency specified for that particular plan version.

Note also that updating actual data in multiple combinations of currency and valuation significantly increases your data volume with each additional combination.
Operating concern currency
In costing-based Profitability Analysis, actual data is always updated in the operating concern currency.

You can change the operating concern currency as long as no data has been posted in the operating concern. Once data has been posted, however, a change in the operating concern currency would cause the existing data to be interpreted as if it were posted in the new currency (for example: USD 1000.00 in old currency -> DEM 1000.00 in new currency).

Company code currency
In addition to the operating concern currency, you have the option of storing all data in the currency of the relevant company code as well. This makes sense if your organization operates internationally and deals with exchange rates that change daily. It allows you to avoid differences due to different exchange rates and lets you reconcile your CO-PA data directly with FI.

You can activate the company code currency at any time. However, this will not affect data that has already been posted.
If you deactivate the company code currency, you can no longer use plan versions and reports that use the company code currency.

Profit center valuation
In addition to storing data in these two currencies using the legal (= company code) valuation view, you can also store data in both of these currencies valuated from the viewpoint of individual profit centers.

This yields the following possible combinations of valuation view and currency type (so-called valuation approaches):

Currency type    Valuation view

Operating concern currency    Legal valuation

Company code currency    Legal valuation

Operating concern currency    Profit center valuation

Company code currency    Profit center valuation

You set up actual data valuation from the profit center viewpoint in Customizing under "Flows of Actual Values -> Multiple Valuation Approaches/Transfer Prices".

Note
Whereas actual data is updated simultaneously in all the selected combinations of currency type and valuation, plan data is always updated in one currency only - the currency specified for that particular plan version.

Note that updating actual data in multiple combinations of currency and valuation significantly increases your data volume.
Supplementary Documentation - LEDBO_BZ 1400

Procedure

The currency in this field does not affect account-based Profitability Analysis.

If you use costing-based Profitability Analysis, observe the following when you change the operating concern currency:

If no data has yet been posted to the operating concern, you can change the currency.

If data has been posted, changing the currency means that all new data will be posted using the new currency. In addition, the old data will be interpreted as if posted in the new currency.

The change will not lead to problems if you are merely renaming the currency, which would not lead to exchange rate differences.

Supplementary Documentation - LEDBO_BZ 1401

Procedure

These settings are not relevant for account-based Profitability Analysis.

It is possible to deactivate the data update in a second currency. However, note that

  1. it is then no longer possible to execute a report in that currency
  2. plan versions that use this currency can no longer be used

You can activate the data update in a second currency at any time. However, this has no affect on data that has already been posted. That data is only available in the operating concern currency.

Storing the data in a second currency multiplies your data volume.

History
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