Hierarchy
SEM-BW (Software Component) SEM-BW: Strategic Enterprise Management⤷
FIN-SEM-BCS (Application Component) Business Consolidation⤷
UCF2 (Package) SEM-BCS: Currency Translation
Basic Data
| Data Element | UC_CTR_TIME_TRANS |
| Short Description | Currency Translation Timeframe |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | UC_CTR_TIME_TRANS | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 2 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 2 | |
| Value Table | UCF221C |
Further Characteristics
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| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Timeframe |
| Medium | 15 | C/T Timeframe |
| Long | 20 | C/T Timeframe |
| Heading | 3 | TF |
Documentation
Definition
The timeframe in which currency translation takes place.
Use
The translation timeframe belongs to the definition of the currency translation key.
Currency translation is always executed in a specific posting period. The current currency translation run processes only the transaction data that belongs to the periods specified in the timeframe.
The periods included in the standard timeframes are:
- The current period (in periodic processing)
- Balances carried forward and all periods of the current fiscal year up to the current period (in cumulative processing)
You can also use your own translation timeframes. You create these custom timeframes in the customer namespace (which starts with a letter). You define the timeframe relatively to the current period by specifying a consolidation frequency or a specific number of periods.
Dependencies
Currency translation is always posted in the current period, independently of the timeframe. Nonperiodic translation posts the delta (or difference) to the total value of the prior periods.
Example
Suppose you consolidate quarterly and monthly and you want to synchronize the results of currency translation for the end of the fiscal quarter. To model the periodic translation of quarterly consolidation in the framework of monthly consolidation, you create a custom translation timeframe with consolidation frequency "Quarterly". When monthly translation is run with a currency translation key that uses this timeframe, the run includes the following periods:
Posting Period Timeframe (Periods)
1 1
2 1-2
3 1-3
4 4
5 4-5
6 4-6
...
Thus, at the end of each quarter, the values accumulated in that quarter are translated.
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20041006 |
| SAP Release Created in | 3.0A |
