Currency exchange rates - SRM or R/3

[Former Member]

We're on SRM 4.0 Server5.0 wtih classic scenario.

If I have a SC in one currency and when it creates a PO in the backend in another currency, does SRM pass the exchange (conversion) rate to R/3 or does the rate in R/3 override whatever SRM is sending it?

The reason I ask is that our SRM system is going to be connected to two R/3 systems. One (system A) updates its exchange rates once/month and the other (system B) only does it once a year at the beginning of the fiscal year. Obviously, there's going to be differences in the rates between the two systems and I want to make sure we don't send backend system A the old rates and system B the updated rates as there can only be one conversion rate for one pair of currency codes depending on when I replicate the rates from which system.

So if the rates in R/3 override whatever SRM sends it, then I'm okay. But if it takes whatever SRM sends it, then I might have an issue as the rates won't match.

Does anyone know how is this handled in SRM? And also how IPC plays a role in this, if any at all?

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Thanks.

SN

[Former Member]

Hello,

Please check SAP notes:

879309

805675

486061

1124630

1027656

1038241

0850008

Please run reports BBP_GET_EXRATE, BBP_GET_CURRENCY to get the

current values from the Backend.

If you like to set XPRIMARY please proceed as recommended in note

835619 (also valid for higher Rel.).

Details see encl. file cur.doc.

Please also check if SC/PO header and item currency are equal

using /SE37 BBP_PD_SC_GETDETAIL, E_HEADER, E_ITEM or

BBP_PD_PO_GETDETAIL.

I hope this will help.

Thanks,

Gaurav

[Former Member]

Guarav,

Thank you, but that's not what I was looking for. What I'd like to know is at the time of PO creation in R/3, which exchange rate is being used? Is it something that's proposed by SRM and is accepted by R/3? Or SRM can propose a conversion rate but ultimately R/3 will override that with its own exchange rate in its system at that time?

SN