The default currency types available in your system are the transaction currency, which is the original currency of the business transaction, and the company code currency and group currency.
If your business needs require an additional currency, you can configure your own currency type. For this currency type, you can set up the currency conversion settings globally, that is, for all company codes at one time, or individually for each company code.
Note that you can only create one additional currency type per company code.
Caution
You can only add new currency types for a company code that has not been used yet.
This means that you can only add an additional currency for a company code if the following conditions are true for your complete system landscape:
- No journal entries have been posted for the company code.
- If actual costing is activated: No changes have been made to the accounting attributes of materials that are relevant for actual costing (price determination = 3) in the company code.
Otherwise, a check blocks currency configuration changes.
If postings have been made in a system other than your production (P) system, however, you can delete these by using the job template Reset Transaction Data from the app Schedule Accounting Data Changes.
You create a company code using the Organizational Structure configuration activity. In your configuration environment, use the search function to find and open this activity. For more information, see Creating a Company Code.
Learn how to use the configuration activity Define Currency Settings for Ledgers and Company Codes with the following exercise.
More information can be found on the SAP Help Portal.