1. Preface

1.1 Introduction

This manual is designed to help you quickly get acquainted with the Foreign Exchange Module of Oracle FLEXCUBE.

It provides an overview to the module, and takes you through the various steps involved in processing an FX deal entered in your dealing room system.

You can further obtain information specific to a particular field by placing the cursor on the relevant field and striking <F1> on the keyboard.

This manual is intended for the following User/User Roles:

Role	Function
Back office clerk	Input functions for contracts
Back office managers/officers	Authorization functions
Product Managers	Product definition and authorization
End of day operators	Processing during end of day/ beginning of day
Financial Controller / Product Managers	Generation of reports

This manual is organized into the following chapters:

Chapter	Description
Chapter 1	About this Manual gives information on the intended audience. It also lists the various chapters covered in this User Manual.
Chapter 2	An Overview of the Foreign Exchange Module is a snapshot of the features that the module provides.
Chapter 3	Maintaining Data Specific to the FX Module explains maintaining information required to begin operations with the FX module.
Chapter 4	Defining Attributes Specific to FX Products describes the procedure to define attributes specific to FX products.
Chapter 5	Beginning of Day Operation explains the maintenance functions that need to be performed before operations with the module begin for the day.
Chapter 6	Contract Processing describes the processing of Foreign Exchange deals.
Chapter 7	Continuous Linked Settlements (CLS) describes the maintenances and processing details for CLS deals.
Chapter 8	FX Advices and Messages explains the advices and messages that you can generate in the FX module.
Chapter 9	Annexure A - Accounting Entries and Advices gives an event-wise list of model accounting entries for the FX module
Chapter 10	Glossary provides the list the important terms and its definition.
Chapter 11	Reports provides a list of reports that can be generated in this module and also explains their contents.
Chapter 12	Function ID Glossary has alphabetical listing of Function/Screen ID's used in the module with page references for quick navigation.

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