Understanding Differences Between the Workbench and Postconversion Programs

The conversion workbench and the postconversion (ordered and additional conversion) programs are similar in that they convert transaction amounts to the new base currency; however, they are different in many other ways.

The differences are described in this table:

Conversion Workbench	Postconversion Programs
You access the conversion workbench from the Euro Conversion Planner/Workbench program (P9840E) on the Advanced Operations menu (GH9611).	The ordered conversion programs are located on the Ordered Conversion Jobs menu (G97UE90). The additional conversion programs are located on the Additional Conversion Jobs menu (G97UE901).
The Euro Planner/Workbench program consists of the base currency conversion programs that you load into the workbench when you set up a conversion plan. The programs in the conversion workbench are launched when you run the Control Table Workbench program (P98413).	The postconversion programs consist of ordered and additional conversion programs that you run after you successfully run the conversion workbench.
The programs in the Euro Planner/Workbench program convert amounts on records that have a company, business unit, or currency code. The company, business unit, or currency code determine the base company currency on the record.	The postconversion programs convert amounts on records that do not have a company, business unit, or currency code. You must determine which records to convert using the data selection.
You run the conversion workbench one time for a plan.	You can run a postconversion program multiple times for a plan, converting different data each time, as specified in the data selection.
For each conversion program in the conversion workbench, the system converts all records in the associated tables.	For each ordered and additional conversion program, the system converts certain records in the associated table based on the data selection that you enter.
The conversion workbench retrieves conversion rates from the F0015 table. You enter rates on the Revise Currency Exchange Rates form (P0015A).	Depending on the ordered or additional conversion program, the system retrieves conversion rates from: The Conversion Constants File for Euro table (F0087). You enter this rate in the Exchange Rate field on the Conversion Constants form. You can change it to coincide with the records being converted. The F0015 table. You enter this rate on the Revise Currency Exchange Rates form (P0015A). All postconversion programs, except for Multicurr Interco Conversion (R890911EB) and Price Variable Conversion (R894075EB), retrieve rates from the F0087 table. The Multicurrency Intercompany Conversion and Price Variable Conversion programs retrieve rates from the F0015 table, based on the currencies of the companies being converted in the plan.