Exchange Rate

The Exchange Rate zone displays the details of the exchange rate. This zone contains the following sections:

• Main - This section provides basic information about the exchange rate. It contains the following fields:

  Field Name	Field Description
  Exchange Rate ID	Displays the exchange rate ID.
  From Currency	Indicates the currency which is translated. In other words, it is the source currency.
  To Currency	Indicates the currency in which the source currency is translated. In other words, it is the target currency.
  Conversion Type	Indicates the conversion type of the exchange rate.
  Division	Indicates the division for which the exchange rate is defined. Note: The data does not appear corresponding to this field when the exchange rate is a global exchange rate. It has a link. On clicking the link, the Division screen appears with the details of the respective division.
  Exchange Rate Source	Indicates the source from where the exchange rate is received. Note: This field appears when you are viewing the details of a date and time based exchange rate.
  Effective Start Date/Time	Displays the date and time from when the exchange rate is effective. Note: This field appears when you are viewing the details of a date and time based exchange rate.
  Effective End Date/Time	Displays the date and time till when the exchange rate is effective. Note: This field appears when you are viewing the details of a date and time based exchange rate. The data does not appear corresponding to this field when the exchange rate is a global exchange rate. This is because a global exchange rate does not have an end date and time.
  Effective Start Date	Displays the date from when the exchange rate is effective. Note: This field appears when you are viewing the details of a date based exchange rate.
  Effective End Date	Displays the date till when the exchange rate is effective. Note: This field appears when you are viewing the details of a date based exchange rate. The data does not appear corresponding to this field when the exchange rate is a global exchange rate. This is because a global exchange rate does not have an end date.
  Exchange Rate	Displays the exchange rate.
  Spread	Indicates the spread for the exchange rate.

• Characteristics - This section lists the characteristics of the exchange rate. It contains the following columns:

  Column Name	Column Description
  Effective Date	Indicates the date from when the characteristic is effective for the exchange rate.
  Characteristic Type	Indicates the characteristic type.
  Characteristic Value	Displays the value of the characteristic type.

  Note: The Characteristics section appears when you are viewing the details of a date and time based exchange rate.

• Record Actions - This section contains the following buttons:

  Button Name	Button Description
  Edit	Used to edit the details of the exchange rate.
  Delete	Used to delete the exchange rate.

• Record Information - This section contains the following fields:

  Field Name	Field Description
  Business Object	Indicates the business object using which the exchange rate is created. In addition, a context menu appears corresponding to this field which helps in navigating to other screens in the application. Note: It has a link. On clicking the link, the Business Object screen appears where you can view the details of the respective business object.
  Create Date/Time	Displays the date and time when the exchange rate is created.

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