ENTER PERIOD RATES

Use this screen to enter foreign currency exchange rates by period. You can also use this screen to calculate period-average rates if you are tracking daily rates.

You can use this screen at any time, but we suggest that you use this screen immediately after the period ending date in order to use the updated rates in the end-of-period valuation of your transactions.

Rate Group

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the rate group. This rate group was created in the Maintain Exchange Rate Groups screen. The rate group description will be displayed in the field to the right. This is a required field.

Rate Source

This field displays the rate source that is currently linked to your selected Rate Group. This rate source was created in the Maintain Exchange Rate Sources screen and was selected for use in the Multicurrency Settings screen. The rate source description is displayed in the field to the right.

Fiscal Year

Enter the fiscal year or use the drop-down box to select one.

Period

Enter the fiscal period or use the drop-down box to select one.

Period Start Date

This field displays the period start date based on the Fiscal Year and Period combination you selected.

Period End Date

This field displays the period end date based on the Fiscal Year and Period combination you selected.

Fill Table

Use this pushbutton to populate the table with all rates currently available for this Rate Group, Rate Source, and Period combination.

Table Window

Select the New Line button on the toolbar to start a new row.

Currency From

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the currency code that will be translated. Only those combinations of from/to currencies that were created in the Maintain Exchange Rate Groups screen are permitted in this table.

Currency To

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the currency code that will be translated. Only those combinations of from/to currencies that were created in the Maintain Exchange Rate Groups screen are permitted in this table.

Period-End Rate

Enter the exchange rate to be used for period-end currency conversion.

Period-Average Rate

Enter the exchange rate to be used for period average currency conversion.

Notes

Enter any notes (up to 254 alphanumeric characters) to be used in reference to this currency conversion.

Currency From Name

This column displays the formal name of the currency code in the Currency From column.

Currency To Name

This column displays the formal name of the currency code in the Currency To column.

Table Information

Changes to this screen update the following tables:

ACCTING_PD

MU_CRNCY_STATUS

RT_BY_PD

RT_GRP

RT_SRCE