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Note: The hierarchies belonging to an attribute view are available in an analytic view that reuses the
attribute view, in read-only mode. However, the hierarchies belonging to an attribute view are not available
in a calculation view that reuses the attribute view.
6.2.11 Using Currency and Unit of Measure
Use this procedure to define a measure as an amount or weight in the analytical space and to perform currency
conversion.
To simplify the process of currency conversion, the system provides a list of currencies, and exchange rates
based on the tables imported for currency. Currency conversion is performed based on source currency, target
currency, exchange rate, and date of conversion. You can also select currency from the attribute data used in the
view.
For example, you need to generate a sales report for a region in a particular currency, and you have sales data in
database tables in a different currency. You can create an analytic view by selecting the table column containing
the sales data in this other currency as a measure, and perform currency conversion. Once you activate the view,
you can use it to generate reports.
Note: Currency conversion is enabled for analytic views and base measures of calculation views.
Prerequisites
● You have imported tables T006 and T006A for Unit of Measure.
● You have imported TCURC, TCURF, TCURN, TCURR, TCURT, TCURV, TCURW, and TCURX for currency.
Procedure
1. Select a measure.
2. In the Properties pane, select Measure Type.
3. If you want to associate the measure with a currency, do the following:
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a. In the Measure Type dropdown list, select the value Amount with Currency.
b. In the Currency Dialog, select the required Type as follows:
Type Purpose
Fixed To select currency from the currency table TCURC.
Attribute To select currency from one of the attributes used in the
view.
c. Select the required value, and choose OK.
d. If you want to convert the value to another currency, choose Enable for Conversion.
a. To select the source currency, choose Currency.
b. Select the target currency.
Note: For currency conversion, in addition to the types Fixed and Attribute, you can select an
Input Parameter to provide target currency at runtime. If you select an input parameter for
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