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HI Jackie
Yes sure .
Regards
Max
Hi Max
Could we perhaps have a call middle of September once I am back from maternity leave to discuss?
Kind Regards,
Jackie
Hi Jackie
In fact to solve your issue would be to create a new conversion code that will apply the rate of last year ( D rate) when the figures are related to REPO and takeover the value in Group currency ( C rate)when the figures are related to journals. We don't have such rate and honestly we have never received this type of request. It's more a process problem, for me the adjustment of the RE balance should be done via a journal in Controller ( perhaps can be downloaded from the ERP)and the EB on Repo must always be copied to the OB. An other possibility would be to add in Controller this adjustment to RE in a specific journal in the closing period and copy it in Repo in the next year .
The OB on RE must use the C rate.
If you want you can set-up a call to discuss it.
Regards
Max
Hi Max
Apologies but I am on maternity leave. Please see below answers to your questions:
"You mention that C code did not provide the correct values when the opening balance was not retrieved from Controller but rather loaded from a TB." yes to the RE balance in Controller be different that the OB in the ERP. New IFRS statement allows for adjusting the RE balance. So in this case the client is loading the ERP's OB and not deriving it from Controller.
D-rate on IS accounts journals gets created by the system and are called "Created by currency conversion using D-rate" there are however no LC journal in month 12 associated to this converted (LE currency type). All IS REPO and journals should be copied across to the RE OB account in the new year. Controller only seems to be copying REPO and LC journals, but because there is no LC journal but only a LE journal Controller is not copying the converted journal to the new year. So we are currently sitting with a mismatch of CB to OB.
Hope this provides more feedback - else in the original idea I have added the case number for in depth detail as we did go forwards and backwards with R&D re the query, else let me know and I will provide more information
Kind Regards,
Jackie
Hi Jacqueline, i sent you an email but for some reasons he came back.
Hi Jacqueline,
We (OM) had a look to your request related to D rate.
Clearly the currency conversion rate "I" ( using as rate the division of the converted value by the local value) is not appropriate for OB when using the D rate as it could create journals only in group currency.
So in this case only the "C" rate can be used for the OB and that's what is used by our customers ( I believe that majority of them use D rate for P/L).
You mention that C code did not provide the correct values when the opening balance was not retrieved from Controller but rather loaded from a TB.
Could you explain what's the issue ( normally you should have values in the previous year in group currency) ?
Also why you load OB and don't copy it from previous year as it will prevent from having OB/EB differences ?