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3298535 - Cannot Order Purchase Order Document due to Exchange Rate Errors

Symptom

You are unable to order the purchase order document due to exchange rate error.

Error for example:

Exchange Rate for EUR and USD for Rate Type does not exist for DD.MM.YYYY
Error during currency conversion from US Dollar into Euro for at DD.MM.YYYY

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Purchase Requests and Orders work center
  2. Go to Purchase Orders view
  3. Select the relevant purchase order
  4. Select Edit and click on Check button
  5. Error appears

Cause

System asked you to maintain the exchange rate because the purchase order is assigned to the Source of supply as Purchasing Contract. In the contract, the target value and released value is maintained in the currency USD. Hence the exchange rate error occurs and it is necessary to maintain the exchange rate between EUR and USD. Please note that, the resolution is common for other currencies as well.

Resolution

You need to maintain the exchange rates from the below steps;

  1. Go to General Ledger work center 
  2. Go to Common Tasks and select Edit Exchange Rates
  3. Add exchange rates between EUR to USD currency valid from date DD.MM.YYYY
  4. Select Save and Close

Keywords

KBA , AP-POP-PO , Purchase Order , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign 2211 ; SAP Business ByDesign 2302 ; SAP Business ByDesign 2305