3521168 - Group currency is not directly converted from transaction currency in Manage Journal Entries app

Group currency is not directly converted from transaction currency, instead, it is converted to local currency, then local currency is converted to group currency.

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Here is an example. In Manage Journal Entries, click into a posting. It can be seen that 1000EUR is not converted to 2500USD using exchange rate (EUR to USD) 2.5. Instead, 1000EUR is converted to 4000HKD using exchange rate (EUR to HKD)4, then 4000HKD is converted to 3000USD using exchange rate (HKD to USD) 0.75.

Source currency type for the specific company code is set to “company code currency”.

In SSCUI 103379 Define Currency Settings for Ledgers and Company Codes, “source currency type” for the specific company code is set to “company code currency”. So this is the standard behavior due to settings.

Define Currency Settings for Ledgers and Company Codes, Manage Journal Entries, Currency, amount, incorrect , KBA , FI-GL-2CL , General Ledger Accounting (Public Cloud) , FI-GL , General Ledger Accounting , Problem

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