3571267 - Currency Conversion Error in Supplier Down Payment Request

An error message "Exchange rate X/Y on DD.MM.YYYY missing for currency conversion" is displayed when creating a down payment for a supplier.

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1. Navigate to the Supplier Invoicing work center.
2. Select Common tasks.
3. Choose New Down Payment Request.
4. Enter the necessary data and click on "check".
5. The error message "Exchange rate X/Y on DD.MM.YYYY missing for currency conversion" is displayed.

The error is generated by the Tax Engine, which performs a conversion between the target currency and the source currency of the supplier's country. Even though the purchase order currency is maintained in the supplier master data as X, the system always compares the transactional currency of the supplier country. ('X' is currency)

1. Go to the General Ledger work center.
2. In Common Tasks view, select Edit Exchange Rates subview.
3. Maintain the exchange rates between currencies X and Y ensuring they are valid on DD.MM.YYYY.
4. Save your changes.

As a result, you should be able to post the affected supplier invoice.

Down Payment Request; Currency Conversion Error; Exchange Rates; , KBA , SRD-SRM-SI , Supplier Invoicing , Known Error