How to change the WBS currency

[Former Member]

Hi Guys,

I have question: How to change the currency of a WBS element, the field is showed as unchangeable?

I have found in the SAP documentation that:

WBS element currency

Costs and payments incurred in a WBS element are managed in controlling area currency and in the object currency for the WBS element. When you create a WBS element, the system defaults the currency entered in the project definition as the object currency. You can change the WBS element object currency in the organization data for the WBS element. However, you cannot change the object currency once costs and/or payments have been posted to the WBS element.

When changing the WBS element object currency, you must note the following:

If the controlling area and company code are managed in the same currency, you can stipulate a different object currency for the WBS element.

In my case the controlling area and the company code have the same currency, but I am still not able to change it!

Thanks for your prompt help

Best regards

[Former Member]

Hi,

For business purposes we want to use a other currency, because of the following reasons:

- the location is different for certain projects

- the planning should be in a different currency thus to avoid exchanges difference

- to display in the report always the same values and not converted values

- we do not want to change the company currency anyway

Does this help someone to give me more advices.

Best regards

[Former Member]

Hi,

Generally Company Code currency is referred to as Object Currency. You have mentioned in your post that your controlling area currency and the company code currency are same. Why do you want to change it when both are same? If at all you have to change it you will have to do it at the company code level. This is a major configuration change considering that a lot of postings have already happened for the said cost object in the currency maintained currently.

I would suggest not to go for this to avoid creating a mess in the system. If you just need this change from the reporting perspective there are a lot of options available to achieve it. It would be better if you could elaborate more on your business requirement.

Regards,

Gokul

[former_member214674]

HI,

whether company code remains same? if yes, then why do you want to change currency? please provide some more

information or business requirement ?

[Former Member]

Hi,

Are you talking about Production client? If so.... Please do not change the curruncy any where ... thats what I can suggest you. I think lot of documents has been posted earlier with configured currency and changing this will make a mess in system.

Best regards,

[Former Member]

as far as my knowledge goes, the object currency is nothing but the company code currency. Hence when you enter

the company code, the currency gets defaulted to its fields. This is taken from the currency maintained at the compnay code.

so i guess you would need to change the company code and the desired currency should pop up to the currency field.

Hope this helps

regards