This activity is used to define currency rate types used for accounting and budgeting and forecasting on the project. It is optional to use multicurrency budgeting and forecasting and/or project currency. It is also used to define a parameter for validating moved values when assigning ETC on a forecast. Project Currency is mainly used for cost control and reporting purposes and provides a budgeting and forecasting view in a single non company based currency, i.e., any currency can be used as project currency.
Project Specific Currency Rate Type for Accounting is the currency type used for accounting in the project.
Budgeting and Forecasting Currency Rate Type is used to display the project costs in the base currency when the rates are fixed. It also means that functionality for budgeting and forecasting in multicurrency is meant to be used, enabling budgeting and forecasting in transaction amounts.
Assign ETC In Forecast Info is used only when the Budgeting and Forecasting Currency Rate Type and the Project Currency Rate Type are used at the same time and the rate types are different. The remaining values will not equal to 0 (zero) in all the columns when moving source line values, if the currency of the moved values and the source line differ. Either the Project or the Base B&F Rate option must be selected to make the remaining value 0 (zero). The validation currency value will not change during the move.
Currency Settings for Project Cash Forecasting is used to define if project cash forecasting will be done in transaction currency or in base currency only. If Cash Forecasting in Multi Currency set to on, the transaction currency needs to be defined when creating a new cash forecast line. If Cash Forecasting in Multi Currency is off, the currency on each forecast line will default to the accounting currency of the company and not be editable.