| Button | Description |
|---|---|
| Release | Releases the translation and initiates the creation of the appropriate batch. |
| Reports | Provides the Translation details menu command, which you can click for quick access to the Translation details (CM651500) report for the translation. |
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| Translation number | The unique number assigned to the translation in accordance with the numbering series. |
| Status | The status of the translation, which can be Balanced, Unposted (the status of a released translation), or Posted. |
| Translation date | The date when the translation was generated. |
| Currency effective date | The date for the destination currency rate change. |
| Period | The period for which the translation is performed. |
| Description | The detailed description of the translation type. |
| Translation ID | The ID of the type of translation, which was defined in the Translation definition (CM203000) window. |
| Branch | The branch of the company. |
| Destination ledger ID | The destination ledger (which should have a reporting type) where the results of the translation will be stored. |
| Destination currency | The currency of the destination ledger. This is the currency to which all the amounts should be translated. |
| Translation batch number | The number of the batch that implements the translation transactions upon release. You can click the batch number to view details of the batch. |
| Debit total | The debit total for the translation. The translation gain or loss amount is added to balance the credit and debit totals. |
| Credit total | The credit total for the translation. |
| Control total | The translation control total. When the translation worksheet is saved, the system checks whether the debit total is equal to the credit total and whether they both are equal to the control total. If there is any difference resulting from manual editing, you must enter a new control total. |
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Account | The particular account for which the balance for the specified subaccount was converted into the destination currency. |
| Description | The description of the account. |
| Subaccount | The subaccount for the account. |
| Translation method | The translation method used for the account. |
| Source amount | The period-to-date (PTD) or year-to-date (YTD) balance of the account in the base currency. |
| Translated amount | The PTD or YTD balance of the account in the reporting currency. |
| Orig. translated amount | The account balance in the reporting currency after the previous translation. For the first translation, all account-subaccount pairs involved have zero balances. For the first translation in the period, all account-subaccount pairs for which the PTD method is used have zero amounts in the column. |
| Rate type | The rate type used for translation of the balance. |
| Currency rate | The effective exchange rate for the destination currency. |
| Transaction debit amount | The debit amount of an adjusting transaction for the account-subaccount pair, which is calculated as the currently translated amount minus the result of the previous translation. If the difference is positive, it is recorded as the debit amount, and if the difference is negative, the debit amount is set to zero. |
| Transaction credit amount | The credit amount of an adjusting transaction for the account-subaccount pair, which is calculated as the currently translated amount minus the result of the previous translation. If the difference is negative, it is recorded as the credit amount; if the difference is positive, the credit amount is set to zero. |