Create the system currency conversion environment

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Before the conversion is started an appropriate conversion environment for every company must be created. This can be done in two different ways:

Before the conversion is run. This will speed up the system currency conversion. To create the system currency conversion environment separately before the conversion is run, follow the instructions below.
At the same time as the conversion is run. If you do not choose to create the conversion environment in advance, then this will automatically be done when starting the conversion. Note: The creation of the environment is not a very time consuming routine, whereby it is recommended to let the system create the appropriate environment at the same time as the currency conversion is run.

Select the Create system currency conversion environment menu item.
You access the Create system curr. conv. environment panel. Click OK to start the environment creation. The system will inform you when the creation has been completed.

The following steps are performed during the creation of the environment.

A company unique conversion library is created. The name of the library is A7SCT01xx where xx is the company code of the company you are signed on to.

The following pre-loaded system files, used to control the conversion run, are copied from the conversion tool to the company unique conversion library:

File	Description
SCOCNP	This is the driver file for the conversion. It holds all the conversion programs that will be run.
SCOCNF	Holds information about which files are converted by each program and the name of the security file used internally by the conversion routine to ensure an accurate conversion.
SCOPLF	Holds information about the parallel files. See Select the parallel files for system currency conversion for further information.
SCORND	Holds information about the rounding rules used while converting. See Define the rounding rules for system currency conversion for further information.

The following data areas are created in the conversion library:

Code	Description
NEWSCUR	Holds information about the system currency to which the company should be converted, i.e. EUR.
OLDSCUR	Holds information about the old system currency.
SCTEXRA	Holds information about the exchange rate used, i.e. the relation between the old system currency and the new.
SCTLBNM	Holds information about the conversion library name.

All conversion programs that has the CPCOMP (compile code) field in the SCOCNP file set to YES are re-compiled.