Currency symbol display in Bex Query 7.

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Business Scenario:
Bex Query is showing all values perfectly and balance amounts with its proper currency key, but higher
management and reporting user wants balance
amounts/Key figures with its currency symbol for all the Bex queries.

Query Output with standard design option:

The Query output with default setting for currency ;
Sample query:

Currency key is appearing after values of amount key figure.

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Report requirement
Reporting user wants query output with currency sign before values of amount key figure as shown in below
image:

Procedure to be followed:
Execute transaction code SPRO, SAP Project
Reference Object
Execute SPRO transaction code in BW system, this transaction code is mainly used to configure the setting
as per your client requirement by using the
standard setting present in the system and also used for making necessary customizing in the system for the
Key data structure and Configurations.

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SPRO -> SAP Reference IMG -> SAP NetWeaver -> Business Intelligence->Settings for Reporting and
Analysis.

Settings for Reporting and Analysis

Settings for Reporting and Analysis -> General Settings for Reporting and Analysis -> Set Alternative
Currency Display

Click on
to set Alternative Currency Display; it will pop up a caution message.
Caution: The table is cross-client; this message serves to warn you that each change you make will have an
effect on all other clients in the system. Click on

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"continue".
Click on New Entries tab and maintain Currency symbol against currency key as shown in
below image and then click save button

1. Currency: enter currency keys.

2. Alt. text (Alternative text): enter currency symbol for its relevant currency key.
3. Before/After Value: option decides how currency symbol (alternative text) will appear with value in Bex
query.
e.g. If Currency key is EUR then value outputs for
Before value: 1000 ( displayed in front of the numeric value)
After value: 1000 ( displayed after the numeric value)

Note: SAP Standard settings:

1. All currencies are displayed in accordance with the ISO norm by default, and appear after the numeric
value,
Except
2. DEM is displayed as DM,
3. USD is displayed as $ in front of the numeric value,
4. GBP is displayed as in front of the numeric value.

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Query output

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