FX Spot deals does not (by design) have any swap points, By default the system is therefore not calculating any Interest income/expense on FX Spot deals.
However there are situations where an FX Spot deal can have swap points. One example is when a deal is imported from an FX Trading station.
Follow the steps below if you want to handle the cases where FX spot deals have swap points (without adjusting the deal).
Menu Reports - Custom Measures
Add an custom measure with name 'Interest expense Spot'.
Enter the following Expression
AssetAmount(Iif(Substring([SpotDate],0 ,10 )=Substring([MaturityDate],0 ,10 ), (ToDecimal( [FxFwdPointsAtTransactionStart])/ ToDecimal(10000))*ToDecimal([BaseAmount]), ToDecimal(0)),[PriceCurrency])
Menu Reports
Untick 'Not isTemplate
'Accounting report 1' - Add column 'Interest expense Spot' twice. Once with display condition 'Greater Than Zero' and once with display condition 'Less Than Zero'
Menu Accounting Amount Types
For Accounting Program Type: FX add the two following lines
Please note that the new lines are added under the grouping 'No Accounting' since Accounting Programe Type 'FX' is not set yet.
Menu Accounting - Accounting rules
Add account numbers for the two new amount types in Rules for FX.
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