How To Fix EI079 - This currency has & places behind the decimal point

EI079 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: EI - Foreign Trade: Gen. Output

• Message number: 079

• Message text: This currency has & places behind the decimal point

What causes this issue?

In the SAP system, the standard number of places behind the decimal
point for a currency is '2'. However, certain currencies are managed
with a deviating number of places behind the decimal point.
You have tried to enter a value for such a currency whose current
number of places following the decimal point is different from the one
specified.

System Response

The system allows the entry. However, during internal management of the
value, the system considers as many places of the entered value as
places behind the decimal point that you stored in the system -
regardless of the input template displayed in the selection screen.

How can this happen?

The Italian Lira (ITL) does not have places behind the decimal point.
For this reason, every value that you enter - regardless of the number
of places behind the decimal point - is considered as a whole number.
The value is converted into license currency if the currency of the
license is different from the currency that you enter.
The value '100,000.34' ITL is treated internally as '10,000,034' ITL
and is converted into licensed currency, if necessary.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message EI079 - This currency has & places behind the decimal point ?

  The SAP error message EI079 indicates that there is an issue with the currency format being used in a transaction. Specifically, it means that the currency in question has a certain number of decimal places defined, and the value being entered or processed does not conform to that format.
  
  Cause:
  The error typically arises due to one of the following reasons:
  
  Currency Configuration: The currency in question is configured to have a specific number of decimal places (e.g., 2 decimal places for USD), but the value being entered has more or fewer decimal places than allowed.
  Data Entry Error: A user may have entered a value with an incorrect number of decimal places.
  Integration Issues: If data is being imported from another system, the formatting of the currency values may not match the expected format in SAP.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the EI079 error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Currency Configuration:
  
  Go to the transaction code OB08 to