Back-office Locking

Some of the fields linked to the basic characteristics of transactions cannot be modified after the transactions creation, such as the applicant, the currency pair, etc.

But other fields can be modified such as the link number, the contact name, the transaction date, the delivery date, etc.

The back-office validation of transactions enables you to restrict modification options on some transaction types when the back-office lock is enabled.

To enable this locking, you need to select the Lock B.O. Change option in the General tab of the FX Configuration page.

For more information on the locking configuration procedure, see topic FX Configuration.

The modification options for a B.O-validated transaction depend on the transaction type as explained below. For more information on the FX transaction types, see topic FX Transaction Types.

• Initial FX Transactions

These are open FX transactions with the "Initial" type, i.e. Spot and Forward Exchange transactions that you created manually.

The modification options for these FX transactions depend on the setup of the back office locking process, they are described in the table below.

• Other FX Transactions

These are the FX transactions with a different type from the "Initial" type, i.e.:

• modified or created after a carry forward or an early settlement,
• forming the first or second leg of a swap transaction.

The setup of the locking process has no impact on these transactions: whatever the setup, the locked fields are the same as those of an initial transaction when the locking is enabled.

The table below lists the editable fields in the management pages for the BO-validated (back office) FX transactions, according to the transaction type and to the setup of the back-office locking process. The non-editable fields do not appear in this table.