RE: Use different exchange rate type for foreign currency revaluation in AR/AP
Hi Tony,
Do you know why your client wants to have this?
You can of course make an adjustment for the exchange rate that is used when running foreign currency revaluations but you have to be careful with that because there are a number of related processes (e.g. payments) that will revert back to your adjustment.
This can quickly get tricky and I wonder why this is needed and why the standard functionalities are not sufficient?
Let's make a simplified example.
If you convert an open foreign currency amount of let's say HUF1000 by the D365FO standard exchange rate of let's say 5HUF:1USD then you will get an unrealized exchange rate gain/loss of let's say 50 USD. If you make the payment in the next month, this amount will just be reversed / eliminated.
In case your customer prefers a rate of 5.5HUF:1USD then you might get a unrealized gain/loss of let's say 60 USD. Also this amount gets eliminated when you make the payment in the next month.
So the whole issue is basically about shifting unrealized profit / loss amounts from one month to the other, which does not make you richer or poorer overall because you just shift things from one month to another one.
So, I really wonder for the underlying business requirement.
Would be great if you could explain in more detail before spending a lot of time on an adjustment with a limited added value.
Best regards,
Ludwig