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Foreign currency revaluation

The page for the General ledger foreign currency revaluation process, which also shows the history of each revaluation run.

Used by: Accountant, Accounting manager, Accounting supervisor and 1 more role
Business process: —
Menu item: LedgerExchAdj
Main table: LedgerExchAdjHist
Data entity: —
Setup steps: —

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1What it is and why

What it is	The page for the General ledger foreign currency revaluation process, which also shows the history of each revaluation run.
What you do here	Used to revalue main account balances posted in foreign currencies and generate unrealized gain or loss transactions, with a preview before posting and an option to reverse a revaluation.
Example	Revalue the balances for January 1 to January 31 but use the exchange rate defined for February 1.

Functional consultant · Solution architect

Business process	—
Menu path	General ledger › Periodic tasks › Foreign currency revaluation
Set up first	Main accounts Microsoft Learn ↗Ledger Microsoft Learn ↗Currency revaluation accounts Microsoft Learn ↗
Used next by	—
Related pages	Foreign currency revaluation Microsoft Learn ↗Foreign currency revaluation Microsoft Learn ↗Ledger settlements Microsoft Learn ↗

End user · Functional consultant

Go to General ledger > Periodic tasks > Foreign currency revaluation and select Foreign currency revaluation.
Enter the From date and To date for the balances to revalue.
In the Date of rate field, enter the date whose exchange rate should be used.
Choose which main accounts to revalue: All, Balance sheet or Profit and loss.
Select the legal entities and the foreign currencies to revalue.
Set Preview before posting to Yes to review the result.
From the preview, select Post.

Field	What it means	Worked example	Table column
From date	Start of the period; for balance sheet accounts it is ignored and the balance from the start of the fiscal year is used.Microsoft Learn ↗	—	`FromDate`
Date of rate	The date whose exchange rate is used for the revaluation.Microsoft Learn ↗	—	`ExchangeRateDate`
Preview before posting	Shows the result first so that it can be checked and posted without running again; not available in batch.Microsoft Learn ↗	—	—
Exclude reporting currency adjustments	Leaves out amounts posted with the reporting currency adjustment journal.Microsoft Learn ↗	—	—

Functional consultant

Setup step	Recommended value and why	Decision · common mistake · test
— No setup is made on this page.

Solution architect

Shared or per company	—
Can it be undone	—
Feature or country	—
If you change it later	Revaluations can be reversed out of date order, but a later revaluation may also need reversing to keep each account's balance right. Microsoft Learn ↗

Technical architect

Menu item	`LedgerExchAdj` Checked in Dynamics 365
Form	`LedgerExchAdjHist` Checked in Dynamics 365
Table	`LedgerExchAdjHist`Shown as “Foreign currency revaluation” in Record infoChecked in Dynamics 365
Data entities	—
Who can open it	PrivilegesMaintain foreign currency revaluation history `LedgerExchAdjHistMaintain`View foreign currency revaluation history `LedgerExchAdjHistView`DutiesMaintain foreign currency revaluation history `LedgerExchAdjHistMaintain`View foreign currency revaluation history `LedgerExchAdjHistView`Maintain journals and transactions `LedgerJournalsAndTransactionsMaintain` 4 security roles Accountant `LedgerAccountant`Accounting manager `LedgerAccountingManager`Accounting supervisor `LedgerAccountingSupervisor`Financial controller `LedgerFinancialController` Checked in Dynamics 365
Actions on the page	Buttons: Foreign currency revaluation, Voucher transactions, Reverse transactions, ReviewedChecked in Dynamics 365

Developer

Open it directly	`https://<your-environment>/?mi=LedgerExchAdj`
Integrate with	—
Table definition	`LedgerExchAdjHist` columns and relations Microsoft data model ↗

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