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F.05 Functionality
In order to create your financial statements, you have to carry out a foreign currency
valuation. This process valuates all transactions posted in foreign currency per company
code and parallel currency transactions. To perform the valuation you should use an
exchange rate for the end of the month. This valuation covers the following accounts and
items:
1. Foreign currency balance sheet accounts - the G/L accounts that you run in foreign
currency. The balances of the G/L accounts in foreign currency are valuated.
2. Open items posted in foreign currency. The line items in foreign currency are
valuated.
You have the following options for the foreign currency valuation:
a) You can carry out the valuation in local currency, (company code
currency),
b) You can valuate in parallel currency (for example, group currency).
You can also use different valuation methods (for example, lowest value principle).
The posting of valuation is done by the batch input session. It is recommended that you run
each valuation separately, so e.g. you will create a separated batch input for customer
open items, then another one for vendors and another one for GL.
Scenario
Before year-end closing you need to perform a foreign currency valuation for GL, customer
and vendor open items. To perform valuation of balances in GL (for GL accounts with no
open item management) your have to change your selection to activate the related fields.
Requirements
GL, Customer and Vendor Master, the accounting transactions posted in foreign currencies
(different than company code currency). Defined in Customizing GL accounts for valuation
postings.

Menu Path

Accounting Financial Accounting General Ledger

Periodic Processing Closing Valuate F.05 - Foreign
Currency Valuation

Transaction Code

F.05

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1.

Double click on F.05 - Foreign Currency Valuation.

Foreign Currency Valuation

2.

Update the following fields:

Field Name

Field Description

Values

Company code

Company code

Example: 5200

Evaluation Key Date

Key date for the foreign

currency valuation.

Example: 310702

Valuation method

A unique key for determining a

foreign currency valuation
method. This key can be valid
for cross-chart of accounts.

Example: EVR

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Field Name

3.

Field Description

Values

Valuation area

Using valuation areas instead of

Valuation in Curr type
simplifies the process ie instead
of running Forex valuation 3
times for each currency type,
we only run it one time for 3
currency type simultaneously.
For SABIC theres defined the
valuation area SA. SA
includes (1) Company code
currency (2) Group currency
Group valuation (3) Group
currency Profit Center valuation

Example: SA

Batch input session

name

Code identifying the batch

session that is created

Example: FCV0620021

Document date

Date the transaction occurred

Example: 310702

Posting date

Date that the business

transaction occurred

Example: 310702

Posting period

Fiscal month when the

transaction posts to the General
Ledger

Example: 7

Reversal posting date

Date when you want to post a

reverse. Normally the 1st day of
next month

Example: 010802

Reverse post. period

Posting period for reversal

Example: 08

Now you need to select the accounts you want to valuate. Click <tab button>
Selections
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Foreign Currency Valuation

4.

Click Valuate vendor open items

5.

Click Valuate customer open items Button

You can select only particular vendor / customer accounts to be valuated. If you leave
the selection fields empty (like in our example), all the accounts will be selected for
valuation.

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6.

Click Execute Button

to perform valuation. Note that the system does not create
the postings immediately but creates a batch input session instead.

Foreign Currency Valuation

Note: The system displayed a report presenting valuated vendor and customer
open items. Press POSTINGS
Button to display the accounting
documents that were created. These documents have not been posted yet; theyre
stored in a batch input session:

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Foreign Currency Valuation

7.

Click Back Button

8.

To post the valuation, you need to process the Batch Input Session that youve just
created. You can open another SAP session. From the main menu choose System
Services Batch input Sessions

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Batch Input: Session Overview

9.

Select the session you want to process. (Select the row which contains your Batch
input session, e.g. FCV0620021)

10.

Click Process Button

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Process Session FCV0620021

11.

Click <radio button> Background

12.

Click Process Button

13.

Once the session was processed, you need to check the results. To analyze your
batch input session, follow the menu path:

to begin posting of documents.

From the main menu choose System

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Select Row which contains your Batch input session FCV0620021

15.

Click Analysis Button

session that was processed:

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. The system will display the details regarding the

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Analysis of Session FCV0620021

16.

Click Back Button

17.

As a result of valuation some accounting documents were posted. To display them

use the transaction FB03 (Document Display):

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Display Document: Initial Screen

18.

19.

Update the following fields:

Field Name

Field Description

Document number

Number of the SAP R/3

document that is internally
assigned by SAP R/3 when
certain transactions are
completed

Example: 10001250

Company code

Enter here company code

number

Example: 5200

Fiscal year

Fiscal year number

Example: 2002

Click Enter Button

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Values

to confirm your entries.

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Display Document: Overview

Note: The above document shows zero balance because is displayed in Document
currency.

20.

To display your document in local currency Click Display currency Button

.

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21.

Click Enter Button.

Display Document: Overview

22.

Click Back Button

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