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title: "Revalue general ledger accounts (CM506000)"
description: "Use this window to revalue General ledger accounts denominated to foreign currencies."
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# Revalue general ledger accounts (CM506000)

Last modified February 19, 2026

> Use this window to revalue General ledger accounts denominated to foreign currencies.


This topic provides information about the elements in this window in Visma Net, such as fields, field values, buttons, and check boxes.

Use this window to revalue General ledger accounts denominated to foreign currencies.
Select a currency of denomination to display all General ledger accounts maintained in this currency, and then select accounts and provide a description for the revaluation.
You can revalue the General ledger accounts denominated in foreign currencies as often as needed to accurately reflect your cash position.

## The window toolbar

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<td class="vismanet-table__cell">Revalue</td>
<td class="vismanet-table__cell"><p>Initiates the revaluation of the General ledger accounts you
have selected.
As a result, a batch of Currency management
transactions is released and posted.</p>
<p>If there is an error in the <strong>Period</strong> or the <strong>Currency effective date</strong> field, the button is disabled.</p>
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## The top part

By using the elements in this area, you can specify a revaluation.

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<td class="vismanet-table__cell">Period</td>
<td class="vismanet-table__cell"><p>The period for which revaluation is performed.</p>
<ul>
<li>If the period is inactive, you will get an error message. To be able to process, go the <a href="/visma-net-erp/help/general-ledger/general-ledger-windows/financial-periods-gl201000/index.md">Financial periods (GL201000)</a> window and activate the period.</li>
<li>If the period is closed and the <strong>Allow posting in closed periods</strong> check box in the <a href="/visma-net-erp/help/general-ledger/general-ledger-windows/general-ledger-preferences-gl102000/index.md">General ledger preferences (GL102000</a> window is clear, you will get an error message. To be able to process, select the <strong>Allow posting in closed periods</strong> check box.</li>
<li>If the period is closed and you allow posting in closed periods (the <strong>Allow posting in closed periods</strong> check box in the <a href="/visma-net-erp/help/general-ledger/general-ledger-windows/general-ledger-preferences-gl102000/index.md">General ledger preferences (GL102000)</a> is selected), you will get a warning message.</li>
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<td class="vismanet-table__cell">Currency effective date</td>
<td class="vismanet-table__cell">The effective date for the currency exchange rate. By default, the last day of the current period is shown.</td>
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<td class="vismanet-table__cell">Currency</td>
<td class="vismanet-table__cell">The currency of denomination.</td>
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<td class="vismanet-table__cell">Description</td>
<td class="vismanet-table__cell"><p>A detailed description of the revaluation. You can use up to 30 characters, both numbers and letters.</p>
<p>The system uses this description as the description of the batch
(and each journal entry of this batch) generated by the
revaluation process.</p>
<p>For example: It is added to the <strong>Transaction description</strong> column in the <a href="/visma-net-erp/help/general-ledger/general-ledger-windows/journal-transactions-gl301000/index.md">Journal transactions (GL301000)</a> window for each journal entry of the Currency management batch, and to the <strong>Description</strong> column in the <a href="/visma-net-erp/help/general-ledger/general-ledger-windows/account-details-gl404000/index.md">Account details (GL404000)</a> window for each Currency management batch.</p>
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<td class="vismanet-table__cell">Revaluation total</td>
<td class="vismanet-table__cell">The total amount of the revaluation.</td>
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## The table

This table contains the list of accounts with the balances in the original currency and in the base currency before and after revaluation.

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<td class="vismanet-table__cell">Branch</td>
<td class="vismanet-table__cell">The branch that uses this account.</td>
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<td class="vismanet-table__cell">Account</td>
<td class="vismanet-table__cell">An account that has records in the selected foreign currency.</td>
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<td class="vismanet-table__cell">Description</td>
<td class="vismanet-table__cell">The description of the account.</td>
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<td class="vismanet-table__cell">Subaccount</td>
<td class="vismanet-table__cell"><p>The subaccount used with the account.</p>
<p>This column is available only if the <strong>Subaccounts</strong> functionality is enabled in the <a href="/visma-net-erp/help/common-settings/enable-or-disable-functionalites/enable-disable-functionalities-cs100000/index.md">Enable/disable functionalities (CS100000)</a> window.</p>
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<td class="vismanet-table__cell">Currency rate type</td>
<td class="vismanet-table__cell"><p>The rate type to be used for the revaluation.</p>
<p>It is specified in
the <strong>General ledger revaluation rate type</strong> field in the <a href="/visma-net-erp/help/currency-management/currency-management-windows/currency-management-preferences-cm101000/index.md">Currency management preferences (CM101000)</a> window.</p>
<p>It can also be specified for a General ledger account individually in the <strong>Revaluation rate type</strong> field in the <a href="/visma-net-erp/help/general-ledger/general-ledger-windows/chart-of-accounts-gl202500/index.md">Chart of accounts (GL202500)</a> window.</p>
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<td class="vismanet-table__cell">Currency rate</td>
<td class="vismanet-table__cell">The currency rate effective on the date of revaluation.</td>
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<td class="vismanet-table__cell">Foreign currency balance</td>
<td class="vismanet-table__cell">The balance in the selected foreign currency.</td>
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<td class="vismanet-table__cell">Original balance</td>
<td class="vismanet-table__cell">The account balance in the base currency as it is maintained historically.</td>
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<td class="vismanet-table__cell">Revalued balance</td>
<td class="vismanet-table__cell">The balance of the account recalculated by using the efficient currency rate.</td>
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<td class="vismanet-table__cell">Difference</td>
<td class="vismanet-table__cell">The difference (in the base currency) between the original (historical) and the revalued balances.</td>
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<td class="vismanet-table__cell">Last revaluation period</td>
<td class="vismanet-table__cell">The period when revaluation was last performed.</td>
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<h2>Related pages</h2><h3>Concepts</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/currency-management/manage-revaluations/about-supplier-and-customer-revaluations/index.md">About supplier and customer revaluations</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/currency-management/manage-translations/about-translations/index.md">About translations</a></li>
</ul><h3>Windows</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/currency-management/currency-management-windows/revalue-supplier-accounts-cm504000/index.md">Revalue supplier accounts (CM504000)</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/currency-management/currency-management-windows/revalue-customer-accounts-cm505000/index.md">Revalue customer accounts (CM505000)</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/currency-management/currency-management-windows/translations-history-cm401000/index.md">Translations history (CM401000)</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/currency-management/currency-management-windows/translation-definition-cm203000/index.md">Translation definition (CM203000)</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/currency-management/currency-management-windows/translation-worksheets-cm304000/index.md">Translation worksheets (CM304000)</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/currency-management/currency-management-windows/release-translations-cm502000/index.md">Release translations (CM502000)</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/general-ledger/general-ledger-windows/journal-transactions-gl301000/index.md">Journal transactions (GL301000)</a></li>
</ul>


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