3687934 - Realized Exchange Differences Not Posted for Partial Payments in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

When posting a partial payment against an open item in foreign currency, the system does not post a realized exchange rate difference. The FX difference is only posted when the document is fully cleared. An FX posting proportional to each partial payment may have been expected. 

SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud.

A partial payment does not clear the original open item. Both the invoice and the partial payment remain open. Since no clearing takes place, there is no realized exchange difference at the time of the partial payment. This is the standard accounting logic in the system.

The system posts realized exchange differences only when the open item is cleared. To recognize FX differences during settlement, the payment must be processed as a residual payment or full clearing. Period end foreign currency valuation handles unrealized differences for open items.

There is no standard configuration, SSCUI, or activation available in S/4HANA Public to force realized FX postings for partial payments. Partial payments will not generate realized FX postings by design.

If realized FX differences are required during the payment process rather than at final clearance, process payments as residual payments instead of partial payments.

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