3699060 - Unusual Foreign Currency Difference in Down Payment - SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

When posting Down Payment from Down Payment request, exchange rate difference is generated with an amount that does not match the exchange rate difference maintained in the system.

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SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

1. Create a Supplier/Customer Down Payment Request in foreign currency
2. Open app Post Outgoing/Incoming Payment 
3. Fill required data, at Bank Data - Amount / CCode Currency, manually set the amount 
   
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4. Select the Down Payment Request to be clear
5. Adjust the Amount / CCode Currency in Bank Data back to the correct amount
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6. Simulate the posting
7. Observe that for the Company Code Amount, the Down Payment line item has taken the manual amount filled when select Down Payment Request to be cleared, while the Bank Line item has taken the final adjusted amount, causing the Exchange Rate Difference
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After SAP Note 3263897 is implemented, the manually inputted exchange rate of the Bank line item will be used for translating the amounts of the Down Payment Customer or Vendor line items in transaction/document currency to the local currencies. The translation happen when open item is selected, and does not happen again even if the local amount is changed again for Bank line item.

As the Amount / CCode Currency in Bank Data in the header are still open for input even if open items are selected as items to be cleared, please verify that this amount is not changed after the open items have been selected. 

In case the amount need to be changed, please remove the open item and select again to trigger the exchange rate calculation.

Refer to: SAP Note 3263897 - Explanation of down payment posting logic with manual adjustments.

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