In Hansa, any Account can be defined to hold balances in another Currency. In the following example the company has a JPY (Japanese Yen) bank account. The home Currency is USD. The following Transaction is entered showing a sales transaction paid in JPY. The Sales Account is a normal sales account in USD.

Account 704 is defined as a Japanese Yen account by entering the Currency in the Account record. In the Transaction, enter the Yen Account number. The Currency and current Exchange Rate are then brought in by Hansa and are visible on flip D. If you wish to change the Currency or Exchange Rate, you can do so (if so allowed by the Prevent Foreign Rate Changes option for the JPY Currency record), but note that this should be done before you enter any amounts and that the change will apply to this Transaction row only. If an Account is used which does not have a Currency specified, you can enter any Currency on flip C and the latest Exchange Rate will be brought in immediately.

To enter a debit or credit amount, go to flip C and use the Cur. Debit or Cur. Credit fields. A figure converted to the home Currency is placed in the Base 1 Debit or Credit field as appropriate. Alternatively, enter an amount in the Base 1 Debit or Credit field and a figure converted to the foreign Currency will be placed automatically in the Cur. Debit or Cur. Credit field.

Account 100 is a normal Sales Account in the home Currency. On the second row, enter the Account number as usual, and then select 'Balance Transaction' from the Operations menu. The converted USD amount will be added in the Base 1 Credit field (visible on flips A and B):

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