> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.arcuserp.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create exchange rate

> Multi-currency is not implemented in Arcus, so this call returns 501 unless the entity's `multi_currency_enabled` setting is on, and even when accepted it only creates an append-only per-day snapshot with no effect on any transaction. Currency fields accept either a UUID from the currencies resource or an ISO-4217 code such as `USD`, with `from_currency_id` taking precedence when both are supplied, and `effective_date` is accepted as an alias for `as_of_date`.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.yaml post /exchange-rates
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Arcus ERP Public API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >
    Arcus ERP public REST API. Designed for external integrations and data
    migration.


    **Authentication.** Bearer token (API key) via the `Authorization` header.

    Format: `Authorization: Bearer ark_live_ent_<code>_<random>` (or
    `ark_test_*` for sandbox).

    API keys are issued per-entity in **Settings > Developers > API Keys**.


    **Entity scoping.** The entity is encoded in the API key prefix; routes are
    flat

    (e.g. `/v1/accounts`, `/v1/orders`, `/v1/products`). A small set of platform
    endpoints

    (migration, reconciliation, events, webhook endpoints, API keys) use the

    `/v1/entities/{entity_id}/...` form -- those are noted in their tags.


    **Key capabilities.**
      - Related-resource hydration via `?expand[]=` (see `x-arcus-expand` on each resource).
      - Cursor-based pagination (`starting_after` / `ending_before` / `limit`).
      - Idempotency via the `Idempotency-Key` header.
      - Webhook events for asynchronous notification.
      - Conditional requests / ETag for cache validation.

    **Changelog.** Entries are dated and name every published contract whose
    MEANING moved, not

    only the ones whose field names changed. The narrative version of the same
    entries, written

    for integrators, is published at https://arcuserp.mintlify.app/changelog.


    **2026-09-22 (planned 2026-09-21), REORDER-BUYER-TRUTH: demand changed what
    it MEANS on three

    published contracts, with no field renamed.** An integrator that pins field
    names sees no

    breakage and different numbers, which is why this entry exists.

      - **Demand now counts build consumption.** `demand_avg_per_day` on the public product, kit
        and inventory-balance objects, and `daily_demand` / `demand_basis` / `net_suggested_qty`
        on `GET /v1/purchasing/reorder-report`, are composed from fulfilled sales lines PLUS
        posted `build_consume` inventory draws: each physical decrement of a product counts
        exactly once. The previous rule adopted an internal-consumption basis only when the sales
        blend was exactly zero, so a product both sold AND consumed into work orders planned as
        if the build draws did not exist. Products drawn into work orders move; on one
        production-shaped dataset five did, the largest from 0.05/day to 14.95/day.
      - **`demand_basis` now carries four values, not two:** `sales`, `sales_and_builds`,
        `builds` and `consumption`. A consumer with a two-branch reader (anything that is not
        `consumption` is `sales`) silently hides the two new ones.
      - **`current_demand_units` on `GET /v1/inventory/balances/:id` moved, by a second rule.**
        It counts committed-but-unshipped CUSTOMER demand, and it now counts a kit component's
        own line rather than its parent kit line, and excludes non-sales documents. On one
        production dataset 269 of 1,043 balance rows changed, 227 of them downward; the largest
        single move was 1,941 to 25, on a product whose open PURCHASE order line had been
        reported as customer demand. Re-baseline anything that alerts or reorders off this field.
      - `run_rate_30/90/180/365` and `blended_daily` on the same balance object move for the
        first reason above.
      - **Added, not changed:** `GET /v1/purchasing/reorder-report` accepts `demand_window` and
        returns the unit, cover-through and reorder-point-provenance fields documented on that
        operation; `order_multiple` is accepted and returned on the product-vendor doors.
      - **Volume note.** The `inventory.low_stock`, `inventory.out_of_stock` and
        `inventory.back_in_stock` webhook events are population-gated on
        `on_hand <= reorder_point`, and reorder points move with the demand above, so
        subscribers should expect a one-time step change in event volume around the release.
servers:
  - url: https://api.arcuserp.com/v1
    description: Arcus ERP API (accepts both live `ark_live_*` and test `ark_test_*` keys)
  - url: https://dev-api.arcuserp.com/v1
    description: >-
      Dev sandbox API (test-only data, accepts `ark_test_*` keys against dev
      RDS)
security: []
paths:
  /exchange-rates:
    post:
      tags:
        - Masters
      summary: Create exchange rate
      description: >-
        Multi-currency is not implemented in Arcus, so this call returns 501
        unless the entity's `multi_currency_enabled` setting is on, and even
        when accepted it only creates an append-only per-day snapshot with no
        effect on any transaction. Currency fields accept either a UUID from the
        currencies resource or an ISO-4217 code such as `USD`, with
        `from_currency_id` taking precedence when both are supplied, and
        `effective_date` is accepted as an alias for `as_of_date`.
      operationId: createExchangeRate
      parameters:
        - name: Idempotency-Key
          in: header
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - rate
              properties:
                from_currency:
                  description: >-
                    ISO-4217 currency code OR UUID of the source currency.
                    Alias: resolved to from_currency_id.
                  anyOf:
                    - type: string
                      pattern: ^[A-Z]{3}$
                      example: USD
                      description: ISO-4217 code
                    - type: string
                      format: uuid
                      description: currencies resource UUID
                from_currency_id:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
                  description: >-
                    UUID of the source currency (canonical form). Overrides
                    from_currency if both provided.
                to_currency:
                  description: >-
                    ISO-4217 currency code OR UUID of the target currency.
                    Alias: resolved to to_currency_id.
                  anyOf:
                    - type: string
                      pattern: ^[A-Z]{3}$
                      example: GBP
                      description: ISO-4217 code
                    - type: string
                      format: uuid
                      description: currencies resource UUID
                to_currency_id:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
                  description: >-
                    UUID of the target currency (canonical form). Overrides
                    to_currency if both provided.
                rate:
                  type: number
                  description: >-
                    Exchange rate (units of to_currency per 1 unit of
                    from_currency)
                as_of_date:
                  type: string
                  format: date
                  description: 'Date this rate applies to. Alias: effective_date.'
                effective_date:
                  type: string
                  format: date
                  description: >-
                    Alias for as_of_date. Accepted if as_of_date is not
                    provided.
                source:
                  type: string
                  description: Rate source identifier (e.g. ecb
                  manual: null
                  fixer.io): null
                external_source:
                  type: string
                external_id:
                  type: string
                metadata:
                  type: object
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Created exchange rate
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '409':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
      security:
        - ApiKeyAuth: []
components:
  responses:
    Error:
      description: Error response (400/401/403/404/409/422/429/500)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
  schemas:
    ErrorEnvelope:
      type: object
      description: |
        Canonical error response envelope. All API errors use this shape.
      required:
        - error
        - code
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable error key
          example: not_found
        code:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable error code (often same as error)
          example: not_found
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - validation_error
            - permission_error
            - not_found
            - conflict
            - rate_limit
            - internal
            - expand_error
            - not_implemented
          example: not_found
        hint:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable one-sentence explanation (English)
          example: >-
            The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this
            entity.
        param:
          type: string
          description: The parameter that caused the error, if applicable
          example: expand[0]
        required:
          type: string
          description: The scope required (only on insufficient_scope errors)
          example: accounts:read
        request_id:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Unique request ID for support tracing (maps to CloudWatch log
            stream)
          example: req_abc123
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: |
        API key issued per entity via Settings > Developers > API Keys.
        Each key carries scopes (e.g. orders:read, products:write).
        Bearer token format: Authorization: Bearer ark_live_ent_<code>_<random>
        Test keys use ark_test_ent_<code>_<random>. Both are issued per entity
        via Settings > Developers > API Keys.

````

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