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title: "Reversing Components"
description: "Reversing components resets them to their “original state”, i.e. how they were before the components’ calculated values were first entered in the database."
source_url: https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/lease-accounting/data-collection/reverse-components
language: en
last_updated: 2023-08-16
---
# Reversing Components

## Overview

**Reversing** components resets them to their " **original state**", i.e. how they were before the components’ calculated values were first entered in the database.

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Reversing a component has the following consequences:

- All changes made between when the component was **created** and when **the calculated values were saved in the database for the first time** will **remain in place**.
- All calculated saved **values** will be **archived**.
- All recorded component events (e.g. modifications or revaluations) will be **deleted**.
- All **postings** that have been generated but not yet exported will be **deleted**.
- A corresponding contra entry with the opposite plus/minus sign will be created for each exported posting. The posting date for this **reversal posting** is the date specified below.
- Once the reversal is complete, the component is free to be edited as normal again.
- Reversals **cannot be undone**.
{% /warning-box %}

## The ‘Component Reversal’ workspace

The **Component reversal** workspace is displayed as follows:

The 'Component reversal' workspace

## Reversing Components

To reverse a component:

{% stepper %}
{% stepper-step %}
Select the **contract** to which the component is assigned.
{% /stepper-step %}
{% stepper-step %}
Select the **contract component** you want to reverse.
{% /stepper-step %}
{% stepper-step %}
Under **Perform complete reversal**, specify the **scope** of the reversal:

 - Select **Yes** if you want to perform the reversal for **all periods**.
 - Select **No** if you only want the reversal to apply **starting from a specific period**. In the **Reverse periods starting from** box, select the required month.
{% /stepper-step %}
{% stepper-step %}
Select the **reversal posting date.**
{% /stepper-step %}
{% stepper-step %}
Click **Perform reversal** and confirm the query dialog that appears.

{% /stepper-step %}
{% /stepper %}
{% warning-box %}
- Once the reversal is complete, the component is free to be edited as normal again.
- Reversals cannot be undone.
- If you switch to another workspace during configuration, any unsaved changes made to your configuration will be lost.
{% /warning-box %}