Working with Multiple Currencies

Web Central includes the following features to support applications that handle multiple currencies:

  • Users or administrators can set per-user User-Default Currency preference.
  • Supported currencies are stored in the Archibus Currencies table that maps ISO currency codes to currency symbols displays in forms and reports.

    Note : The Archibus Currencies table does not affect country-currency assignments. These assignments come from the Java Development Kit (JDK). If there are any changes in the currency for a country, to display the most recent currency, get the latest JDK updates.

  • Current and historical currency exchange rates are stored in the Currency Conversions table.
  • Archibus applications display costs in organization-wide Budget Currency , or in Payment Currency.
  • There are two types of exchange rates - the Budget Exchange Rate used to convert payments into the Budget Currency for the organization, and the Payment Exchange Rate used to convert currencies for functions that depend on up-to-date payment information.

Add-In Managers can use these new features to add the following multiple currency support to custom forms and reports:

  • Select Currency control for forms and consoles.
  • Grids, cross-tables, charts, and paginated reports display currency symbol before the value.
  • A set of macros to display currency titles and symbols in application views.
  • A set of macros to convert costs using exchange rates in application data sources.
  • Java and JavaScript APIs to access these new features.

See the following help topics for details on currency support in Archibus applications: