2.01.06 Currency

The “Currency” form administers the currencies for the entire system. The currency will be designated to the appropriate country and includes information for the number of decimal places and the printable constants. The currencies are needed for the cost finding and for the components of the billing module.

Tip: further information on this topic can be found under article 3:3.11.02 Administration of Key Data.

The document type contains the following elements:

• Currency: This field attributes an exact currency within the system.
• Description: The field “Description” allows for the description of the currency.
• Country: This field designates the appropriate country to the corresponding currency that is valid in that country.
• Precision: This field allows, through the entry of a numerical value, the number of significant decimal places of the currency to be defined.
• Printable Constants: Here in this field is where the printable constants, in other words the description of the currency value, for example in offers and invoices are assigned.