Enabling or Disabling System-Wide Currency Settings

To enable or disable system-wide currency settings at installation:

1. Select PeopleTools, and then Utilities, and then Administration, and then PeopleTools Options.

   The PeopleTools Options page appears.

2. Select or clear the Multi-Currency check box.

   Selecting the check box activates automatic currency formatting; clearing the check box disables automatic currency formatting.

   If any page fields have the Multi-Currency Field option selected in the Page Field Properties dialog box, selecting the Multi-Currency check box displays those page fields; clearing the check box hides the page fields.

3. Click Save.

Examples

The following examples demonstrate the different outcomes of setting the Multi-Currency Field option in a field's properties and on the PeopleTools Options page to control a field's visibility.

• In the field properties, the Multi-Currency Field check box is not selected. On the PeopleTools Options page, the Multi-Currency check box is not selected.

  In this case, the field's visibility is not controlled by the PeopleTools Options page, so it appears (or doesn't appear) based on the developer coding.

• In the field properties, the Multi-Currency Field check box is not selected. On the PeopleTools Options page, the Multi-Currency check box is selected.

  In this case, the field's visibility is not controlled by the PeopleTools Options page, so it appears (or doesn't appear) based on the developer coding.

• In the field properties, the Multi-Currency Field check box is selected. On the PeopleTools Options page, the Multi-Currency check box is selected.

  In this case, the field's visibility is controlled by the PeopleTools Options page, so it appears.

• In the field properties, the Multi-Currency Field check box is selected. On the PeopleTools Options page, the Multi-Currency check box is not selected.

  In this case, the field's visibility is controlled by the PeopleTools Options page, so it does not appear.