Effects of Setting Currency Context
This topic summarizes the impact of setting currency context for custom fields. For overview information about the Currency Context subtab, see Setting Currency Context for a Currency Custom Field.
When a currency symbol field is defined:
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Values display with the appropriate currency based on the selected Currency Symbol Field
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Reports and analytics can correctly interpret currency values based on the selected currency field
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Totals and calculations follow currency-aware rules
When no currency context is defined:
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Values display as plain numbers
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Currency-specific processing is not applied
For information about setting the currency symbol field, see Setting the Currency Symbol Field on the Currency Context Subtab.