Currency Symbol Field Example
This topic provides an example of how the Currency Symbol Field determines the currency associated with values in a currency custom field. For overview information about setting currency context, see Setting Currency Context for a Currency Custom Field.
Suppose you have two fields on a transaction:
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Additional Costs (Currency field) stores the amount (for example, 100.00)
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Currency stores the currency (for example, CAD or USD)
If you set Currency as the Currency Symbol Field, the currency custom field uses that field to determine the currency for each value.
For example:
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On one invoice, Additional Costs = 100.00 and Currency = CAD. The value displays as CAD 100.00.
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On another invoice, Additional Costs = 200.00 and Currency = USD. The value displays as USD 200.00.
This ensures that each amount is associated with the correct currency based on the transaction.
For information about the behavior of the Currency Symbol Field, see Currency Symbol Field Behavior for New and Existing Fields.