Use Different Currencies for the Same Customer

Set up pricing so you can use different currencies for the same customer.

Assume you must sell the AS54888 item priced in USD (United States Dollar), and the AS54600 item priced in RMB (Renminbi), to customer Computer Service and Rentals, in the Vision Operations business unit.

  1. Go to the Pricing Administration work area, then click Tasks > Manage Price Lists.

  2. Create the USD price list.

    • On the Manage Price Lists page, click Actions > Create, set the values, then click Save and Edit.

      Attribute

      Value

      Name

      USD Price List

      Type

      Segment Price List

      Currency

      USD

      Pricing Charge Definition

      Sale Price

      Business Unit

      Vision Operations

      Line Type

      Buy

      Calculation Method

      Price

    • In the Items area, click Actions > Add Row, then set the values.

      Attribute

      Value

      Name

      AS54888

      Pricing UOM

      Each

      Line Type

      Buy

    • Click Create Charge, then set the values.

      Attribute

      Value

      Pricing Charge Definition

      Sale Price

      Calculation Method

      Price

      Base Price

      1100

      Allow Manual Adjustment

      Not enabled

    • Click Access Set, click Actions > Add Row, then set the values.

      Attribute

      Value

      Set Code

      COMMON

      Set Name

      Common Set

    • Click Approve, then click Save and Close.

  3. Create the RMB price list.

    • Repeat step 2, but use different values.

      Attribute

      Value

      Name

      RMB Price List

      Type

      Segment Price List

      Currency

      RMB

      Pricing Charge Definition

      Sale Price

      Business Unit

      Vision Operations

      Line Type

      Buy

      Calculation Method

      Price

    • Add the item.

      Attribute

      Value

      Name

      AS54600

      Pricing UOM

      Each

      Line Type

      Buy

      Pricing Charge Definition

      Sale Price

      Calculation Method

      Price

      Base Price

      1300

      Allow Manual Adjustment

      Not enabled

    • Assign the Common Set access set.

  4. Create the pricing strategy.

    • Click Tasks > Manage Pricing Strategies.

    • On the Manage Pricing Strategies page, click Actions > Create, set the values, then click Save and Edit.

      Attribute

      Value

      Name

      USD Pricing Strategy

      Business Unit

      Vision Operations

      Default Currency

      USD

      Default GL Conversion Type

      Leave empty

      Allow Price List Override

      Enabled

      Allow Currency Override

      Enabled

      For this example, assume Vision Operations uses USD as the default value for most sales orders. So, you name the strategy USD Pricing Strategy, then add currencies to it.

    • In the Segment Price Lists area, click Actions > Select and Add, search for USD Pricing Strategy, click the row in the search results, then click OK.

    • In the Segment Price Lists area, click Actions > Select and Add, search for RMB Pricing Strategy, click the row in the search results, then click OK.

    • Verify that the Segment Price Lists area contains your price lists, then click Save.

      Name

      Business Unit

      Currency

      Status

      USD Price List

      Vision Operations

      USD

      Approved

      RMB Price List

      Vision Operations

      RMB

      Approved

    • Click the Allowed Override Currencies tab.

    • Click Actions > Add Row, then set the value.

      Attribute

      Value

      Currency

      RMB

    • Click Approve, then click Save and Close.

  5. Test your set up.

    • Go to the Order Management work area, then create a sales order.

      Attribute

      Value

      Customer

      Computer Service and Rentals

      Item

      AS54888

    • Verify that the Amount attribute on the order line displays the value as USD.

    • Create another sales order for Computer Service and Rentals, but this time, in the order header, click Actions > Edit Currency Details, then set Order Currency to Chinese Renminbi.

    • Add the AS54600 item to an order line, then verify that the Amount attribute on the order line displays the value as RMB.