About currencies
Poetic allows you to create and edit the currencies that can be used by the countries in which your customers are located.
Adding or editing a currency
You manage currencies from the List Currencies page.
- On the Administration menu, click Site maintenance.
- On the Site Maintenance menu, click the Orders tab.
- On the Orders tab, click Currencies.
- To add a currency, on the List Currencies page, click Add a currency. To edit a currency, click the Edit link for the currency you want to edit.
The Currency Maintenance page displays.
Identifying the currency
| Currency | Required. In the Currency field, type the name of the currency. |
| Active | To make the currency available for use, check the Active check box. |
| ISO3 code | Required. In the ISO3 Code field, type the 3-digit International Standards Organization (ISO) standard code for the currency. |
| Pub ID | Required. In the Pub ID field, type the ID number assigned to the currency by the publisher in its external systems. |
| How to use | In the How to use field, type any instructions for how the currency is used. |
Determining how to display the currency
| Symbol | In the Symbol field, specify the symbol used to identify the currency. |
| # of places after decimal displayed | Required. In the # of places after decimal displayed field, type the number of places (between 0 and 5) displayed after the decimal point for the currency. |
| Maximum rounding error allowed | Required. In the Maximum rounding error allowed field, type the largest difference allowed for a price adjustment between Poetic and the publisher’s system. |
Setting the default price region for the currency
In the Default price region dropdown, select the default price region to use to calculate prices for orders that use this currency.
Selecting the countries where the currency can be used
To change the countries that can use a currency:
- Click the country icon.
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On the Country and Region Selection form, either:
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Check the check box next to each country that can use this currency.
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From the Quick pick dropdown, select the region from which to add countries, then click Add.
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Click Save.
Resetting the cache for currency changes
After you add or edit currencies, you must reset the cache to propagate the changes throughout the Poetic instance.