Creating currency exchange ratios

You can create currency exchange ratios for converting allowable (user-entered) currencies to functional (stored) currencies.

You must create currency ratios from every allowable currency to every functional currency and, conversely, from every functional currency to every allowable currency. For example, if United States dollars is an allowable currency and Euros is a functional currency, create one entry for converting from USD to EUR and another entry for converting from EUR to USD.

To create currency exchange ratios

1. On the server where you created the currency field, open the AR System Currency Ratios form in New mode in BMC Remedy User.
2. Create two entries for each pair of currencies to which and from which you want to convert.
   For example, you might create one entry for converting from USD to EUR:

   Field	Contents
   Conversion Date	$TIMESTAMP$
   From Currency	USD
   To Currency	EUR
   Conversion Ratio	0.640

   Then create a second entry for converting from EUR to USD:

   Field	Contents
   Conversion Date	$TIMESTAMP$
   From Currency	EUR
   To Currency	USD
   Conversion Ratio	1.562

To set the currency exchange ratio refresh interval

1. In the BMC Remedy AR System Administration Console, open the AR System Administration: Server Information form.
2. Click the Timeouts tab.
3. In the Client Refresh Interval field, enter the interval in seconds.
   The default setting is 60. A setting of 0 disables refresh. This is the interval at which clients query the server for new currency ratios from the AR System Currency Ratios form.
4. Click Apply.