01What it is
Exchange rates is a table of foreign currency rates against the workshop currency. A rate shows how much of the workshop currency one unit of the foreign currency costs.
When the workshop currency is the Polish zloty, rates come from table A of the National Bank of Poland. With any other workshop currency the app uses the reference rates of the European Central Bank. You can also pick the source yourself in the workshop settings.
The menu item is visible in extended mode, which you switch on in Settings › Workshop, in the What the workshop does section.
- OFFICIAL SOURCE
- NBP table A or ECB reference rates, with no retyping.
- 15 FOREIGN CURRENCIES
- Including EUR, USD, GBP, CHF, CZK, SEK, NOK and DKK.
- RATE HISTORY
- A chart of the last 90 days for every currency.
02What it is for
Parts from abroad
Parts orders and requirements have a purchase currency, converted at the current rate.
See what gets dearer
The rate chart shows whether a part bought abroad is getting dearer because of the currency.
Always a fresh rate
The app fetches rates by itself when you open the screen, no more often than every 20 hours.
Works offline
If fetching fails, the last known rates stay and the screen tells you so.
03Main options
The screen has four parts: tiles with the currency settings, the rate table, the amount converter and the rate over time chart.
Currency, source and last refresh
The tiles at the top show what the rates are measured against and how current they are.
- Workshop currency set at registration
- Rate source: NBP or ECB
- Date of the last refresh, or a note that rates have not been fetched yet
- Number of enabled foreign currencies
Every currency in one place
A table with columns: currency, name, rate, conversion, as of date and source.
- The Show currencies filter narrows the table to selected currencies
- An empty filter shows every currency
- The quotation date next to every rate
Any amount in the workshop currency
The Amount to convert field converts the amount for every currency in the table.
- Amount 1 by default, which is the rate itself
- Result in the Conversion column
- Useful with an offer from a supplier abroad
How a rate moved over 90 days
A chart for currencies with more than one quotation.
- The last 90 days of quotations
- All selected currencies on one chart
- See the trend before a larger order abroad
04Tasks step by step
- STEP 1Open Settings › Workshop.
- STEP 2In the What the workshop does section, tick extended mode and save.
- STEP 3Exchange rates appears under Modules › Finance.
- STEP 1Open Settings › Workshop, the Region and currency tab.
- STEP 2In Exchange rate source choose: automatically by base currency, NBP or ECB.
- STEP 3Save the region settings. The next fetch uses the chosen source.
- STEP 1Open Modules › Finance › Exchange rates.
- STEP 2In the Show currencies filter pick the currency of the offer.
- STEP 3Enter the amount in Amount to convert and read the result in the Conversion column.
- STEP 1Open Modules › Finance › Exchange rates.
- STEP 2Click Refresh rates. People with edit rights to finance see the button.
- STEP 3Check the date in the Last refresh tile.
05Actions
The most common tasks around exchange rates.
Refresh rates
Fetch rates now, without waiting for the automatic refresh.
Convert an amount
A foreign amount converted to the workshop currency.
Check the trend
The rate chart for the last 90 days.
Change the source
NBP or ECB in the workshop settings.
06What it connects to
Choose a module to see how it uses exchange rates.
Orders
A parts order can have a purchase currency converted at the current rate.
Go to the topicOrdersRequirements
An order from a requirement suggests the rate of the chosen currency.
Go to the topicRequirementsJobs
A job has a purchase currency field, for example when importing a car.
Go to the topicJobsWorkshop
Extended mode, the base currency and the rate source are set in the workshop configuration.
Go to the topicWorkshop