Foreign exchange application parameters

This table shows the foreign exchange application parameters that can be configured and implemented using Infor SAT.

Parameter Name Description
er.ShowForeignAmountInItemsGrid (parm_id = 3135035) Use this parameter to display the Foreign Amount column on the HTML expense report line item summary screen.

If true, the native amount is shown on the Items grid of the Infor ER HTML client.

The default is false.

No Dependencies

Is Customer Editable

ER.Validator.exchangeRateToleranceFactor (parm_id = 3130968) Use this parameter to manage foreign expenses, the native amount multiplied by the exchange rate should equal the paid-in amount in the user's currency. When validating this calculation, you can specify a tolerance as a multiple of the currency's precision. For example, if the user's currency is US Dollars, a value of 2 means that difference should be no greater than 2 cents.

The default value is 5.

Dependencies:

  • ER.Validator.logLevel
  • ER.Validator.repairLevel
  • ER.Validator.abortLevel

Is Customer Editable

FX.baseCurrency (parm_id = 78033) Use this parameter to specify the base currency for the imported foreign exchange rates.
Caution: 
Do not change this parameter unless you plan to reload the entire alco_fx_rate table.

The default value is USD.

No Dependencies

Is Not Customer Editable

FX.enabled (parm_id = 3030755) Use this parameter to determine whether foreign exchange rates are imported. Valid values are:
  • true: Enable the import of foreign exchange rates (default).
  • false: Disable the import of foreign exchange rates.

No Dependencies

Is Not Customer Editable

FX.offlineQueryDays (parm_id = 3133693) Use this parameter when foreign exchange rates are synchronized offline and not all rates are retrieved. Only those rates whose date is not older than the specified number of days will be available in the offline database. If this value is set to 0, then only the latest rates are synchronized. This parameter does not affect online users.

The FX.enabled parameter must be enabled for this parameter to have an impact.

Is Not Customer Editable

FX.okayToDefaultRateFromCCTransaction (parm_id = 3133913) If set to true, the exchange rate from a credit card transaction is used to default the exchange rate of the next line item when the transaction is attached. Setting it to false means only exchange rates from non-transaction line items are used for defaulting.

Dependencies:

If FX.okayToDefaultRateToNextLineItem is false, this parameter has no effect.

The default is true.

Is Not Customer Editable

FX.okayToDefaultRateToNextLineItem (parm_id = 3133912) If set to true, then the exchange rate from the last line item saved is used as the default for the next line item. If set to false, then no exchange rate default occurs.

The default is true.

See also FX.okayToDefaultRateFromCCTransaction.

Is Not Customer Editable