Currency Administration

Currencies are used in several areas of Catalog to support E-commerce information.

Currencies List

Selecting Currencies from the Linkbar will present you with a list of the currencies defined in Catalog.

Toolbar

In conjuction with selecting one or more checkboxes in the list, the Toolbar provides the following functions:

• Publish the selected currency(ies).
• Unpublish the selected currency(ies).
• Edit a selected currency.
• Add a new currency.
• Delete the selected currency(ies).  Please aware that deleting currencies in use could have unpredictable results.

Filters

You can filter the list by the following:

• Part of a string in the title of a currency.
• The published state of the currencies.

List Interaction

You can interact with the list of currencies in the following ways:

• Click the linked column headers to change the sort order of the list and to reverse the sort direction.
• In the Title column, click the first link to edit the currency.
• In the Published column, click the icons to toggle between published and unpublished states.
• In the Order column, click the up and down arrow icons to weight the ordering in different directions.
• Use the list pagination features as you would for any other component.

Adding or Editting a Currency

Toolbar

The Toolbar provides the following functions:

• Save the current item but as a new copy of the original item (Save To Copy).  Any change made are saved with the new item, not the original.
• Save the current item and then returns you to add another (Save & New).
• Save the current item and return to the list.
• Apply the changes made to the current item and return to the same page to continue edits.
• Cancel the edits without saving and return to the list.

Main Page

This page allows you to manage the following fields:

• Title - The title or name of the currency.
• Code - The international ISO code for the currency.
• Symbol Left - The symbol that displays to the left of the currency value if applicable.
• Symbol Right - The symbol that displays to the right of the currency value if applicable.
• Decimal Point - The symbol to use for the decimal point in a currency value if applicable.
• Thousands Point - The symbol to use for separating the thousands in a currency value if applicable.
• Rate - The relative conversion rate.
• Published - allows you to set the item to a published or unpublished state.
  
• Order - the weighted order for the item.  Negative numbers rise to the top of lists, and positive numbers sink to the bottom.  The order values do not need to be sequential.

Additional Comments

Please note that rich formatting of currencies (such as including left and right symbol, decimal and thousand points) is not support in Catalog yet.  Automatic currency conversion is also not supported.