Adding a currency to dictionaries

A currency helps to define a market and for catalogCommerce: a top-level container for catalog entries such as categories, products, and variants (SKUs)..

1. Open Commerce Manager and go to Administration > System Settings > Dictionaries > Currencies.
   —Image: Currencies—

   

2. Click New Currency. The Currency Overview tab appears.
   —Image: Currency Overview tab—

   

   • Overview tab
     • Currency Name. Enter the name of the currency that shows on the public site and various Commerce Manager administration pages.
     • Code. Enter the currency code, which you can get from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217#Active_codes.
   • Rates tab
     —Image: Currency Rates tab—

     

     • Add Rate. Select to add a foreign exchange rate when you want to convert from one currency to another. The Edit Currency Rate Information dialog box appears.
       —Image: Edit currency rate information dialog box—

       

       • From Currency. Displays the current currency.
       • To Currency. Select the currency to which you want to convert from the current currency.
       • End of Date Rate. Enter the end-of-day rate.
       • Average Rate. Enter the average rate.
       • Currency Rate Date. Enter a currency rate date.
3. Click Save Changes.