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Multicurrency fields in project-related forms

When you enable the Project Currency view in Project, Cost Plan, and Cost Plan Breakdown forms, you can observe multicurrency fields in the Financials section of the forms.

Financials tab of the Project form

FieldDescription
Project currency

Currency in which the project is to be implemented.Note:

The Project currency field defaults to the Functional Currency if you modify the currency field and save the Project form without selecting a currency.

The Project currency field of a project becomes read-only field and cannot be modified once you create a cost plan, cost plan breakdown, benefit plan, benefit plan breakdown, or an expense line for the project.

Total planned cost in project currencyEstimated cost of the project in project currency.
Planned capital in project currencyCapital expenditure \(Capex\) for the project.
Planned operating in project currencyOperational expenditure \(Opex\) for the project in project currency.
Budget cost in project currencyBudgeted cost in local currency for the project.
Actual cost in project currencyActual cost of the project in local currency.
Estimate at completion in project currencySum of all actuals for past fiscal periods added to the functional cost for future fiscal periods in project currency.
Planned benefit in project currencyPlanned benefit for the project in project currency.
Planned return in project currencyDifference between Planned benefit and Planned cost values.
Planned ROI %Percentage calculated based on the values in the Planned return and Estimated cost fields.
Net present value in project currencyPresent value of future cash in project currency based on the given annual interest rate.
Internal rate of return %Annual interest rate required to achieve the net present value \(NPV\) of zero.
Estimate to completion in project currencySum of functional cost for all fiscal periods in project currency.
FieldDescription
Status report currency

Currency in which the project status report is generated.If you have the Project currency view enabled in the Project form, then you have the choice to generate the project status report using any of the following currency options:

  • Functional currency: Currency obtained from the glide.system.locale property in which the project status report is created.
  • Project currency: Project status report is created in the local currency that is selected. If you select Project currency, you can view the planned cost and actual cost in the selected project currency.

To view the status report of the project, see View project status reports.

Financials section of the Cost Plan form

FieldDescription
Project currencyCurrency in which you can create the cost plan.
Cost in project currencyValue that is rolled up from the Entered cost field of all cost plan breakdowns.
Total actual cost in project currencyValue that is rolled up from the Actual cost field of all cost plan breakdowns in project currency.
Estimate at completion in project currencySum of all actuals for past fiscal periods added to the functional cost for future fiscal periods in project currency.
Estimate to completion in project currencySum of functional cost for all fiscal periods in project currency.

Note: Any change that you make to the unit cost, quantity, or fiscal period of a cost plan has the amounts recalculated in project currency. See Updates in cost plan and recalculation of cost in project currency.

Multicurrency fields in the Cost Plan Breakdown form

FieldDescription
Exchange rate for project currencyRate in effect for the period corresponding to the cost plan breakdown in project currency.
Project currencyLocal currency selected for the cost plan breakdown.
Cost in project currencyBreakdown amount in project currency.
Actual cost in project currencyActual cost generated from processed expense lines in project currency.
Variance project currencyDifference between Cost in project currency and Actual cost in project currency.
BudgetProject budget amount entered for a fiscal year gets distributed equally into monthly breakdowns in functional currency.
Budget cost in project currencyProject budget amount entered for a fiscal year gets distributed equally into monthly breakdowns in project currency.

Financials section of the Benefit Plan form

FieldDescription
Project currencyProject currency that was selected in the project is populated.Benefit plan attached to a project inherits the same currency as that of the project.
Benefit in project currencyBenefit incurred from project or demand in project currency.

Multicurrency fields in the Benefit Plan Breakdowns form

FieldDescription
Project currencyCurrency that is selected in the Project form.
Benefit in project currencyBenefit incurred from project or demand in project currency.
Project currency exchange rateRate in effect for the period corresponding to the benefit plan breakdown in project currency.
Project currency reference rateRate at which the entered currency is exchanged for project currency.

Multicurrency fields in the Expense Line form

FieldDescription
Project currencyCurrency inherited from the project if the project has a related expense line.
Amount in project currencyExpense cost in project currency. Amount entered in the Amount field is converted to project currency.

Multicurrency fields in the Project Funding form

FieldDescription
Capital budget in project currencyPlanned expense amount allocated for capital expenditure in the selected currency.
Operating budget in project currencyOperating expense amount in the selected currency.
Budget in project currencySum of Capex and Opex amounts.The total project funding budget amount rolls up to the Budget cost in project currency field.
Project currencyCurrency in which the project is funded.
Exchange rateCurrency conversion based on the exchange rates between currencies.
Exchange rate dateDate on which the exchange rate is applied.
Exchange reference dateBudget Reference Rate from where the exchange rate is retrieved.