Managing currency data

The aPriori application uses the facility currency to calculate the cost of all components. If the user selects a different currency, aPriori converts the cost using the currency exchange rate specified in the Deployment Data Administration tool. These converted costs are displayed in italics and provide a tooltip that displays the exchange rate.

You can use the Deployment Data Administration tool to add, edit, and delete the currencies available to the aPriori application.

Creating a new currency

1. Double-click the empty cell at the end of the table and enter a currency code for the new currency.

2. Enter a description of the new currency and the rate, as a percentage of US Dollars.

3. Check the Active box if you want to activate the currency in the aPriori application.

4. Select File > Publish Digital Factory from the Digital Factory Manager menu bar or click in the toolbar to save your changes.

   An aPriori System Administrator can set this currency as a user’s preferred currency using the System Admin toolkit (The preferred currency is the currency used to display cost data in aPriori.) For more information, see the aPriori System Administration Guide.

   You can also construct Digital Factories that use this currency as the source currency.

Editing currency data

1. Double-click in a white table cell to edit the currency data.

   • You can also right-click the table and select Copy Entire Table from the context menu to paste the table into Microsoft Excel for editing. When you are finished editing the table in Excel, right-click the table and select Paste from the context menu to include your edited data.
   • The Conversion cells provide a standard conversion rate for display and computation in aPriori. While currency exchange rates fluctuate on a daily basis, this daily fluctuation is not necessarily desirable in the aPriori cost assessment because it could obscure the effect of design and manufacturing decisions. We recommend that you carefully consider the frequency with which you update Rates.

2. Select File > Publish Digital Factory from the Digital Factory Manager menu bar or click in the toolbar to save your changes.

Deleting a currency

1. Right-click the currency you want to delete and select Remove from the context menu to delete the currency.

   Important: Do not delete the default currency for any Digital Factory in your deployment because it will prevent the Digital Factory from operating correctly.

2. Select File > Publish Digital Factory from the Deployment Data Administration menu bar or click in the toolbar to save your changes.