Currency toggle shows different USD values
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05-30-2022 04:12 AM
Hello!
Our client reported that when they toggle a currency field in the list view, the USD conversion is different.
For the same record, when you click the globe icon to show the below:
Then you click the globe icon again until it shows the USD currency
Any idea why the USD values are different?
The first USD photo is computed by multiplying the Euro value to the USD value from the fx_rate table.
The second USD photo I am unable to find how it is computed.
Please help!
Thank you.
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06-02-2022 01:55 AM
Hi Ceraulo,
I suspect one value comes from obtaining the total in EUR and converting it to USD using the latest conversion rate (which is updated daily), and the other would be the sum of individual items' EUR prices possibly converted at a different rate each (if they were entered on different days, I guess) and only then added together as USD values, like in the example below:
Calculation 1: €300 + €700 = €1,000 --[x1.07]--> $1,070
Calculation 2: (€300 --[x1.05]--> $315) + (€700 --[x1.06]--> $742) = $1,057
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As per the Product Documentation:
Whenever you perform a conversion, it uses the latest conversion rates. Therefore, calculations can potentially yield unexpected results. For example:
- Different currency values can have different rates applied to them while storing the reference currency value. Therefore, aggregation can combine values at different rates and convert back at another rate.
- A filter value is converted at current rates while the values it filters in the database can be converted at different rates. A filter for $100 at today's rate can match a value of $99 obtained at yesterday’s rates.
Product documentation: Default currency conversions
Hope this helps!
Best wishes,
Lukasz