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# Multicurrency fields in demand forms

# Multicurrency fields in demand forms {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Australia  
Updated September 10, 2026  
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## Summary of Multicurrency fields in demand forms

Multicurrency fields in demand forms enable ServiceNow customers to manage and track financial information related to demands in multiple currencies.
This feature becomes available when the demand currency view is enabled, allowing consistent currency handling across various demand-related forms and processes.
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## Key Features

* **Demand Currency Field:** Present on all relevant forms, this field defines the currency used for managing and tracking the demand. It becomes read-only once cost or benefit plans (or their breakdowns) are created, ensuring data integrity.
* **Financial Tracking Across Forms:** Multicurrency fields are embedded in demand, demand task, cost plan, cost plan breakdown, benefit plan, benefit plan breakdown, expense line, and project funding forms. These fields track capital expenses (Capex), operating expenses (Opex), budgets, planned and actual costs, financial returns, financial benefits, and net present value---all expressed in the selected demand currency.
* **Exchange Rate Management:** Cost plan breakdown and benefit plan breakdown forms include fields for the demand currency exchange rate and its reference date, enabling accurate currency conversion based on the applicable period.
* **Budget Allocation in Demand Currency:** Project funding forms capture planned capital and operating budgets in the demand currency, along with their total, providing clear budget visibility.

## Key Outcomes

* **Consistent Multicurrency Financial Data:** Ensures all financial data related to demands is consistently recorded and reported in the chosen demand currency throughout the lifecycle of demand management.
* **Accurate Cost and Benefit Analysis:** Facilitates precise tracking of planned and actual costs, financial returns, and benefits, supporting better investment evaluation and decision-making.
* **Improved Financial Control and Visibility:** Enables ServiceNow customers to monitor capital and operational expenditures, budgets, and expenses in the correct currency, enhancing financial governance within demand management.  
Multicurrency fields are available in the demand forms when the demand currency view is enabled.

## Demand form {#demand-tables-with-demand-currency-fields__section_id1_qlf_gjc}

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| Field | Description |
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| Demand currency | Currency for managing and tracking the demand. This field is set to read-only after a cost plan, cost plan breakdown, benefit plan, or benefit plan breakdown is created. |
| Capital expense in demand currency | Capital expenditure (Capex) value of the demand. |
| Capital budget in demand currency | Total capital budget value allocated to the demand across all fiscal years. |
| Operating expense in demand currency | Operational expenditure (Opex) value of the demand. |
| Operating budget in demand currency | Total operational budget value allocated to the demand across all fiscal years in the selected demand currency. |
| Total planned cost in demand currency | Estimated cost of the demand. |
| Financial return in demand currency | Estimated revenue of the demand. |
| Financial benefit in demand currency | Estimated revenue if the demand is approved. |
| Net present value in demand currency | Present value of future cash based on the annual interest rate. This field compares the money spent today against the financial benefits expected in the future. It enables evaluation of overall investment performance. |
| Actual cost in demand currency | Total cost incurred while working on a demand and its demand tasks. |
[Table 1. Demand form]

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## Demand Task form {#demand-tables-with-demand-currency-fields__section_wsl_rlf_gjc}

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| Field | Description |
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| Demand currency | Currency for managing and tracking the demand. This field is set to read-only after a cost plan, cost plan breakdown, benefit plan, or benefit plan breakdown is created. |
| Actual cost in demand currency | Total cost incurred while working on a demand and its demand tasks. |
[Table 2. Demand task form]

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## Cost Plan form {#demand-tables-with-demand-currency-fields__section_mmg_n4f_3jb}

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| Field | Description |
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| Demand currency | Currency for managing and tracking the demand. This field is set to read-only after a cost plan, cost plan breakdown, benefit plan, or benefit plan breakdown is created. |
| Cost in demand currency | Rolled-up value from the Entered cost field of all cost plan breakdowns. |
[Table 3. Cost plan form]

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## Cost Plan Breakdown form {#demand-tables-with-demand-currency-fields__section_srm_lmf_gjc}

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| Field | Description |
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| Demand currency | Currency for managing and tracking the demand. This field is set to read-only after a cost plan, cost plan breakdown, benefit plan, or benefit plan breakdown is created. |
| Cost in demand currency | Cost amount for the demand. |
| Demand currency exchange rate | Rate in effect for the period corresponding to the cost plan breakdown. |
| Demand currency exchange rate date | Reference date on which the currency exchange rate is applied for conversion. |
[Table 4. Cost Plan Breakdown form]

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## Benefit Plan form {#demand-tables-with-demand-currency-fields__section_o2j_wmf_gjc}

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| Field | Description |
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| Demand currency | Currency for managing and tracking the demand. This field is set to read-only after a cost plan, cost plan breakdown, benefit plan, or benefit plan breakdown is created. |
| Benefit in demand currency | Benefit incurred from the demand. |
| Actual benefit in demand currency | Actual benefit value of the demand. |
[Table 5. Benefit Plan form]

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## Benefit Plan Breakdown form {#demand-tables-with-demand-currency-fields__section_ly3_cnf_gjc}

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| Field | Description |
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| Demand currency | Currency for managing and tracking the demand. This field is set to read-only after a cost plan, cost plan breakdown, benefit plan, or benefit plan breakdown is created. |
| Benefit in demand currency | Benefit incurred from the demand. |
| Demand currency exchange rate | Rate in effect for the period corresponding to the benefit plan breakdown. |
| Demand currency exchange rate date | Reference date on which the currency exchange rate is applied for conversion. |
[Table 6. Benefit Plan Breakdown form]

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## Expense Line form {#demand-tables-with-demand-currency-fields__section_sqj_nnf_gjc}

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| Field | Description |
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| Demand currency | Currency for managing and tracking the demand. This field is set to read-only after a cost plan, cost plan breakdown, benefit plan, or benefit plan breakdown is created. |
| Amount in demand currency | Expense cost amount for the expense line. |
[Table 7. Expense Line form]

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## Project Funding form {#demand-tables-with-demand-currency-fields__section_akq_rnf_gjc}

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| Field | Description |
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| Capex budget in demand currency | Planned expense amount allocated for the capital expenditure of the demand. |
| Opex budget in demand currency | Planned expense amount allocated for the operating expenditure of the demand. |
| Total budget in demand currency | Sum of the Capex and Opex amounts. |
[Table 8. Project Funding form]

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