Maintaining Currency Codes


Overview

Tasks
Included with Tivoli Service Desk

Overview

Currency codes

The system administrator maintains the codes for the types of currency your business uses. You use currency codes throughout Tivoli Service Desk wherever monetary values are required or displayed; for example, the actual or estimated costs of changes or the costs of events in the life cycle of an asset.

For a list of currency codes included in Tivoli Service Desk, see Currency Codes.


Tasks

Adding a currency code

To add a currency code:
  1. In the TSD System Configuration dialog box, choose the Currency tab.
  2. Choose Clear.
    Result: The boxes below the Currency table are cleared.
  3. In the boxes below the columns of the Currency table, type the currency name, three-character currency code, country name, and country code.
    Note: In most cases, the country code is the same as the international country prefix for telephone numbers.
  4. Choose Add.
    Result: The new currency code appears in the Currency list.

Editing a currency code

To edit a currency code:
  1. In the TSD System Configuration dialog box, choose the Currency tab.
  2. From the Currency list, select a currency code.
    Result: The selected currency code information appears in the boxes below the Currency list.
  3. In the boxes below the Currency list, type any changes to the currency name, currency code, country name, or country code.
  4. Choose Replace.
    Result: The updated in information appears in the Currency list.

Deleting a currency code

You can delete a currency code unless that code was previously used in valuing an asset.

To delete a currency code:

  1. In the TSD System Configuration dialog box, choose the Currency tab.
  2. From the Currency list, select a currency code.
    Result: The selected currency code information appears in the boxes below the Currency list.
  3. Choose Delete.
    Result: The currency code is deleted from the Currency list.

Printing a list of currency codes

You can print a list of all the currency codes in the Tivoli Service Desk database.

To print a list of events:

  1. In the TSD System Configuration dialog box, choose the Currency tab.
  2. Choose Print.
  3. In the Report Output Attributes dialog box, select the destination for the output and adjust other parameters. See Choosing report output attributes.
  4. Choose Accept.
    Result: A list of all the currency codes is printed. The listing includes the currency name, country name, and country code for each currency code.