This window defines variables that affect the handling of alternative currencies, and which control the title and contents of site-wide error windows.
From System Setup, select Set up web components > General configuration.
Set the Systems Base Currency Code
Specifies the default ISO 4127 currency code (and corresponding pricing) that appears in commerce-oriented windows of the Public view of iMIS.
The control is a drop-down list of ISO 4127 currency codes. When users select an alternative currency code that is different from the base currency code, the system uses values from the Iso_Currency_Codes table and the Exchange_Rate table to calculate exchange rates and display the pricing in the user's chosen currency.
To update these two tables with current exchange rate information, an SQL script called insert_Exchange_Rate_and_Iso_Currency_Codes_values.sql, and instructions for running the script, is available from the Downloads area of the ASI Technical Support site.
Display Alternative Currency
Enables the display of a user-selectable alternative currency control in commerce-oriented windows of the Public view. When cleared, no alternative currency control is available in the Public view, and all prices are displayed according to the base currency code.
Credit card prefix
Specifies the prefix used in a cash account Code (AR/Cash > Set up tables > Cash accounts) to denote cash accounts that are used specifically for web-based credit/debit card transactions. Only cash accounts with a code that contains this prefix value are visible in windows of the Public view related to web-based payment transactions. The cash account's Title field determines what is displayed in drop-down lists that enable users to specify a credit card type. For example, if your Credit Card Prefix defined in this window is "W_", and you define a cash account in AR/Cash with W_VISA specified for the Code field and Visa specified for the Title field, then users of your Public view would see Visa in the drop-down list when choosing a credit card type for their checkout transaction.
Note: In a new installation of iMIS there are no default web-based cash account Codes. You must use AR/Cash to define web-based cash accounts, and the Code used for each of those web-based cash accounts must use the prefix defined here in this field.
Generic error message
Specifies the message that will be displayed if the error does not fall into the category of unauthorized access, checkout errors, or invalid licenses.