Every budget in the Budgeting tab has one base currency, and all totals roll up into it. If part of your production is paid in another currency, add that currency to the budget and assign it to the lines that use it.
Before you begin
Procedure
Set the base currency
Go to app.filmustage.com, and then open your project.
On the ribbon, go to the Budgeting tab.
Select the gear icon in the top-right corner, and then select Set Currency.
In the Currencies window, open the Base currency list and select a currency.
Select Done.
Filmustage displays every total, subtotal, and Grand Total in the base currency.
Note: The base currency is locked while the budget has additional currencies, because their rates are stored against it. Remove the additional currencies first, and then change the base.
Add an additional currency
Open the Currencies window, as described above.
Under Additional currencies, open Add currency and select a currency. The list is searchable.
[Screenshot: Currencies window → Add currency list open with the search field and the currency list]
Check the exchange rate that appears next to the currency, in the form 1 EUR = 0.00 USD. Filmustage fills this in from a live rate service. If the service is unavailable, the rate stays at 1, so always confirm it.
To change a rate, enter a new value and select outside the field. Filmustage recalculates every line that uses that currency.
Repeat for each currency your production needs, and then select Done.
[Screenshot: Currencies window with a base currency and two additional currencies, each showing its rate row and the remove icon]
Assign a currency to a budget line
The Curr column is hidden until a budget uses more than one currency, so turn it on the first time:
Open a category, and then open an account to see its positions.
In the toolbar, select Columns, and then turn on Currency.
[Screenshot: Budgeting toolbar → Columns dropdown with the Currency toggle turned on]
In the Curr cell of a line, select the currency for that line. Selecting the base currency code returns the line to the base currency.
[Screenshot: positions table → Curr cell dropdown showing the base currency code and the additional currencies]
Enter the rate for that line in its own currency.
Filmustage converts the line to the base currency and updates the account, category, and Grand Total. After the first line is assigned, Filmustage shows the Curr column automatically.
How the conversion works
Each additional currency carries an exchange rate against the base currency. Filmustage converts every line that uses an additional currency into the base currency at that rate, and reports all totals in the base currency only.
Removing a currency from the Currencies window returns its lines to the base currency. The entered amounts stay as they are, and no data is lost.