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title: Active Currencies
keywords: active currencies, currencies, enable new currency, exchange rate, exchange rate date, currency administration, multi-currency, pricing currencies, management pricing, add currency
summary: "Describes the Management > Pricing > Active currencies administration page: how to open it, what the currency list shows, the exchange rate and exchange rate date columns, and how to enable a new currency so it becomes active."
url: /management/pricing/currency
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# Active Currencies

The **Active currencies** page is the administration screen where you control which currencies your company can use. It lists every currency that has been enabled, shows the latest exchange rates Manor is using, and lets you enable additional currencies so they become selectable throughout Manor — for example on clients, projects, rates, retainers and expense forms.

> **Note**: This page is for enabling and configuring currencies. For a general introduction to what currencies are, see [Currencies](currencies.md).

## Opening the Active currencies page

1. Navigate to **Management** in the main sidebar menu.
2. Select **Pricing**.
3. In the Pricing tab menu, select **Active currencies**.

The breadcrumb and page title of the opened page read **Management > Pricing > Currencies**, even though the menu entry that opens it is labelled **Active currencies**.

![Active currencies page with the currency list and the Enable new currency button](../screenshots/active-currencies-overview.png)

## What the currency list shows

The main area is a table listing every currency that is currently active (enabled) for your company. At the top you can:

- **Quick filter** — Type in the box to narrow the list, for example to find a currency by name or code.
- **Export** — Download the list as a spreadsheet file.
- **Enable new currency** — Open the form for adding a currency (see below).

Above the table, Manor shows how many currencies are listed, for example *Showing 3 currencies*. Click any column heading to sort the list, or click a currency's name to open its properties.

Each currency row shows:

| Column | What it means |
| --- | --- |
| **Currency name** | The full name of the currency, for example *Icelandic Króna* or *United States Dollar*. Click it to edit the currency. |
| **Currency code** | The three-letter code for the currency, for example **ISK**, **USD** or **EUR**. This is the code used everywhere else in Manor. |
| **Decimals** | How many decimal places amounts in this currency are shown with, for example 2 for USD or 0 for ISK. |
| **Exchange rate** | The current exchange rate between this currency and your company's base (default) currency. Two columns show the rate in both directions. |
| **Exchange rate date** | The date the displayed exchange rate applies to. |

## Understanding the exchange rate columns

Manor looks up exchange rates for you and keeps them up to date — you never type a rate by hand. The list shows the rate between each currency and your company's base currency in both directions, in two adjacent **Exchange rate** columns:

- The first **Exchange rate** column shows the price of the base currency quoted in the listed currency.
- The second **Exchange rate** column shows the price of the listed currency quoted in the base currency.

Hover the small info icon next to either column heading to see the same explanation as a tooltip.

Both rate columns are read-only in the list. When a currency is enabled, Manor fetches its rate automatically, and rates are refreshed as new published rates become available.

## The exchange rate date

The **Exchange rate date** column tells you which day's rate is currently displayed for each currency. This is important because rates change daily:

- Manor uses the most recent published rate. On a weekend or public holiday, the most recent preceding business day's rate is used.
- If today's rate has not yet been published, the previous business day's rate is shown.
- Dates are displayed in the date format configured under **Management > Settings**.

When you record an amount in a foreign currency — for example an expense — Manor converts it using the rate that applies to the relevant date. The rate shown here is the rate Manor is currently working with.

## Enabling a new currency

Only currencies that have been enabled appear in the dropdowns where you pick a currency (for example on a client, a project, a rate or an expense). To make a new currency available for use:

1. On the **Active currencies** page, click **Enable new currency**.

   The form opens with a title such as **Enable currency**.

2. In the **Currency name** field, choose the currency you want to enable. The dropdown lists the standard currencies Manor supports that are not already active. Start typing its name or code to find it quickly.

3. Review the display fields, which are pre-filled with sensible defaults for the selected currency but can be adjusted:

   - **Prefix** — Symbols or text placed before an amount, for example the `$` in `$100`.
   - **Suffix** — Symbols or text placed after an amount, for example the ` kr.` in `100 kr.`.
   - **Decimals** — The number of decimals used in amounts, for example 2 for `100.00`.

   You must provide at least a prefix or a suffix, and the decimals field is required.

4. Click **Enable currency** to save.

The currency is immediately enabled: it appears in the **Active currencies** list with its exchange rate and exchange rate date, and it becomes selectable everywhere a currency can be chosen.

> **Tip**: If the currency you need is missing from a dropdown elsewhere in Manor, the most likely reason is that it has not been enabled yet. Enable it here and it will become available.

## Editing or disabling a currency

To open a currency's properties, click its name in the list. From the edit form you can update the **Prefix**, **Suffix** and **Decimals** used to display amounts in that currency and then click **Save currency**.

![Currency edit form showing the Prefix, Suffix and Decimals fields](../screenshots/active-currencies-edit-form.png)

The edit form also provides a **Disable currency** action. Disabling a currency prevents it from being used for new entries while leaving existing transactions untouched.

## Related documentation

- [Currencies](currencies.md) — Overview of currencies, codes, formatting and how they are used in Manor.
- [Pricing](pricing.md) — Overview of the Pricing section.
- [Expenses](../billable-types/expenses.md) — Recording expenses in a foreign currency and how Manor converts them.